Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein present forms of a method and mechanism for a power tool lock-off, wherein accidental activation of the power tool (10) may be inhibited. Pressing a lock-off release button (30) on the tool housing (12) induces a locking member (32) to move from a first position to a second position, allowing a trigger (20) to access a power switch (50)within the housing. Various forms and methods of lock-off mechanisms are enabled.
Abstract:
A blade size limiter (160), comprising: an arcuate segment (162); and a mounting structure configured to be attached to a riving knife (110).
Abstract:
A packaging assembly includes first and second subassemblies and a panel. A product is suspended over the panel and is disposed within a container portion formed within the first subassembly. A stiffening channel is provided on the second subassembly. A blotter card is placed on top of the first subassembly.
Abstract:
Improvements to a table saw include a system for automatically adjusting the height of the cutting blade in relation to the height of the workpiece, a system for providing fine adjustment of the height or bevel angle of the saw blade or work surface, and a system for automatic speed control and shut-off for the saw blade.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, an automatic braking system for a pivoting power tool includes a cutting assembly, a cutting arm supporting the cutting assembly, a hinge supporting the cutting arm through a pivot, a primary braking system operably connected to the cutting assembly, a secondary braking system operably connected to the hinge, and a safety circuit configured to sense an unsafe condition and, in response to sensing the unsafe condition, (i) control the primary braking system to oppose rotation of a blade supported by the cutting assembly, and (ii) control the secondary braking system to oppose rotation of the cutting arm.
Abstract:
A fluid conduit includes a flexible member having a tubular wall and a plurality of geometric segments located adjacent to the tubular wall. The geometric segments are disposed about a central axis of the conduit and spaced apart relative to each other to define a gap therebetween. The gap is sized to be closed by contact between adjacent geometric segments upon a predetermined flexure of the flexible member. A method of forming the conduit includes forming a flexible member with a tubular wall and forming a plurality of grooves about the central axis in the tubular wall. The geometric segments in one embodiment are formed from the intersections of a first plurality of helical grooves formed at a first angle relative to the central axis and a second plurality of helical grooves formed at a second angle mutually opposite from the first angle.
Abstract:
A safety component is provided for a power saw that includes a rear guard pivotably mounted to the saw assembly. The rear guard is generally U-shaped to straddle the cutting blade in a deployed position. The rear guard includes arms that contact the workpiece during the cutting operation so that as the saw blade moves downward to perform the cut the rear guard pivots upward while maintaining protection of the rear portion of the saw blade.
Abstract:
A power tools incorporates a brushless or electronically commutated drive motor (BLDC). A number of drive trains are provided for connecting the BLDC to the drive shaft of a working tool, such as a rotary saw blade. In one aspect, the BLDC motor is disposed within an arm assembly of a power tool and provides power to the drive shaft of the tool through a gear train that minimizes the size and profile of the power tool.
Abstract:
A power tool includes a sensing circuit mounted on a printed circuit card is electrically connected to a switching power supply that supplies electrical power to the sensing circuit. The sensing circuit is not connected to earth ground to enable detection of an operator approaching a moving implement without the operator necessarily being electrically connected to earth ground.
Abstract:
A method for operating a power tool detects human contact with a non-moving implement of the power tool. The method includes sampling an electrical signal that passes through the non-moving implement, identifying in-phase and quadrature phase components for the sample, identifying a first distance between the components of the sample and a centroid of a cluster of samples corresponding to human contact with the non-moving implement, identifying a second distance between the components of the sample and a second centroid identified for another cluster of samples corresponding to no human contact with the non-moving implement, and identifying human contact with the non-moving implement with reference to the first distance being less than the second distance.