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US 2008/0000091 A1Published application
Threaded Rod Cutter
AssigneeToho Koki Co., Ltd.
InventorTatsumi Eriguchi
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Abstract
A rod cutter having multiple sets of cutting dies for cutting threaded rods of varying sizes is described.
Claims9
A rod cutter comprising:
- a) a first die holder comprising:
- (i) a first receptacle operable to reversibly retain a first member of a first cutting die set, wherein the first cutting die set further comprises a second member, the first and second members of the first cutting die set each comprising an engagement surface operable to couple with an outer surface of a first rod having a first diameter;
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- (ii) a second receptacle operable to reversibly retain a first member of a second cutting die set, wherein the second cutting die set further comprises a second member, the first and second members of the second cutting die set each comprising an engagement surface operable to couple with the outer surface of a second rod having a second diameter;
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- b) a second die holder comprising:
- (i) a first receptacle operable to reversibly retain the second member of the first cutting die set;
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- (ii) a second receptacle operable to reversibly retain the second member of the second cutting die set,
- wherein the first die holder is rotatably coupled to the second die holder so that the first receptacles of each of the first and second die holders can be aligned to form a first slot into which the first rod can be inserted and so that the second receptacles of each of the first and second die holders can be aligned to form a second slot into which the second rod can be inserted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.