Patent ID: 7346987

Claim:
A cutting tool with a work piece feed mechanism, comprising: a first jaw having first and second ends and an edge extending between the first and second ends, at least a portion of the first jaw edge proximal the first end being sharpened to form a cutting edge portion; a second jaw having first and second ends and an edge extending between the first and second ends, at least a portion of the second jaw edge facing the cutting edge portion of the first jaw edge; the first and second jaws being connected together for pivotal movement between a closed position with the cutting edge portion and the facing edge portion in cutting opposition and an open position with the cutting edge portion and the facing edge portion spaced apart; and a work piece feed mechanism operably coupled with at least one of the first and second jaws and including a slide member adapted to engage a work piece and slide with the work piece relative to the first and second jaws between a fully extended position most distal to the first and second jaws and a fully retracted position most proximal to the first and second jaws; wherein, with the slide member extended from the fully retracted position, movement of the first and second jaws from the closed position to the open position causes a remainder of the work piece feed mechanism to advance the slide member and any work piece supported by the slide member toward the fully retracted position; and wherein movement of the first and second jaws from the open position to the closed position causes the remainder of the work piece feed mechanism to operably restrain the slide member from movement toward the fully extended position.