US 12,485,569 B2
Protective cover having a quick-release unit
Yu-Shu Lee, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to P & F BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, Taichung (TW)
Filed by P & F BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, Taichung (TW)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/481,006.
Claims priority of application No. 112124614 (TW), filed on Jun. 30, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0001643 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. B27G 19/02 (2006.01); B23D 59/00 (2006.01)
CPC B27G 19/02 (2013.01) [B23D 59/006 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective cover adapted to be mounted on a table saw and connected to a suction device, the table saw including a table and a saw blade that extends transversely through a top surface of the table, said protective cover comprising:
a base seat adapted to be mounted on the table;
a shell unit adapted to be connected to the suction device, and defining a dust-collecting passage, a dust outlet that is adapted for communicating said dust-collecting passage and the suction device, and a dust inlet that is adapted to be in communication with said dust-collecting passage and that is adapted for facing the saw blade;
a quick-release unit disposed in said shell unit, and including
a main engaging member and an auxiliary engaging member that are spaced apart from each other and that are connected separably to said base seat, and
a pull member that is pivotably mounted to said shell unit, and that is connected to said main engaging member; and
two protective members pivotably connected to said shell unit and adapted for covering a portion of the saw blade;
wherein said pull member is pivotable between a lock position, where said main engaging member and said auxiliary engaging member are connected to said base seat to secure said shell unit to said base seat, and a release position, where said main engaging member and said auxiliary engaging member are allowed to be separated from said base seat to thereby allow separation of said shell unit, said quick-release unit and said protective members from said base seat.