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US 6,473,972 B1Granted
Cutting apparatus
OwnerPhillip Guerininventor
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Abstract
A cutting apparatus that includes a handle, a first arm and a second arm. A hinge pin pivotally supporting the first and second arms about a pivot point adjacent facing ends of the arms. A cutter blade is supported from at least one of the first and second arms. A pivot mechanism incouples a handle at the outer ends of the arms and includes a spring for biasing the arms to a position wherein the cutter blade is closed. The pivot mechanism interacts with the arms to bias the arms to a position wherein the cutter blade is closed while enabling the pivoting of the arms to open the cutter blade to receive a wire or the like for cutting.
Claims25
A cutting apparatus comprising:
- a handle;
- a first arm;
- a second arm;
- a hinge member for pivotally supporting said first and second arms about a pivot point adjacent facing ends of said arms;
- a cutting mechanism supported from at least one of said first and second arms;
- and a pivot mechanism intercoupling said handle and outer ends of said first and second arms and including a spring for biasing said arms to a position wherein said cutting mechanism is closed said pivot mechanism interacting with said arms to bias said arms to a position wherein the cutting mechanism is closed while enabling a pivoting of the arms to open the cutting mechanism to receive a member for cutting;
- and guide pieces for holding the wire therebetween.
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A cutting apparatus comprising:
- a handle;
- a first arm;
- a second arm;
- a hinge member pivotally supporting said first and second arms about a pivot point adjacent facing ends of said arms;
- a cutting mechanism supported from at least one of said first and second arms;
- and a pivot mechanism intercoupling said handle and outer ends of said first and second arms and including a spring for biasing said arms to a position wherein said cutting mechanism is closed;
- said pivot mechanism interacting with said arms to bias said arms to a position wherein the cutting mechanism is closed while enabling a pivoting of the arms to open the cutting mechanism to receive member for cutting;
- wherein said pivot mechanism comprises a pair of brackets on one side and an extension piece on the other side.
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A cutting apparatus comprising;
- a handle;
- a first arm;
- a second arm;
- a hinge pin;
- means for pivotally supporting said first and second arms about said hinge pin;
- a cutter means supported from at least one of said first and second arms;
- and a pivot means intercoupling said handle and the outer ends of said first and second arms;
- and including a spring means for biasing said arms to a position wherein said cutter means is closed;
- said pivot mechanism is interacting with said arms to bias said arms to a position wherein the cutter means is closed while enabling a pivoting of the arms to open the cutter means to receive member for cutting, and
- a guide means, one associated with each of said first and second arms.
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A cutting apparatus comprising:
- a handle;
- a first arm;
- a second arm;
- a pivot for supporting said first and second arms about a pivot axis at inner ends of said arms;
- a cutting mechanism supported from at least one of said first and second arms and having open and closed positions;
- said cutting mechanism including at least one cutting edge extending substantially in the same direction as said pivot axis;
- and a pivot mechanism intercoupling said handle and outer ends of said first and second arms;
- said pivot mechanism interacting with said arms to hold said cutting mechanism in its closed position, and enabling a manual pivoting of the arms to move the cutting mechanism to its open position to receive member for cutting.
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A cutting apparatus comprising;
- a handle, a first arm, a second arm, a hinge pin for pivotally supporting said first and second arms about said hinge pin, a cutting mechanism supported from at least one of said first and second arms and including open and closed positions, and a pivot mechanism intercoupling said handle and the outer ends of said first and second arms, said apparatus engageable with member for pivoting said arms to open said cutting mechanism and receive said wire or the like, said handle being moveable in a direction away from said arms to close said cutting mechanism to cut said member.
A cutting apparatus comprising;
- an elongated handle having a longitudinal axis,
- a multi-link mechanism having multiple pivot axes with at least one axis coupled to said handle, and said multi-link mechanism including arms intercoupled at another axis,
- and a cutting mechanism supported from at least one of said arms, said cutting mechanism including at least one cutting blade edge that extends in a direction substantially orthogonal to the handle longitudinal axis;
- wherein said apparatus is engageable with a member for pivoting said arms to open said cutting mechanism and receive said wire member, said handle being moveable in a direction away from said arms to close said cutting mechanism to cut said member;
- wherein said cutting blade edge is disposed between said another axis and said handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.