| US 7,546,790 B2 | ||
| Table saw | ||
| James Parks, Timonium, Md. (US); Robert S. Gehret, Hampstead, Md. (US); Scott Livingston, Catonsville, Md. (US); Michael L. O'Banion, Westminster, Md. (US); Robert P Welsh, Hunt Valley, Md. (US); William Scott Taylor, Glen Rock, Pa. (US); Todd L. Huston, Lutherville, Md. (US); Edwin G. Zehr, Taneytown, Md. (US); Scott Stropkay, Carlisle, Mass. (US); David Louis Weissburg, Cambridge, Mass. (US); Mark Allen Nichols, Cambridge, Mass. (US); William R. Stumpf, Kingsville, Md. (US); Lewis Hampton Rohr, Fayetteville, N.C. (US); Henry Louis Tew, Fayetteville, N.C. (US); Thomas S. Paladino, Naperville, Ill. (US); Paul Eichelberger, Landisville, Pa. (US); David Edmund Duncanson, W. Newbury, Mass. (US); Jerry Wayne Holleman, Apex, N.C. (US); and Adan Ayala, Owings Mills, Md. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Black & Decker Inc., Newark, Del. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 06, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/544,364. | ||
| Application 11/544364 is a continuation of application No. 11/206341, filed on Aug. 18, 2005, abandoned. | ||
| Application 11/206341 is a continuation of application No. 10/734757, filed on Dec. 11, 2003, abandoned. | ||
| Application 10/734757 is a continuation of application No. 10/279278, filed on Oct. 24, 2002, granted, now 6,688,202. | ||
| Application 10/279278 is a continuation of application No. 10/194825, filed on Jul. 12, 2002, granted, now 6,575,067. | ||
| Application 10/194825 is a continuation of application No. 09/328614, filed on Jun. 09, 1999, abandoned. | ||
| Application 09/328614 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/213466, filed on Dec. 17, 1999, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/074706, filed on Feb. 13, 1999. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0084323 A1, Apr. 19, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B23D 45/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 83—468.3 [83/477.2; 83/435.27] | 3 Claims |
| 1. A saw comprising:
a base assembly comprising a base and a table supported by the base, the table having a perimeter and a support plane;
a saw assembly disposed underneath the table, the saw assembly comprising a blade with a top portion extending above the table;
a groove disposed in the table, the groove being substantially parallel to the blade;
a miter gauge slidably disposed in the groove, and
a lock disposed in the table adjacent to the groove for locking the miter gauge disposed in the groove, the lock not moving
with the miter gauge when the miter gauge is moved along the groove, and
a knob connected to the lock, the knob being disposed below the support plane and at least partly disposed outside of the
perimeter of the table and positioned laterally of said groove,
a spring biasing said lock towards the unlocked position, wherein actuation of the knob will press the lock against the miter
gauge against the bias of the spring.
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