Severing implement with cutting capturing feature
OwnerWillis G. Nickelinventor
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Abstract
An improvement to a severing implement (10) having a pair of relatively movable blade elements (22) (33) that are pivotally connected together as at (52) wherein the improvement comprises a pair of cooperating gripping units (13) (14) for captively engaging and retrieving the severed portion (71) of an item (70) that is completely cut by the blade elements (22) (33) wherein the cooperating gripping units include a capture plate member (40) fixedly secured adjacent the cutting edge (39) of one of the blade elements (33) and a pusher bar member (50) vertically aligned with the cutting edge (23) of the other blade element (22).
Claims14
An improvement to severing implements having a pair of relatively moveable blade elements that are pivotally connected to one another wherein the improvement comprises:
- means associated with the blade elements for captively engaging the severed portion of an item that has been completely severed by the movable blade elements wherein, said means comprises a pair of cooperating gripping units including a capture plate member fixedly disposed adjacent the cutting edge of one of the blade elements and a pusher bar generally aligned with the cutting edge of the other blade element and adapted to frictionally engage the severed portion of the item against the capture plate member;
- and;
- wherein, the capture plate member is provided with an opening adapted to receive a part of the severed portion of the cut item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.