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Abstract

An anti-kickback system for use with a table saw or the like consists of a splitter adapted to be mounted on the table saw and including an elongated slot therethrough inclined relative to the table top, a pair of cams, each having peripheral, work-engaging surface including a spiral segment, and a pin attached to the cams and extending through the slot to form a pivot axis for the cams at approximately the centers of the spiral segments. The slot is sized to slidably receive the pin and includes an upper, elongated edge having a plurality of arcuate shaped detents sized to receive the pin. Movement of a workpiece in a kickback condition beneath the cams causes the cams to be pivoted and displaced upwardly to lock the pin against one of the detents so that the workpiece is clamped between the table top and a portion of the spiral segment of the cams. The spiral is shaped such that any point of contact of the segment with a workpiece in a kickback condition is at a radius extending to the pivot center of a cam which makes an angle of approximately 8.degree. with a line extending through the pivot axis perpendicularly to the table top.

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