Abstract:
A seawater powered band saw having a rigid frame or housing, a control handle and valve assembly having a trigger which when engaged by an operator delivers pressurized seawater to a seawater powered vane motor, a novel seawater lubricated spur and pinion gear drive arrangment connecting the vane motor in a driving relationship to a band saw drive wheel, an idler take-up assembly to tension the saw blade and facilitate the changing of saw blades and a safety guard assembly to protect the blade when the band saw is non-operational and protect the operator when the band saw is operational.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to a brake band for bringing the saw chain of a chain saw to standstill. Chain saws include safety devices which bring the saw chain to standstill by applying a brake band to a brake drum. These safety devices effect numerous applications of the brake band to the brake drum so that the brake drum wears rapidly and has only a short service life. The brake band of the invention has a friction side which is provided with a layer made of an oxide ceramic which increases the service life for very short braking times even when oil penetrates the region between the brake band and the brake drum.
Abstract:
A device for braking the saw chain (3) of a portable power saw (1). The power saw has a front handle (5) to be gripped by one hand (6) of the saw operator, and a rear handle (7) to be gripped by the operator's other hand (8). The device includes a brake means (11) capable of braking the saw chain (3) by means of an actuating member (12). This may have the shape of an L-shaped tube (12) which is connected to a kickback guard (9)on the power saw, and which can be operated by the operator's rear hand as a result of a coercion wrenching movement of the rear hand (8) if any kickback of the power saw will occur.
Abstract:
A braking arrangement for a motor-driven chain saw is disclosed. The braking arrangement is actuable by a releasing device and is held in the release position against a spring force by means of a latching device. The braking arrangement includes a brake band holding member to which a brake band is fastened. The brake band can be tightened around a clutch drum of the motor-driven chain saw by means of an ancillary chain brake device provided in addition to the chain brake device, so that the clutch drum is brought to an immediate stop. This braking action occurs also if the releasing device of the chain brake device is not actuated. In this way, the chain brake device remains activated thereby enabling it to act during operation of the chain saw, for example, in the event that the motor-driven chain saw kicks back while the saw chain is running. The ancillary chain brake device is preferably operable by the throttle lever or the throttle lever locking device so that the clutch drum is braked on throttling back. In this way, a continued running of the saw chain after release of the throttle is thereby reliably prevented.
Abstract:
A motor-driven chain saw is electrically operated by means of a universal motor and has two brake systems operating independently of one another. A mechanical brake system serves as a safety brake and when actuated, the mechanical brake system brings the saw chain to a standstill instantaneously. The second brake system is an electric coasting brake, which when the switch is released stops the saw chain quickly but without recoil. The electrical braking is effected by reversing the polarity of one pole coil of the field winding and short-circuiting it with the rotor winding.
Abstract:
A safety device for a chain saw conventional in its overall construction is disclosed which comprises mainly a brake lever pivotally supported by the housing of the chain saw and arranged to stop the cutting chain when the brake lever is actuated either by inertia or by engagement with the operator's hand. The brake lever is formed with a cam surface adapted to press an engaging member connected to the drive shaft out of meshing engagement with an interlocking wheel for driving the cutting chain so as to shut off the driving power to be transmitted to the interlocking wheel. The brake lever also includes a braking member secured thereto and adapted for movement therewith in synchronism with the arcuate movement of the cam surface, into frictional braking engagement with the interlocking wheel for effecting a brake effect on the cutting chain.
Abstract:
A portable motor chain saw with a safety braking device to protect against kick-back, recoil or centrifugal movements of the saw. The saw includes a handle supported against the motor housing by damping elements, and also includes a locking device which on the one hand is connected with the handle, and on the other hand engages against a hand guard in such a way that it is released under the influence of relative movement, of the motor housing with respect to the handle, caused by a kick-back or centrifugal movement, consequently releasing the hand guard. The locking device has an abutment surface extending transverse to the direction of centrifugal movement, and this abutment surface cooperates with a projection directed against it.
Abstract:
A mitre box has a saw guide subassembly rotatably supported on a vertical post and a multiplicity of indents spaced about a portion of its periphery. A wedge member is pivoted on the base member below the saw guide subassembly and is biased to engage an edge portion in one of the indents thereof to prevent its rotation. Positioning means is provided to orient the engagement edge portion of the wedge member in axial alignment with the post to ensure accurate and stable positioning of the subassembly in a predetermined rotated position about the post. The saw guide subassembly may include a fixedly supported saw guide element and a second saw guide element which is carried on the fixed guide element and pivotable relative thereto about a pivot point adjacent the upper edge of the guide elements to equalize the pressure exerted by the ends of the saw guide subassembly on the saw received therebetween.
Abstract:
A chain saw having an improved safety brake actuating mechanism is disclosed. The actuating mechanism includes a safety lever pivotally mounted on the chain saw housing for movement from an operating position to a braking position in which a brake band is brought into frictional engagement with motive means which drives a cutting chain. A latching member is pivotally mounted on the safety lever for releasable latching engagement with the housing. A spring member engaged intermediate the housing and the latching member exerts a yieldable force on the safety lever which constantly biases the safety lever for movement from the operating position to the braking position while also exerting a yielding latching force on the latching member. The spring member cooperates with the safety lever for holding the latching member in releasable latching engagement with the housing and for resisting movement of the safety lever thereby preventing inadvertent frictional engagement of the brake band with the motive means when the lever is in the operating position. The spring member is cooperatively engaged with the safety lever for permitting rotation and disengagement of the latching member from the housing as the safety lever rotates from the operating position to the braking position in response to an actuating force acting on the safety lever.
Abstract:
The safety device is applied to a vertical type, wood shearing or veneer cutting machine, and prevents the blade-holding unit and the bar-carrying unit from striking the hooks of the wood supporting table, during the shearing process. The safety device comprises a set of magnetic proximity switches, placed on the bar-carrying unit near and above the cutting point, equally spaced from each other and opposed to respective hooks or dogs fixed to the wood supporting table. The hooks are also equally spaced and are alternatively of greater and smaller length, so that the upward and downward vertical motion of the wood stock is stopped when the magnetic switches near the hooks of greater length and operation of the machine is stopped so that the hooks or dogs can be replaced by others of smaller length.