Patent ID: 6154966
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: B23D,H02G

Abstract:
A manual cable cutter comprising:a pair of fixed and shaking handles joined mutually in upper part sides thereof;a spring for urging the pair of handles in an expanding direction;a fixed cutting blade disposed continuously in an upper part of the fixed handle;a turning cutting blade having a row of teeth formed on an arcuate outer face thereof and having a basal end part turnably supported on a leading end part of the fixed cutting blade;a holdback claw rotatably disposed in an upper part of the fixed handle and adapted to be meshed by the spring with the row of teeth of the turning cutting blade;a feeding claw rotatably supported on the shaking handle and adapted to be meshed by the spring with the row of teeth of the turning cutting blade;a switch means for switching a range of motion of the shaking handle between a first opening position during a course of cutting motion and a second opening position during a course of releasing motion; anda release lever rotatably formed on the fixed handle for retracting the holdback claw and the feeding claw synchronously from the row of teeth of the turning cutting blade toward the upper part of the fixed handle and rotated with the shaking handle;whereby a switch of the switch means sways the shaking handle to the second opening position to cancel the engagement of the holdback claw and the feeding claw with the row of teeth of the turning cutting blade.