摘要 |
A chain saw operated by an internal combustion engine in which the forces of a "kick-back" or throw resulting when the nose of the rotating chain engages a work piece, is minimized by means of a safety device which absorbs movement of the saw blade about the drive wheel axis and in which a spring-urged detent means acts normal to the plane of the blade to hold the blade in a normal, operative position; including means for shorting out the internal combustion engine by relative movement between a housing and saw blade support section; and including means for reorienting the saw blade to a normal work position after the "kick-back" force diminishes.
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