Patent ID: 6497045
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A loop cutting tool comprising:a handle portion with a grip; a housing portion connected to the handle portion, said housing portion having an operating face; a blade holder having a plurality of spaced apart slots and a first and a second operating surface, each of said slots configured to fixedly hold a portion of a blade therein while allowing a first cutting edge of the blade to extend from the first operating surface, said blade holder carried by the housing portion; wherein the blade holder is securable in either of two orientations relative to the housing portion such that in a first orientation the first operating surface of the blade holder is secured proximate to the operating face of the housing portion, and in the second orientation, the second operating surface of the blade holder is secured proximate to the operating face of the housing portion; and at least two blades secured in the blade holder in at least two of said slots, said at least two blades having a hook shaped first cutting edge.