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Abstract

A saw-blade guard arrangement in a motor driven chop saw which includes a new unit pivotally mounted for movement between an upper rest position and a lower operational position. The saw unit is pivotably connected to a hinging member through a pivot shaft, and the unit includes an upper safety guard, a motor casing integral with the upper guard, a saw blade fixed to a drive shaft connected to a motor shaft, and a lower guard rotatable to a first direction for covering a part of the saw blade when the saw unit is in the upper rest position and rotatable to a second direction when the unit is moved to the lower operational position. The blade guard arrangement comprises a first biasing means disposed between the upper safety guard and the hinging member, an operation arm having one end portion pivotally rotatable about the pivot shaft, a link member having one end pivotably connected to the other end of the operation arm and having the other end pivotally connected to the lower guard, a second biasing means disposed between the operation arm and the hinging member, and an adjusting means for controlling orientation of the operation arm.

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