Severing a cable tie with a rounded cut
AssigneeHellermannTyton Corporation
InventorEdward P. Dyer
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Abstract
A cable tie cutting apparatus comprises a housing and a nosepiece assembly coupled to the housing. The nosepiece assembly comprises an upper portion, and a side portion and a front portion orthogonal to and extending from the upper portion. The front portion comprises a receiving element configured to receive a tail portion of a cable tie through a slotted opening and a vertical rail protruding from the front portion. The tool further comprises the blade member having a curved cutting edge and a rear planar surface that defines a channel that mates with the vertical rail of the nosepiece assembly.
Claims9
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a nosepiece assembly coupled to the housing, and comprising:
- an upper portion;
- a side portion orthogonal to and extending from the upper portion;
- and
- a front portion orthogonal to and extending from the upper portion, and comprising:
- a receiving element configured to receive a tail portion of a cable tie through a slotted opening that has a width of at least a width of the tail portion of the cable tie;
- and
- a vertical rail protruding from the front portion and configured to be mated with a channel of a blade member;
- and
- the blade member, the blade member configured to produce a rounded cut along a serrated portion of the cable tie at a finite distance from a head portion of the cable tie, the blade member comprising:
- a rear planar surface that defines the channel that mates with the vertical rail of the nosepiece assembly;
- and
- a cutting edge including a sharp curve beginning and ending at the rear planar surface of the blade member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.