Saw table for fixing painting frames to be cut

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6829972
  • Patent Number
    6,829,972
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, April 10, 2003
    21 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, December 14, 2004
    20 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Ashley; Boyer D.
    Agents
    • Browdy and Neimark, P.L.L.C.
Abstract
A saw table for fixing frame pieces of frames of paintings, pictures or photos, includes a base table having two arms crossed and substantially perpendicular to each other and a gap at where the arms are crossed, wherein the arms are respectively provided with a fastening device to secure a frame piece to be cut, and a guiding assembly having a guiding shaft provided on one of the arms at where the arms are crossed and is adjacent to the gap and an attracting device movably mounted on the guiding shaft. The attracting device has a magnet thereon for attracting a saw blade attached on the attracting device with a blade cutting portion of the saw blade received in the gap and the guiding shaft and the attracting device are respectively provided with a positioning device to fixedly secure the attracting device on the guiding shaft.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates generally to a tool of carpenter, and more particularly to a saw table for fixing frames of paintings, pictures or photos to be cut by the saw blade.




2. Description of the Related Art




A frame of a painting has four frame pieces cut a 45 degrees angle at opposite ends respectively and coupled with each other to form a rectangular hollow frame. A conventional saw table for fixing the frame pieces to be cut had a complex device for adjustment the angle of the frame pieces and a device to fix them. The conventional saw table usually had a huge size that was not good for fixing the frame pieces to be cut with fixed angles.




Another conventional saw table had an angle-adjusting device for enabling the saw blade to cut the opposite ends of the frame pieces into same angles. Such saw table had problem to stable the saw blade when cutting the frame pieces at predetermined height. The frame pieces fixed by the conventional saw table and cut by the saw blade were hard to connected with each other in a tight condition, they always had clearance in junctions of the frame pieces




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a saw table for fixing frame pieces of painting frames to be cut, enabling the frame pieces fixed in a stable condition for cutting.




According to the objective of the present invention, a saw table comprises a base table having two arms substantially perpendicular to each other with a gap between the arms, wherein there is a predetermined angle between each arm and the gap and the arms are respectively provided with a fastening device to secure a frame piece to be cut, and a guiding assembly having a guiding shaft provided on one of the arms adjacent to the gap and an attracting device movably mounted on the guiding shaft. The attracting device has at least a magnet thereon for attracting a saw blade attached on the attracting device with a blade cutting portion of the saw blade received in the gap and the guiding shaft and the attracting device are respectively provided with a positioning device to fixedly secure the attracting device on the guiding shaft.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 2

is a front perspective view of the guiding bar and the attracting device of the preferred embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 3

is a rear perspective view of the guiding bar and the attracting device of the preferred embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 4

is a sectional view taken along line


4





4


in

FIG. 1

, and





FIG. 5

is a schematic view, showing how to cut a frame piece.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION




Please refer to FIGS. from

FIG. 1

to

FIG. 4

, a saw table for fixing frames of paintings, pictures or photos to be cut comprises the flowing elements.




As shown in

FIG. 1

, a base table


10


has two arms


11


perpendicular to each other and a gap


12


between the arms


11


. The angle between the arms


11


and the gap


12


is 45 degrees and the angle can be designed in a range of 30 degrees to 60 degrees to meet the exact angles of frame pieces being cut, if desired. The arms


11


are respectively provided with a fastening device


13


. In the present embodiment, each fastening device


13


has a pair of arms side


131


projecting from a bottom of the corresponding arm


11


and the angle between each side arm


131


and the arm


11


is 90 degrees to put a frame piece thereon. Each pair of arms


131


has a guiding slot


132


at a middle of the arms which is perpendicular to the corresponding arm


11


and a guiding bar


133


disposed in the guiding slot


132


. The guiding bar


133


has a block


134


to be moved by the guiding bar


133


such that the block


134


can move in the guiding slot


132


toward or away from the corresponding arm


11


.




A guiding assembly


20


, as shown in FIGS from

FIG. 1

to

FIG. 3

, has a guiding shaft


21


provided at on one of the arms


11


. The guiding shaft


21


has a core portion


211


adjacent to the gap


12


and perpendicular to the arms


11


. The guiding assembly


20


further has an attracting device


22


having a clamping slot


221


engaged with the core portion


211


and to be moved along the guiding shaft


21


. The attracting device


22


further has a plate


222


above the gap


12


on which at least a magnet


223


is mounted and at least a hole


224


is provided corresponding to the magnet


223


. A saw blade can be attracted by the magnet


223


and attached on the plate


222


perpendicular to the arms


11


and a cutting portion of the saw blade is received in the gap


12


.




As shown in the FIGS. from

FIG. 2

to

FIG. 4

, the guiding shaft


21


and the attracting device


22


are respectively provided with a positioning device


23


and


24


. The positioning devices


23


and


24


are provided to make the attracting device


22


moveable on the guiding shaft


21


to a predetermined position. In the present embodiment, the positioning device


23


on the guiding shaft


21


is a rack on the core portion


211


and the positioning device


24


on the attracting device


24


has a U-shaped recess


241


and an elastic piece


242


in the recess


241


. The elastic piece


242


has a tooth


243


to be engaged with the rack


23


on the guiding shaft


21


to fix the attracting device


24


on the guiding shaft


21


at a specific position. There are many alternate mechanisms for the positioning devices


23


and


24


, such as a ball engaged with a recess, they should be in the scope of the present invention.




As shown in

FIG. 5

, a frame piece


90


is put on the side arm


131




a


and the block


134




a


is moved to press it so that the frame piece


90


will be fixed thereon between the block


134




a


and the arm


11




a


. A saw blade


91


is attracted by the magnet


223


and attached on the plate


222


, it will be moved along the plate


222


stably without swing to cut the frame piece


90


off. The positioning devices


23


and


24


make the attracting device


24


secured on the guiding shaft


21


fixedly so that the plate


222


will not swing too when the saw blade


91


is cutting the frame piece


90


. The cut surfaces of the frame piece


90


will be smooth and flat to make the frame pieces


90


can be coupled with each other in a tight condition.



Claims
  • 1. A saw table for fixing frame pieces for paintings, pictures or photos, comprising:a base table having two arms substantially perpendicular to each other, a gap between the arms, wherein there is a predetermined angle between each of the arms and the gap and the arms are respectively provided with a fastening device to secure a frame piece to be cut, and a guiding assembly having a guiding shaft provided on one of the arms adjacent to the gap and an attracting device movably mounted on the guiding shaft, wherein the attracting device has at least a magnet thereon for attracting a saw blade engaged on the attracting device with a blade cutting portion of the saw blade received in the gap and the guiding shaft and the attracting device are respectively provided with a positioning device to fixedly secure the attracting device at a selected position on the guiding shaft.
  • 2. The saw table as defined in claim 1, wherein the positioning device on the guiding shaft is a rack and the positioning device on the attracting device has a U-shaped recess in which provides an elastic piece with a tooth thereon, wherein the tooth is engaged with the rack to fixedly secure the attracting device on the guiding shaft.
  • 3. The saw table as defined in claim 1, wherein the guiding shaft has a core portion and the attracting device has a clamping slot for engagement with the core portion to permit movement of the attracting device along the guiding shaft.
  • 4. The saw table as defined in claim 3, wherein the positioning device on the guiding shaft is a rack provided at the core portion and the positioning device on the attracting device has a U-shaped recess in which an elastic piece is provided with a tooth thereon, wherein the tooth is engaged with the rack to fixedly secure the attracting device on the guiding shaft at the selected position.
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