Patent ID: 8656595

Claim:
A cigar cutter ( 1 ) comprising: a housing ( 2 ) that has a cutting opening ( 3 ); a first movable blade module ( 4 ); a second movable blade module ( 5 ) relative to said housing between a closed configuration, in which blades ( 19 , 23 ) of the first and second blade modules close said cutting opening, and an open configuration, in which the blades of said first and second blade modules release said cutting opening; and a locking mechanism configured, in a locked state, to keep said blade modules within said closed configuration, and, in an unlocked state, to allow said blade modules to switch to said open configuration, said blade modules configured to move toward one another from said closed configuration to an actuation configuration, and said locking mechanism configured to switch from the locked state to the unlocked state and vice versa during the switching from the closed configuration to the actuation configuration, wherein the first blade module ( 4 ) comprises at least one first foot ( 18 ) that is received in a first opening ( 11 ) of the housing and the second blade module ( 5 ) comprises at least one second foot ( 22 ) that is received in a second opening ( 12 ) of the housing, wherein said first foot comprises a first toothed socket ( 33 ) and a second toothed socket ( 34 ) that moves in rotation and in translation relative to the first toothed socket, and wherein in the closed configuration, the first toothed socket ( 33 ) and the second toothed socket ( 34 ) are not engaged with each other, the first toothed socket ( 33 ) and the second toothed socket ( 34 ) being engaged with each other when the blade modules move toward one another from the closed configuration to the actuation configuration.