Cutlery – Cutting tools – Saw
Patent
1988-01-29
1989-05-02
Watts, Douglas D.
Cutlery
Cutting tools
Saw
30387, B27B 1700
Patent
active
048255530
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention concerns an anti-jamming device for chain saws.
This safety device concerns in particular internal combustion or electric motor driven portable chain saws, etc. These tools, depending on the motor power and length of the chain guide, are used to cut fire-wood (logs, etc.) and for pruning and felling trees, etc.
Jamming of the chain due to lateral pinching following bending of the piece of wood in the cutting plane can damage the motor or cause accidents. In effect, when the saw is ready to cut through, the chain guide is subjected to very high stresses by the logs, as the cut edges have a tendency to close in and press on the chain guide, causing heating of the motor or projection of the piece of wood, unbalancing the user. This unbalance is the cause of many accidents.
The anti-jamming device according to the invention is aimed at overcoming these drawbacks. This device for chain saws, as characterized in the claims, solves the problem consisting of creating a simple and efficient anti-jamming safety guide, readily adaptable to all types of chain saws with a central web and two side plates as chain guide.
The anti-jamming device for chain saws according to the invention is mainly characterized by balls protruding out from the chain guide plates by a distance corresponding to the rake of the chain teeth, taking into account the cut contour. The balls are similar to those used in ball bearings.
The protruding balls are located alternately on either side of the side planes and housed in holes with a diameter slightly larger than that of the balls, provided in the central web. They bear on the internal surface of the side plates and protrude outside through a hole in the other plate.
On the inside of a side plate, the balls bear in semispherical cavities provided in the side plate and are held captive by the edge of the holes in the chain guide plates to allow them to protrude outside.
The ball diameter is determined so that the protruding part is adjacent to the plane of the cut made by the saw, i.e. the height of this protruding part corresponds to the outward protrusion of the saw teeth, taking into account the contour of the cut, allowing chain saws to be used to the maximum of their sharpening.
The holes in the side plates through which protrude the balls are located alternately on each side plate, fitting the internal contour of the center web, alternately on either side.
The holes allowing the balls to protrude outwards have a concave spherical shape with a radius slightly larger than that of the balls.
The anti-jamming device avoids having to twist the chain during each cut when pruning trees or in the event of problems in cutting.
During cutting, when the chain guide is about to cut through, and the cut edges close in, the balls absorb the stresses and transmit them to the side plates in a balanced manner avoiding jamming, while facilitating movement of the saw through the cutting plane, since the assembly including central web, side plates and balls act as a thrust bearing.
Other characteristics and advantages appear in the description below of a safety device according to the invention, given as a nonrestrictive example, with reference to the drawings in appendix in which:
FIG. 1 is a cross section of the chain guide in operation without the anti-jamming device according to the invention
FIG. 2 is a cross section of the chain guide in operation equipped with the device according to the invention.
FIG. 3 is a partial side view of the anti-jamming device according to the invention.
FIGS. 2 and 3 show an anti-jamming device for chain saws with central web 1, two chain guide plates 2 and 3 and balls 4 protruding from side plates 2 and 3.
Balls 4 housed in holes 1a provided in central web 1 bear against semispherical cavities 2a and 3a provided on the internal surface of chain guide side plates 2 and 3 and protrude out through holes 2b and 3b provided in the opposite side plate.
The outward protrusion of balls 4 corresponds to the external rake of saw teeth 5 taking into account the cut c
REFERENCES:
patent: 4334112 (1985-08-01), Bass
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