Patent ID: 7059216

Claim:
A nose assembly structured to be mounted to an actuator of the type having a base and a translatable piston, the nose assembly being structured to be cooperable with a fastener having an elongated threaded pin and a collar with the collar being affixed to the pin, the nose assembly being structured to cut the collar to facilitate its removal from the pin, the nose assembly comprising: a threaded thimble structured to be mounted to one of the base and the piston with the thimble including threading that is structured to threadedly cooperate with the threading on the pin, the thimble being structured to be threadably connectable with the pin; an anvil having a support and at least a first blade, the at least first blade being disposed on the support, the support being structured to be mounted to the other of the base and the piston; and one of the thimble and the anvil being translatable with respect to the other of the thimble and the anvil along a cutting direction generally parallel with the longitudinal extent of the pin whereby relative translation occurs between the at least first blade and the collar along the cutling direction to cuttingly engage the blade with the collar.