Flush cut tool
OwnerLucien C. Ducretinventor
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Abstract
A flush cut tool is configured with a support unit operative to hold an armored cable in a desired position. The flush cut tool is further configured with a cutting unit including a hand crank, a blade assembly fixed to the hand crank and a friction assembly. The hand crank is configured to rotate relative to the friction assembly about a pivot axis until the blade assembly is brought in contact with the jacket of the cable. Thereafter, the hand crank, blade assembly and friction unit continue t rotate together about the axis of the cable so that the blade assembly is operative to produce a ring cut.
Claims12
A flush cut tool for producing a ring cut through a jacket of an armored cable extending along a longitudinal axis, comprising:
- a support unit operative to clamp and center the cable in a desired position about the longitudinal axis;
- a hand crank coupled to the support unit;
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- a blade assembly coupled to the hand crank and configured with a plurality of angularly spaced blade teeth, the hand crank being pivotal relative to the support unit about a pivot axis parallel to and spaced from the longitudinal axis in response to an external torque so as to radially displace the blade teeth in contact with the jacket in one rotational direction, and thereafter while the applied torque is increased, the hand crank being rotatable along with the blade assembly about the longitudinal axis while the blade unit cuts through the jacket producing a circular cut;
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- a friction unit provided with a spring which has opposite ends coupled to respective support unit and blade assembly and is operable to prevent rotation of the blade assembly until the increased torque exceeds a spring force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.