Cutting methods

US10513042B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Donald W. Coffland · Seattle, US
• Christine Mary Anderson · Edmonds, US
• Curtis Lynn Backman · Seattle, US
• Aaron Robert Ayers · Granite Falls, US
• David Scott Wright · Shoreline, US
• Scott Shapiro · Mill Creek, US
• Donald R. Young · Marysville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 24, 2019
• Expiry date: May 10, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B69/0025
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool for cutting a tie wrap bound about a wire bundle. The tool includes a body portion having a generally disc-shaped cutter and cutting edge. A shield covers one side of the cutter and defines first and second shield slots in communication with the cutting edge. A housing pivotally connected to the body portion covers the other side of the cutter and defines first and second housing slots that communicate with the cutting edge. The housing pivots between first, second, and third positions. In the first position, the first housing slot communicates with the first shield slot to expose the cutting edge for cutting purposes. In the second position, the first housing slot is out of communication with the first shield slot, thereby covering the cutting edge. And, in the third position, the second housing slot communicates with the second shield slot to expose the cutting edge.