Patent ID: 6088920
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B23D

Abstract:
A cable cutter including a first handle and a second handle hingedly mounted together into a hand-grippable configuration, the cable cutter comprising:(a) a first lever pivotably mounted to the first handle near one lever end, the first lever having a first jaw near an opposite lever end, the first jaw having peripheral edges and an inner surface;(b) a second lever pivotably mounted to the second handle near one lever end, the second lever having a second jaw near an opposite lever end, the jaw having peripheral edges and an inner surface facing the inner surface of the first jaw and spaced from the inner surface of the first jaw to form a gap of predetermined gap width;(c) a first insert blade rigidly mounted to the first jaw, the first insert blade having a first surface seated against the inner surface of the first jaw in the gap, a second, oppositely facing surface and peripheral edges that extend at least to the peripheral edges of the first jaw;(d) a second insert blade rigidly mounted to the second jaw, the second insert blade having a first surface seated against the inner surface of the second jaw in the gap, and a second, oppositely facing surface seated against the second surface of the first insert and peripheral edges that extend at least to the peripheral edges of the second jaw; and(e) a pivot pin extending through both jaws and both insert blades;wherein only the second surfaces of the insert blades remain in contact with each other in a cutting region as the handles are articulated to pivot the levers and insert blades about the pivot pin, thereby causing the second surfaces of the insert blades to slide against each other in a scissoring action.