Patent ID: 6571477
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B26B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A manually-operated, hand-held cutting tool, capable of being manipulatively operable by an operator's single hand, for cutting a strip of material, comprising:a housing for engaging a first portion of an operator's hand when said hand-held cutting tool is held within the operator's hand; an elongated insertion slot, comprising an open end and two oppositely disposed open sides, defined within said housing so as to have a predetermined longitudinal directional orientation along which a strip of material, to be cut, can be inserted into said housing through said open end and moved within said housing; a cutting blade fixedly mounted upon said housing and having a cutting edge that extends into said insertion slot for cutting the strip of material; and a handle for engaging a second portion of the operator's hand when said hand-held cutting tool is held within the operator's hand and having a portion that is extendable into said insertion slot, wherein said handle is mounted upon said housing for manual manipulable movement with respect to said housing between a first position remote from said cutting blade so as to permit the strip of material to be inserted into said insertion slot along said predetermined longitudinal directional orientation and thereby be disposed adjacent to said cutting blade, and a second position adjacent to said cutting blade such that, when said handle is moved from said first position to said second position, said portion of said handle, extending into said insertion slot, engages the strip of material and forces the strip of material to be moved along said predetermined longitudinal directional orientation and into contact with said cutting blade whereby said cutting blade cuts the strip of material.