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US 2006/0075642 A1Published application
Tool for cutting cable ties leaving a round end
OwnerBert Elkinsinventor
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Abstract
The present invention presents a plier-like hand tool with special shaped cutting edges and grove guides in the jaws of the tool so that when used to cut off the unwanted ends of cable ties the cable tie can be guided into the tool and positioned for cutting the end of the cable tie leaving a smooth rounded end on the cable tie.
Claims2
A hand tool for cutting a strap, such as a cable tie, that leaves a smooth rounded end on the cut strap, the tool comprising
- two handles which are connected together in a single plane at a pivot point by means of a pivot connector;
- mating cutting jaws carried by said handles;
- wherein the upperjaw has three curved cutting edges and the lower jaw has three curved cutting edges so located that when said cutting jaws are urged towards each other by said handles the curved cutting edges in the upperjaw pass into the curved cutting edges in the lower jaw;
- mating jaws that also contain grove guides so located that cable ties can be guided into the tool and secured in a position to insure the desired cut on the cable tie.
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A hand tool for cutting a strap, such as a cable tie, that leaves a smooth rounded end on the cut strap, the tool comprising:
- two handles which are connected together in a single plane at a pivot point by means of a pivot connector;
- mating jaws carried by said handles;
- where in the upperjaw has two or more curved cutting edges and the lower jaw has two or more curved cutting edges so located that when said cutting are urged towards each other by said handles the cutting edges in the upperjaw passes into the curved cutting edges in the lower jaw;
- mating jaws that also contain grove guides so located that cable ties can be guided into the tool and secured in a position to insure the desired cut on the cable tie.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.