US 12,296,397 B2
Miter saw
Evan M. Glanzer, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Connor P. Sprague, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/046,495
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/038099
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 9, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/257259, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/864,669, filed on Jun. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0395917 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B23D 47/02 (2006.01); B23D 45/04 (2006.01); B27B 5/29 (2006.01)
CPC B23D 47/025 (2013.01) [B23D 45/048 (2013.01); B27B 5/29 (2013.01); Y10T 83/7697 (2015.04); Y10T 83/7772 (2015.04); Y10T 83/862 (2015.04)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A miter saw comprising:
a base assembly configured to at least partially support a workpiece on the miter saw, the base assembly including a fence subassembly, the fence subassembly having a through aperture, and further having a bore that is parallel with the through aperture formed in a surface of the fence subassembly;
a turntable pivotably coupled to the base assembly about a vertical miter axis in a first rotational direction and a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction, the turntable having a top surface configured to at least partially support the workpiece on the miter saw; and
a constraining device including a spacer coupled to an adjustment member, the spacer having a body from which a protrusion extends, the adjustment member disposed in the through aperture and having an engagement end that is actuatable, wherein the adjustment member is movable relative to the spacer, and wherein actuation of the engagement end moves the spacer to contact the top surface to inhibit movement of the turntable relative to the base assembly in a direction different than the first and second rotational directions,
wherein the protrusion is received in the bore.