1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a sawing machine and more particularly, to a sawing machine having an angle indicator for showing the cutting angle of a saw blade of the sawing machine.
2. Description of the Related Art
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Further, the front wall of the base 94 is provided with an arched slot 942 and graduations 944 along one side of the arched slot 942. A pointer 98 is extended from the saw blade holder, which is movable with the saw blade holder in the arched slot 942. When the saw blade holder is pivoted to result in the tilt of the saw blade 96 relative to the worktable 92, the pointer 98 is moved correspondingly along the arched slot 942, thereby indicating the tilting angle of the saw blade 96. Therefore, when adjusting the position of the saw blade 96, the worker can know the present tilting angle of the saw blade 96 through a graduation 944 indicated by pointer 98.
However, because the graduations 944 is marked along one side of the arched slot 942 on the front wall of the base 94 below the worktable 92, the line of sight of a user for checking the tilting angle of the saw blade 96 will be blocked by the worktable 92 when the user stands, resulting in that the user can not read the tilting angle of the saw blade 96. Therefore, the user has to stoop or squat for the adjustment without convenience.
The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is one objective of the present invention to provide a sawing machine having an angle indicator, which enables the user to conveniently realize the cutting angle of the sawing machine.
The sawing machine has a worktable, a pivot shaft, a saw blade holder fastened to the pivot shaft as the pivoting center thereof, pivoted relatively to the worktable so as to synchronously rotate the pivot shaft and having a motor, and a saw blade connected to the saw blade holder, rotatable by the motor and passing through the worktable. To achieve this objective of the present invention, the sawing machine has an angle indicating member and a following member. The angle indicating member has an index zone. The following member is fixed on the pivot shaft and connected to the angle indicating member. Thereby the saw blade is moved with the saw blade holder, and the following member is pivoted with the saw blade holder by the pivot shaft to result in movement of the index zone of the angle indicating member when the saw blade holder pivots, so that the displacement of the index zone of the angle indicating member corresponds to the movement of the saw blade.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the worktable of the sawing machine provide a through hole corresponding in location to the index zone of the angle indicating member such that the index zone is visually accessible through the through hole of the worktable above the worktable. Therefore, the worker can stand seeing the reading of the cutting angle of the saw blade 14 conveniently, not stoop or squat.
The present invention will be fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only and thus are not limitative of the present invention and wherein:
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The worktable 12 provides the top surface for bearing a workpiece, a through hole 121, an elongate cutting slot 122, and a pointer 123 marked on the top surface and adjacent to the through hole 121.
The saw blade holder 16 has a motor 162. The saw blade 14 is connected to the motor 162, rotatable by the motor 162, and passes through the elongate cutting slot 122 of the worktable 12 for cutting the workpiece. The saw blade holder 16 is fastened to the pivot shaft 18 as its pivoting center such that, with the saw blade holder 16, the pivot shaft 18 is synchronously rotated and the saw blade 14 is synchronously tilted relative to the worktable 12 when the saw blade holder 16 is pivoted relative to the worktable 12. The pivot shaft 18 is rotatably connected to the worktable 12 and extends out of the base 13.
The angle indicator 20 has a following member 30, an angle indicating member, and a cover 50. The following member 30 is a sector-like member having an arched face 32. The following member 30 is fixed with its top end to the pivot shaft 18. When the saw blade holder 16 pivots, the pivot shaft 18 is rotated to make the following member 30 synchronously pivoted relative to the worktable 12 with the pivot shaft 18 as its pivot center.
The angle indicating member has an elastic belt 40 affixed to the arched face 32 of the following member 30 by two bolts 42 in this embodiment. The angle indicating member further has an index zone 44 providing a plurality of graduations, marked on elastic belt 40 and corresponding in location to the through hole 121 of the worktable 12 such that the graduations of the index zone 44 of the angle indicating member can be visually accessible through the through hole 121.
The cover 50 is a semicircular cover shell having an arched face 52 and two lugs 54 apart at each of the two distal ends of the arched face 52. The two lugs 54 are affixed to the bottom surface of the worktable 12 with screws. After installation of the cover 50 to the bottom surface of the worktable 12, the cover 50 covers the angle indicating member. The radius of the arched face 52 of the cover 50 corresponds to the pivoting radius of the following member 30; therefore, the following member 30 can pivot inside the cover 50 along the arched face 52 of the cover 50. The cover 50 provides two locating portions 56 at one side thereof that faces the base 13, each of which has a threaded mounting hole 562.
The angle indicating member further has a guiding member 60 in this embodiment providing two rollers 62 and two locating members 70a and 70b. The two rollers 62 are respectively disposed at the locating portions 56 and located apart beyond each of two opposite sides of the pivot shaft 18. The center of each roller 62 is a center through hole 622 aligned with the threaded mounting hole 562 of the locating portions 56. The elastic belt 40 runs over the rollers 62 and is tensed by the rollers 62 to provide a plane facing and paralleling said worktable.
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In the second embodiment, the aforesaid graduations can be marked on the top surface of the worktable 12 near the through hole 121 and the aforesaid pointer 123 can be marked on the index zone 44 of the elastic belt 40. Thereby, the tilting angle of the saw blade can also be read by the graduation pointed out by the pointer 123.
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Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.
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