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AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsJohn D. Lefavour, Thomas R. Faucher, Lawrence N Brown, Shane M. Hopps
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Abstract
A hydraulic tool cutting dies including first and second cutting dies. The first cutting die has a first mounting section and a first cutting edge. The first mounting section is sized and shaped to removably attached to a hydraulic tool. The second cutting die has a second mounting section and a second cutting edge. The second mounting section is sized and shaped to removably attached to the hydraulic tool. The first cutting die includes a post extending past the first cutting edge and the second cutting die includes a post receiving area which has a different cross-sectional shape than the post.
Claims21
Hydraulic tool cutting dies comprising:
- a first cutting die having a first mounting section and a first blade cutting edge, wherein the first mounting section is sized and shaped to removably attach to a hydraulic tool;
- a second cutting die having a second mounting section and a second blade cutting edge, wherein the second mounting section is sized and shaped to removably attach to the hydraulic tool;
- wherein the first cutting die comprises a post extending past the first cutting edge and the second cutting die comprises a post receiving hole which has a different cross-sectional shape than the post, where the post contacts a side of the post receiving hole in a closed position of the first and second cutting dies relative to each other, where the first blade cutting edge does not extend into the post receiving hole in the closed position, where the post is at least partially located in a plane with the first blade cutting edge, where the post and the first blade cutting edge are located one behind the other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.