Claims
- 1. In a table saw having a circular saw for cutting a work and a working table for supporting the work and the circular saw, the working table comprising:
- a circular saw table;
- a miter table disposed adjacent a side of the circular saw table, the miter table being slidably supported by guide means, the miter table having a miter fence, two pivot holes at two separate positions in a widthwise direction thereof, and a slit between said two pivot holes;
- a pivot block engaging rotatably in one of said two pivot holes forming a pivot point; and
- a miter fence clamping means being provided for clamping the miter fence onto the miter table, the miter fence clamping means being guided along the slit, wherein at least one of the miter fence clamping means and the pivot block engage slidably with the miter fence in a longitudinal direction of the miter fence, the miter fence being positioned in one of two sets of angular positions, the first set of angular positions having the pivot point at one pivot hole and the second set of angular positions having the pivot point at the other pivot hole.
- 2. The table saw according to claim 1, wherein said pivot point comprises a pivot block slidably engaged with a lower groove of said miter fence.
- 3. The table saw according to claim 1, wherein said miter fence clamping means has: a holder for slidably holding the miter fence, the holder being provided with a pair of side holding arms at lateral ends of said holder for slidably engaging a side groove of the miter fence; and a fastening member for fastening the holder on and releasing the holder from the working table.
- 4. The table saw according to claim 3, wherein said working table has a straight slit formed on the working table in a widthwise direction thereof, said fastening member being guided along the slit when the miter fence is positioned on the working table.
- 5. The table saw according to claim 4, wherein said slit has an enlarged portion through which the fastening member passes so that the holder can be detachably mounted on the working table.
- 6. The table saw according to claim 4, wherein said working table has a pair of arched dial plates thereon disposed opposite to each other for determining a miter angle, said slit being provided at the center position between the pair of dial plates.
- 7. The table saw according to claim 1, wherein said working table comprises at least a circular saw table for supporting a circular saw for cutting the work and a miter table disposed adjacent a side of said circular saw table, said miter table being slidably supported by a pair of guide rails disposed laterally on front and rear sides of the working table so that the miter table can be selectively positioned on left and right sides of the circular saw table.
- 8. The table saw according to claim 7, wherein said miter table is provided on a guide plate bridged between the pair of guide rails, said guide plate being moved slidably along said guide rails so as to be fastened at a desired position.
- 9. In a table saw having a circular saw for cutting a work and a working table for supporting the work and the circular saw, the working table comprising:
- a circular saw table for supporting the circular saw in a cutting plane;
- a miter table located on one side of the cutting plane and slidably supported by guide means for movement in a slide direction transverse to the cutting plane, the miter table comprising a miter fence, a slit extending parallel to the cutting plane for slidably supporting the miter fence and a miter fence clamping means for selectively clamping the miter fence onto the miter table in a fixed position along the slit;
- the miter table further comprising first and second pivot holes located on opposite sides of the slit and a pivot block for selectively engaging with only one of the first and second pivot holes to form a pivot point, the miter fence selectively pivoting about the first pivot hole such that a first portion of the miter fence extending from the first pivot hole toward the circular saw defines a first arc and selectively pivoting about the second pivot hole such that a second portion of the miter fence extending from the second pivot hole away from the circular saw defines a second arc, the cutting plane defining a tangent to the first arc and a chord of the second arc; wherein
- the miter fence being secured to the miter table in a fixed position relative to the cutting plane by at least one of the miter fence clamping means and the pivot block, the pivot block being engaged in at least one of the first and second pivot holes.
- 10. The table saw according to claim 9, wherein the pivot block slidably engages a groove in a bottom surface of the miter fence.
- 11. The table saw according to claim 9, wherein the miter fence clamping means comprises:
- a holder with a pair of side holding arms for slidably holding sides of the miter fence, the sides of the miter fence having grooves which the side holding arms slidably engage; and
- a fastening member for selectively fastening the holder to the miter table.
- 12. The table saw according to claim 11, wherein the fastening member is guided along the slit when the miter fence is positioned on the miter table.
- 13. The table saw according to claim 12, wherein the slit has an enlarged portion through which the fastening member passes so that the holder can be detachably mounted on the miter table.
- 14. The table saw according to claim 12, wherein the miter table has a pair of arched dial plates thereon disposed opposite to each other for determining a miter angle, the slit being provided at a center position between the pair of dial plates.
- 15. The table saw according to claim 9, wherein the miter table is slidably supported by a pair of guide rails extending transverse to the cutting plane and disposed on first and second sides of the working table such that the miter table can be selectively positioned on either side of the cutting plane.
- 16. The table saw according to claim 15, wherein the miter table is provided on a guide plate bridging the pair of guide rails, the guide plate slidably moving along the guide rails for fastening at a desired position.
Priority Claims (6)
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1-209061 |
Aug 1989 |
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1-100291 |
Aug 1989 |
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1-100292 |
Aug 1989 |
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1-101646 |
Aug 1989 |
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1-101647 |
Aug 1989 |
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1-142196 |
Dec 1989 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/856,113 filed Mar. 23, 1992, now abandoned, which in turn is a division of application Ser. No. 07/781,639 filed Oct. 25, 1991, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,116,249 on May 26, 1992, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/564,770, filed Aug. 9, 1990, now abandoned.
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