Cutter mainly for cutting synthetic resin articles

A cutter mainly for cutting synthetic resin articles comprising a main body including a base portion serving as a holder handle and a front half portion serving as a holder portion for holding a workpiece, an operating handle mounted by a pivot on the holder portion and movable toward and away from the holder handle in opposed relation thereto, a cutting blade turnably mounted by a support pin on the holder portion and having a cutting edge in opposed relation to the holder portion for holding the workpiece the cutting blade being formed with ratchet teeth on one side of the support pin opposed to the cutting edge, a pawl pivotally mounted by a pivot pin on the operating handle and engageable with one of the ratchet teeth to provide a ratchet mechanism, and a spring having one end secured to the operating handle and the other end attached to the base end of the pawl for biasing the pawl into engagement with the ratchet toothed portion at all times, said cutter further comprising a first link having one end pivoted to the cutting blade at a position slightly above the ratchet teeth portion thereof and the other end to a second link at one end of said second link;

• the other end of the second link being pivoted to the base portion of the operating handle, said links moving freely with respect to each other to permit the cutter handles to be opened and closed without interference, said links operating to return the cutter blade from the workpiece after completion of the cutting operation by opening the operating handle.