ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,080, issued on June 10, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Band saw" was invented by Wesley S. Bassindale (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Jonathan E. Schmitz (Wauwatosa, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A band saw including a housing, a motor, a drive pulley configured to receive torque from the motor, and a plurality of driven pulleys rotatably coupled to a plate, in which the plate is coupled to the housing for sliding movement. The band saw further includes a cavity within the housing and located between the drive pulley and the plurality of driven pulleys and an endless saw blade wrapped around the drive ...