Patent ID: 7284330

Claim:
A cutting device for rod-shaped workpieces, the cutting device comprising: two actuating levers each comprised of a two-arm pivot lever; wherein the two-arm pivot levers each comprise a first arm as an actuator and a second arm having a shearing edge and each having a pivot located between the first and second arms; wherein the actuators have slanted surfaces facing one another and acted upon by a drive unit for moving the shearing edges relative to one another by pivoting the second arms about the pivots; wherein the second arms each have an end face and the end faces are facing one another; wherein the second arms each comprise a separate cutting insert, wherein the shearing edges are arranged on the cutting inserts, and wherein the cutting inserts are detachably fastened to and arranged within the end faces of the second arms, so that the cutting inserts do not project past an end of the second arms that is remote from the pivots, respectively; wherein the cutting inserts are identical and are mirror-symmetrically arranged relative to one another; wherein the cutting inserts are staggered relative to one another in a direction of a pivot axis of the pivots such that the shearing edges are positioned in a common shearing plane.