Appeal No. 2006-2116
Application No. 08/879,517
Claim 1
1. A desk-top cutting machine, comprising:
a base on which a workpiece to be cut is supported,
said base including a top surface:
a turntable rotatably disposed in said base and
including a top surface;
10 a holder supported by said turntable for tilting
transversely in opposite directions about a zero-tilt angle
position;
a circular saw blade;
a saw shaft located above said holder for supporting
said saw so that said saw is swung up and down relative to
said base, about a pivot shaft;
20 a circular saw assembly having a motor covered by a
housing;
a motor shaft of said motor being disposed in parallel
with and above said saw shaft;
transmission means through which said motor shaft is
connected to said saw shaft so that an axis of said motor
shaft is shifted from an axis of said saw shaft by a
distance which is greater than or equal to the radius of
30 said circular saw blade, wherein when said holder is tilted
in either of said opposite directions by an angle greater
than or equal to 45 degrees with respect to the zero-tilt
angle position, said housing does not contact said top
surface of said base.
In re Zletz, 893 F.2d 319, 13 USPQ2d 1320 (Fed Cir. 1989),
teaches at 321, 13 USPQ2d at 1322:
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