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"The Other Funk"

08/09/2006 11:13 PM

Patents SawStop & Dr. Gass

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"

in reply to "The Other Funk" on 08/09/2006 11:13 PM

09/09/2006 2:52 PM

Finding the keyboard operational
Edwin Pawlowski entered:

> "The Other Funk" <[email protected]> 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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Ll

Leuf

in reply to "The Other Funk" on 08/09/2006 11:13 PM

09/09/2006 5:17 PM

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:12:57 -0400, Joe Bemier
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:34:24 -0400, Leuf <[email protected]>
>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

Ll

Leuf

in reply to "The Other Funk" on 08/09/2006 11:13 PM

09/09/2006 2:34 PM

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:22:02 -0400, Joe Bemier
<[email protected]> 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

JB

Joe Bemier

in reply to "The Other Funk" on 08/09/2006 11:13 PM

09/09/2006 3:12 PM

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:34:24 -0400, Leuf <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:22:02 -0400, Joe Bemier
><[email protected]> 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?

EP

"Edwin Pawlowski"

in reply to "The Other Funk" on 08/09/2006 11:13 PM

09/09/2006 2:41 AM


"The Other Funk" <[email protected]> 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.

Lr

"Leon"

in reply to "The Other Funk" on 08/09/2006 11:13 PM

10/09/2006 3:13 AM


"Joe Bemier" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>
> 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.

JB

Joe Bemier

in reply to "The Other Funk" on 08/09/2006 11:13 PM

09/09/2006 6:22 AM

On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 23:13:21 GMT, "The Other Funk"
<[email protected]> 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
>--?
>--?
>Coffee worth staying up for - NY Times
>www.moondoggiecoffee.com

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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