Flush cut tool
AssigneeSeateck Co. Inc
InventorLucien C. Ducret
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Abstract
A flush cut tool is configured with a support unit operative to hold an armored cable in a desired position. The flush cut tool is further configured with a cutting unit including a hand crank, a blade assembly fixed to the hand crank and a friction assembly. The hand crank is configured to rotate relative to the friction assembly about a pivot axis until the blade assembly is brought in contact with the jacket of the cable. Thereafter, the hand crank, blade assembly and friction unit continue t rotate together about the axis of the cable so that the blade assembly is operative to produce a ring cut.
Claims12
A flush cut tool for producing a ring cut through a jacket of an armored cable extending along a longitudinal axis, comprising:
- a support unit operative to fix the cable in a desired position;
- and
- a cutting unit configured with:
- a friction assembly centered on the longitudinal axis and displaceably coupled to the support unit;
- a hand crank pivotally coupled to the friction assembly;
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- a blade assembly removably fixed to the hand crank, the hand crank being pivotal relative to the friction unit about a pivot axis parallel to the longitudinal axis in response to an external torque so as to displace the blade assembly in contact with the jacket, and thereafter, the hand crank engaging the friction assembly so as to rotate therewith about the longitudinal axis while the blade unit cuts through the jacket producing a circular cut.
The flush cut tool, wherein the support unit includes a support surface coaxial with the friction unit and provided with a central annular flange configured to engage the friction assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.