Manually operated cutting device having a ratchet mechanism

A cutting device (1) for chipless cutting of a material, comprising:

• a cutting part (3) having a cutter (2), and
• a supporting part (4), configured to support the material to be cut,
• wherein the cutting part (3) and the supporting part (4) are rotatably mounted to one another defining an axis of rotation (5) and are designed to be rotated with respect to one another about the axis of rotation (5) between an open position (O) and a closed position(S);
• a hand lever leg (6) being pivotally connected to the supporting part (4) for pivoting about a pivot axis (7),
• the cutting part (3) being connected to a toothing (9) and the hand lever leg (6) being connected to a drive pawl (10), the toothing (9) and the drive pawl (10) being configured to operationally engage with each other to thereby transfer pivotal actuation of the hand lever leg (6) relative to the supporting part (4) into a rotational motion of the cutting part (3) relative to the supporting part (4);
• and
• a coupling element (15) operationally connecting the cutting part (3) with the hand lever leg (6),
• the coupling element (15) having a first end pivotally connected to the cutting part (3) at a first articulation point (17),
• the coupling element (15) having a second end with a guide element (19.2) received within a slotted link element (19.1) in the hand lever leg (6),
• the coupling element (15) being configured to,
• transfer a pivotal actuation of the hand lever leg (6) relative to the supporting part (4) into a rotational motion of the cutting part (3) relative to the supporting part (4) when the guide element (19.2) engages a stop (20) of the slotted link element (19.1),
• not to transfer any forces between the hand lever leg (6) and the cutting part (3) when the guide element (19.2) is outside the stop (20) of the slotted link element (19.1).