Patent ID: 9505067
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B23D,B26D

Claim Text:
1. A tube cutting tool comprising: a gear housing with an input opening and an output opening; a gear mechanism housed in the gear housing, the gear mechanism including an input gear and an output gear, the output gear having a first opening; a drive wheel housing extending from the gear housing, the drive wheel housing having an aperture; a pull-cord operated drive wheel mechanism which is partially housed in the drive wheel housing and is in communication with the aperture, the pull-cord operated drive wheel mechanism being rotatably connected to the input gear via the input opening; a generally cylindrical shaped rotary cutting head extending from the gear housing, the cutting head having a second opening which is rotatably connected to the output gear via the output opening, the cutting head having at least one cutting blade in communication with the second opening; a clamping handle including a first longitudinally elongated semi-cylindrical shaped handle shell fixed to the gear housing and a second longitudinally elongated semi-cylindrical shaped handle shell pivotally mounted to the first shell, the second shell being pivotable between an open position and a closed position, in which the shells define a third opening; and the output opening, the first opening, the second opening, and the third opening are axially aligned so as to define a combined opening to receive a tube to be cut, when the tube is received in the combined opening, the shells acting as a clamp for the tube and the pull-cord operated drive wheel mechanism is operated to rotate, via the input and output gears, the cutting head which cuts the tube via the at least one cutting blade.