Patent ID: 8281492
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: B26D

Abstract:
1. A tube cutter comprising a first and a second arm pivotally connected, wherein each arm includes a handle segment and a head portion, the head portion of one arm including a v-block and the head portion of the other arm having a cutting portion, first and second bumpers, the first bumper disposed on one of the handle segments and the second bumper disposed on the other handle segment, the bumpers aligned to contact upon the handle segments in a juxtaposed position, each handle segment includes a cavity, the first bumper located in the cavity in one of the handle segments and the second bumper located in the cavity in the other handle segment, the first bumper having a first radius where one side of the first bumper contacts the handle segment in the cavity and a second radius where the other side of the first bumper contacts a top surface of the second bumper, the second bumper having a first radius where one side of the second bumper contacts the handle segment in the cavity and a second radius where the other side of the second bumper contacts a top surface of the first bumper, wherein the first radius of the first and second bumpers is greater than the second radius of the first and second bumpers, and a blade having three double horned cutting edges, the blade attached to the cutting portion of the head.