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US 4,026,028 AGranted
Cable cutting device
AssigneesMario D. Medio, Grace E. Medio
InventorCyril Robert Green
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Abstract
A lightweight cable cutter is fluid pressure operated and effects a shearing of the cable by two opposed blades. A dielectric shroud covers the blades and during operation, a part of the shroud moves to expose one of the blades. The blades are configured to capture the cable periphery.
Claims13
A cable cutter comprising
- a housing having upper and lower supports,
- a blade in each of said supports with one of said blades movable relative to the other,
- each of said blades having cutting surfaces in planar wiping supporting relationship,
- moving means connected with said one blade to move the blade relative to the other to cut a cable therebetween,
- and shroud means covering said blades and a part of said shroud means being movable on said housing in response to the movement of said one blade against the cable and the cable against said part of said shroud to enable the cable to be cut between said blades.
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A device to cut cables comprising
- a housing having relatively spaced upper and lower supports defining an opening therebetween through which a cable to be cut is positioned,
- a first blade in said upper support and a second blade in said lower support and relatively movable with respect thereto,
- shroud means including an upper shroud element on said upper support movable in and out of covering relationship with said first blade and a lower shroud element disposed essentially about said lower support and covering said second blade,
- and means to effect relative displacement of said first and second blades to cause pinching of a cable positioned in said opening between both of said blades while substantially simultaneously causing portions of the cable periphery to effect relative movement of said upper shroud element relative to said first blade.
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A cable cutter comprising
- a housing having track means to guide the relative movement of two cable cutting blades during their cutting of a cable therebetween,
- two blades mounted for relative movement on said housing and guided by said track means and being normally spaced from each other to define an opening therebetween through which a cable to be cut may be inserted between said blades to be cut thereby,
- means to cause said blades to move and scissor relative to each other and to a cable positioned therebetween to sever the cable,
- and dielectric shroud means including shroud elements normally covering said blades and at least one of said elements being displaceable relative to the other of said elements to uncover at least one of said blades to enable the same to cut the cable in response to the relative movement of said blades.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.