Patent ID: 7650680

Claim:
A tool for locking a band clamp, the band clamp comprising an elongate band having a first end and a second end, a buckle disposed on the band proximate the second end and having an open interior to receive the first end of the band such that the first end of the band overlaps the second end of the band, the tool comprising: a. A tool head; b. a knife body disposed in said tool head and moveable between a first and second position, the knife body having a first end disposed in said tool head and a second end that extends from said tool head and engages the band as the knife body moves from the first position to the second position, the second end having a base portion with multiple surfaces that form a knife edge; c. a punch having a first end and a second end, said first end secured to said knife body and said second end extending from said knife body a greater distance than said knife edge such that the second end of the punch contacts the band before the knife edge as the knife body moves from the first position to the second position, said second end of said punch comprising a substantially hemispherical portion and a substantially cylindrical portion.