ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,495, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Koki Holdings Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Work machine" was invented by Hiroyuki Tagami (Ibaraki, Japan) and Naoto Ichihashi (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine according to the present invention optimally collects work chips, such as dust, produced during work. In a circular saw 10, a sawdust discharge port 27H and a cover opening 27J are formed in an inner cover 27, and a dust collecting chamber inlet 62L1 and a dust collecting chamber outlet 62L2 are formed in a dust collecting case 60. Furthermore, at least a portion of the dust collecting chamber inlet 62L1 and at least a po...