Hand punch tool for notching paper records

• US 20060070187A1
• Filed: 10/04/2004
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David N. Chilson
• Original Assignee: David N. Chilson
• Inventors: Chilson, David N.
• Application Number:
  US10/957,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20060070187A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 7/160
• CPC Class Codes: B26F 1/36 Punching or perforating pliers

Abstract

A tool for cutting a marking in a tag comprising a body; an anvil attached to the body, wherein the anvil comprises a recessed die cavity; a cutter attached to the body, wherein the cutter comprises a punch engageable with the recessed die cavity of the anvil, and a stop for limiting the insertion of the tag between the anvil and the cutter. Additional embodiments of the invention comprise a lens to magnify at least a portion of the tag inserted between the cutter and the anvil, and a pen mechanism for marking the tag.

Claims

1. A tool for cutting a marking in a tag, said tool comprising

a. a body;

b. an anvil attached to said body, said anvil comprising a recessed die cavity; and

c. a cutter attached to said body, said cutter comprising a punch engageable with said recessed die cavity of said anvil.

2. The tool as recited in claim 1, wherein said body is tubular.

3. The tool as recited in claim 1, wherein said cutter further comprises a flex bar joined at a proximal end thereof to said punch and at a distal end thereof to a radial arm by an elbow.

4. The tool as recited in claim 3, wherein said flex bar consists essentially of steel.

5. The tool as recited in claim 1, wherein said anvil further comprises a base and at least one stop.

6. The tool as recited in claim 1, wherein a perimeter of said die cavity and of said punch are triangular.

7. The tool as recited in claim 1, wherein said cutter further comprises means for magnifying a portion of said tag.

8. The tool as recited in claim 7, wherein said means for magnifying a portion of said tag is a lens.

9. The tool as recited in claim 8, wherein said lens consists essentially of plastic.

10. The tool as recited in claim 9, wherein said lens is a colored lens.

11. The tool as recited in claim 10, wherein said colored lens is a yellow lens.

12. The tool as recited in claim 7, wherein said magnifying means is unitary with said cutter.

13. The tool as recited in claim 1, wherein said tool further comprises a marking pen contained within said body.

14. The tool as recited in claim 1, wherein said tool further comprises a clip.

15. The tool as recited in claim 1, wherein said tool further comprises lighting means.

16. The tool as recited in claim 1, wherein said tool further comprises a keychain assembly.

17. The tool as recited in claim 1, wherein said tool further comprises a stop for limiting the insertion of said tag between said anvil and said cutter.