Patent ID: 7621052

Claim:
A method of cutting through an object, comprising: (a) providing a cutting device, including: (i) a first assembly and a second assembly hinged together, both first and second assemblies having a cutting head, defining a cutting edge, and a handle and wherein said hinge is located between said cutting head and said handle for both said first and second assemblies, and wherein said two cutting edges are mutually opposed and can be moved into physical engagement by moving said handles together, said movement of said cutting edges defining a cutting plane; (ii) wherein a wheel is rotatably mounted to said handle of said first assembly, and wherein a tension member is engaged to said wheel and is also attached to said handle of said second assembly, so that when said wheel is turned in a first rotational direction, said first handle and said second handle are pulled together by said tension member, thereby bringing said cutting edges together; and (iii) a bolt rigidly attached to said wheel, so that turning said bolt turns said wheel; and (b) providing a wrench; (c) fitting said wrench to said bolt and turning said wrench in a plane parallel to said cutting plane, thereby turning said bolt in said first rotational direction, thereby turning said wheel in said first rotational direction, thereby pulling said handles together and bringing said cutting edges together.