Tool for tightening and cutting clamps
US4733701A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 1986 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 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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