Patent ID: 8132332

Claim:
A cutting device comprising: two toothed blades including a stationary blade and a moveable blade, wherein the moveable blade is arranged to be moveable with respect to the stationary blade; a motor for driving the moveable blade through a linkage element to a reciprocating movement in a plane parallel to the stationary blade; and a magnet configured to press the two toothed blades together, wherein the linkage element includes a recess for accommodating the magnet, and wherein a wall of the linkage element around the recess includes a protrusion for mating with a recess of the magnet such that a first surface of the magnet is in fixed contact with the moveable blade and a second surface of the magnet opposite the first surface is raised above the stationary magnet for providing an air gap between the stationary magnet and the second surface of the magnet.