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Tool for tightening and cutting clamps

US4733701A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 30, 1986
Grant dateMar 29, 1988
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25B25/005
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool for tightening and cutting clamps comprises two handles pivoted to each other of which one is a tightening handle and has at its end a grasping member adapted to grasp the clamp to be cut. The other handle is a cutting handle and has at its end a movable cutter. Elastic element oppose movement of the grasping and cutting handles towards each other. An actuator to apply thrust to the cutter and elastic return element opposes movement of the cutter. The actuator comprises the pivot by which the handles are pivoted to each other and a curved slot in the cutting handle by which the cutting handle is fastened to the pivot and in which the pivot is movable parallel to itself, transversely to the pivot axis.

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