Device for removing a peduncle from a printed circuit board

The device for removing a joining peduncle passing through a slot between and separating two printed circuit boards at sides thereof comprising:

• a body having an outer end portion;
• a pair of bucking elements on said outer end portion of said body in mutually spaced relationship relative to each other to provide a seat therebetween and having outer edges;
• a cutting member having a shank portion slideably mounted in close-fitting relationship in said seat for reciprocal movement therein between said bucking elements;
• a projection portion projecting laterally on said shank portion and having an underside facing substantially inwardly toward said body;
• a cutting face extending longitudinally on said underside of said projection portion;
• outer supporting faces on said bucking elements inclined inwardly toward said cutting face and forming a sharp edge on each bucking element adjacent said seat, said sharp edges being engagable with said peduncle during a cutting operation;
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• said cutting member having a transverse width of a predetermined size relative to the width of said slot between said printed circuit boards for insertion of said cutting member in slidable close-fitting guided relationship in said slot with said peduncle between said cutting face and said sharp edges on said bucking elements in a cutting position, so that reciprocation of said cutting member inwardly toward said body in said cutting position cuts said peduncle substantially at the sides of said printed circuit boards.

The device for removing a joining peduncle passing through a slot between and separating two printed circuit boards at sides thereof comprising:

• a body having an outer end portion;
• a pair of bucking elements on said outer end portion of said body in mutually spaced relationship relative to each other to provide a seat therebetween and having outer edges;
• a cutting member having a shank portion slideably mounted in close-fitting relationship in said seat for reciprocal movement therein between said bucking elements;
• a projection portion projecting laterally on said shank portion and having an underside facing substantially inwardly toward said body;
• a cutting face extending longitudinally on said underside of said projection portion;
• said cutting member having a transverse width of a predetermined size relative to the width of said slot between said printed circuit boards for insertion of said cutting member in slidable close-fitting guided relationship in said slot with said peduncle between said cutting face and said outer edges of said bucking elements in a cutting position, so that reciprocation of said cutting member inwardly toward said body in said cutting position cuts said peduncle substantially at the sides of said printed circuit boards;
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• openings in said seat between said bucking elements and said shank portion for providing an initial discharge path for a removed peduncle.