Circular saw and insert tooth therefor

Claim 1

A TOOTH FOR A CIRCULAR SAW, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BODY ADAPTED TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE OF A SAW BLADE AND HAVING AN INNER END TO BE SECURED TO THE BLADE AND AN OUTER END TO PROJECT FROM AN EDGE OF THE BLADE, SAID BODY HAVING FORWARD AND REAR EDGES WITH REFERENCE TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE TOOTH WHEN IN OPERATION, AND A SOLID CUTTING ELEMENT INTEGRAL WITH AND ON SAID OUTER END OF THE BODY AND PROJECTING FORWARDLY FROM SAID OUTER END TO FORM THEREWITH A GULLET, SAID CUTTING ELEMENT PROJECTING GENERALLY FORWARDLY BEYOND THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE BODY AND SPREADING LATERALLY IN A FORWARD DIRECTION FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BODY BEYOND THE OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF, WHEREIN THE SAID PORTION OF THE ELEMENT WHICH PROJECTS LATERALLY STABILIZES THE SAW AS THE TEETH CUT A PATH FOR AN OBJECT WHICH PATH IS GREATER IN WIDTH THAN THE BODY OF THE SAW BLADE, SAID CUTTING ELEMENT HAVING A FOWWARD END PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF THE BODY AND INCLINED REARWARDLY AND INWARDLY TOWARDS SAID BODY, AND A FLAT OUTER SURFACE INCLINED INWARDLY TRANSVERSELY OF THE CUTTING ELEMENT FORMING WITH SAID PERPENDICULAR FORWARD END AT THE JUNCTION THEREWITH A TRANSVERSE CUTTING EDGE EXTENDING FROM SAID ONE SIDE OF THE BODY ANGULARLY IN A FORWARD DIRECTION ACROSS THE PLANE OF THE BODY TO A SIDE CUTTING EDGE BEYOND SAID OPPOSITE SIDE, SAID SIDE CUTTING EDGE EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM AND BENEATH SAID TRANSVERSE CUTTING EDGE.