(19)
(11) EP 0 949 048 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/05

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/41

(21) Application number: 99302803.4

(22) Date of filing: 09.04.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B27B 27/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 09.04.1998 US 57910

(71) Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
Newark Delaware 19711 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Evans, Scott D.
    Cockeysville, Maryland 21030 (US)
  • Meredith, Daryl
    Hampstead, Maryland 21074 (US)
  • Ayala, Adan
    Owings Mill, Maryland 21117 (US)

(74) Representative: Dlugosz, Anthony Charles et al
Black & Decker Europe European Group Headquarters 210 Bath Road
Slough, Berkshire SL1 3YD
Slough, Berkshire SL1 3YD (GB)

   


(54) Mitre saw with angularly adjustable fence


(57) A miter saw includes a base, a table rotatably attached to the base, a saw assembly attached to the table, and a first fence assembly attached to the base, the first fence assembly including a work supporting surface which is movable between a first position substantially perpendicular from at least one of the table plane and the base plane, and a second position inclined relative to from the at least one of the table plane and the base plane. Another saw includes a base, a table rotatably attached to the base, a saw assembly attached to the table, and a first fence assembly attached to the base, the first fence assembly including a first workpiece supporting surface substantially perpendicular from at least one of the table plane and the base plane, and a second workpiece supporting surface which is inclined relative to from the at least one of the table plane and the base plane. Methods for obtaining compound cuts from such saws are also disclosed.






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