Cutting tool
AssigneeFiskars Brands Finland Oy Ab
InventorsOlavi Lindén, Markus Paloheimo
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Abstract
A cutting tool includes a first handle, a second handle, a first cutting blade attached to the first handle at a first pivot point, and a second cutting blade attached to the second handle at a second pivot point. The first and the second cutting blades are engaged with one another at a pivot point for movement in a scissor-like manner between an open position and a closed position in response to rotational movement of the first and the second handles. The first handle includes a first toothed transmission part and the second handle includes a second toothed transmission part, the first and the second toothed transmission parts being arranged to be engaged with one another.
Claims15
A cutting tool comprising a first handle, a second handle, a first cutting blade attached to the first handle at a first pivot point, as well as a second cutting blade attached to the second handle at a second pivot point, the first and the second cutting blade being engaged with one another at a third pivot point such that the first and the second cutting blades are movable between an open position and a closed position in response to a relative rotational movement of the first and the second handles around the third pivot point, and a transmission for transmitting power from the handles to the cutting blades, wherein the transmission comprises a third toothed transmission part and a fourth toothed transmission part provided on an engagement part attached about the third pivot point so that the engagement part is immovable in relation to the third pivot point when first and second cutting blades are moved between the open position and the closed position, as well as a fifth toothed transmission part provided in the first handle and a sixth toothed transmission part provided in the second handle, the third toothed transmission part and the fifth toothed transmission part being arranged to be engaged with one another as well as the fourth toothed transmission part and the sixth toothed transmission part being arranged to be engaged with one another in order to transmit power from the handles to the cutting blades.
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