Patent ID: 6185825
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B23D,H02G

Abstract:
A cable and wire cutter comprising:a first cutter member and a second cutter member,force means to rotate said first cutter member relative to said second cutter member about a pivot axis to cut a work piece,said first cutter member comprising a planar web defined by a web inside surface and a web outside surface,a perimeter wall having an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface upstanding from said web inside surface,said inner wall surface and said web inside surface defining an oval chamber having a semicylindrical end portion and an opposed arcuate end portion,a semicircular ledge that extends laterally from said inner wall surface, defining with said inner wall surface and said web inside surface, a semi-cylindrical cavity of a first radius in said semi-cylindrical end portion, one end of said first radius being located at said pivot axis,a first slot extending through both said perimeter wall and said planar web providing an entrance into said oval chamber for said work piece and defining in said planar web a cutting edge and an opposed edge that both extend from said perimeter wall toward said pivot axis,said second cutter member comprising a tiered cylinder defined by a base tier having a second radius slightly shorter than said first radius and an integral upper tier of third radius shorter than said second radius, one end of each said second radius and said third radius being located at said pivot axis,a second slot extending through both said base tier and said upper tier providing an entrance extending toward said pivot axis into said tiered cylinder for said work piece,said base tier of said second cutter member being rotatably positioned in said semicylinderical cavity of said first cutter member permitting said force means to rotate said first slot across said second slot to cut said work piece.