Well it turns out that Dr. Stephen Gass in the inventor on 15 patents. Most
of which deal with stopping blades to prevent injury.
What may be interesting to some is a sentence in Patent number 6920814
Cutting tool safety system "The present invention is applicable to power
equipment, and specifically to woodworking equipment such as table saws,
miter saws, band saws, circular saws, jointers, etc. "
As an aside, look at the list of referenced patents on any of his patents.
Its got to be all the powered saw patents ever issued.
Bob
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"The Other Funk" wrote in message
As an aside, look at the list of referenced patents on any of his patents.
Its got to be all the powered saw patents ever issued.
Bob

I can't think of a single reason I'd want to do that.

On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:13:21 GMT, "The Other Funk"
wrote:

Well it turns out that Dr. Stephen Gass in the inventor on 15 patents. Most
of which deal with stopping blades to prevent injury.
What may be interesting to some is a sentence in Patent number 6920814
Cutting tool safety system "The present invention is applicable to power
equipment, and specifically to woodworking equipment such as table saws,
miter saws, band saws, circular saws, jointers, etc. "
As an aside, look at the list of referenced patents on any of his patents.
Its got to be all the powered saw patents ever issued.
Bob
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Interesting! And, it could be that he has thoughts on how to build a
stop for the other machines, or, thats just his attorney doing what
attorneys do and writing broad claims. It would be interesting to see
the independent claims.

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"The Other Funk" wrote in message
As an aside, look at the list of referenced patents on any of his
patents. Its got to be all the powered saw patents ever issued.
Bob

I can't think of a single reason I'd want to do that.
If you want to experiance an extreme mind numbing hour killing session?
Bob
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On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:22:02 -0400, Joe Bemier
wrote:

Interesting! And, it could be that he has thoughts on how to build a
stop for the other machines, or, thats just his attorney doing what
attorneys do and writing broad claims. It would be interesting to see
the independent claims.

He has more than thoughts, he has prototypes.

http://www.sawstop.com/products-future-products.htm


-Leuf

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:34:24 -0400, Leuf
wrote:

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:22:02 -0400, Joe Bemier
wrote:

Interesting! And, it could be that he has thoughts on how to build a
stop for the other machines, or, thats just his attorney doing what
attorneys do and writing broad claims. It would be interesting to see
the independent claims.

He has more than thoughts, he has prototypes.

http://www.sawstop.com/products-future-products.htm


-Leuf

Thanks Leuf. I wonder how the B/S mechanism functions....is it as
destructive to the equipment as the T/S device?

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:12:57 -0400, Joe Bemier
wrote:

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:34:24 -0400, Leuf
wrote:

http://www.sawstop.com/products-future-products.htm


Thanks Leuf. I wonder how the B/S mechanism functions....is it as
destructive to the equipment as the T/S device?

I would imagine it uses the same principle of firing a pin into the
teeth. Either you're using a fairly inexpensive steel blade, in which
case throw it away, or a carbide tooth in which case I'd imagine you
could cut out the damaged section and reweld it, assuming only one or
two teeth are affected. You could maybe do something with more of a
clamping mechanism in the straight area where the blade is travelling
up from the bottom wheel to the top wheel, but it doesn't look there's
anything special there in that photo.


-Leuf

"Joe Bemier" wrote in message
...


Interesting! And, it could be that he has thoughts on how to build a
stop for the other machines, or, thats just his attorney doing what
attorneys do and writing broad claims. It would be interesting to see
the independent claims.


IIRC he is a patent attorney himself.