Patent ID: 8453332

Claim:
A hand tool for cutting and terminating POF cables selected from one core, plurality of cores and combinations thereof without deformation by limiting the use of a portion of a blade to a single cut comprising a blade supporting top bar and a bottom bar comprising two aligned rows of holes opposite each other with a space between said rows including an end portion of said space for accommodating the cutting edge of said blade; said hand tool is assembled by attaching a blade holder and a cover, each comprising longitudinal sections of said top bar and said bottom bar linked by two springy structures with said blade being supported by said longitudinal sections of said top bar; one of said longitudinal sections of said bottom bar comprising a row of inserting holes and the other of said longitudinal section of said bottom bar comprising a row of retaining holes; said holes are perpendicular to said blade and are structured to fit at least one size and a shape of said POF cables exclusively and said space is set to fit said blade thickness to provide precise blade movement when at least one of said top bar and said bottom bar is pressed against the other and said cutting edge is passing said holes for cutting through and terminating said at least one POF cable and is accommodated in said end portion of said space; each of said inserting holes is used for inserting an end of said POF cable all the way through into a corresponding retaining hole and each of said retaining holes has a size and a shape for tightly retaining the end piece of a terminated POF cable; said hand tool cannot terminate POF cable without deformation when the cable is not inserted into and supported by the retaining hole, wherein a retained end piece is preventing a fresh insertion of a POF cable into the same retaining hole, thereby preventing the re-use of the same blade portion applied to said retained end piece.