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Tubing cutters

  • US 5,206,996 A
  • Filed: 04/01/1992
  • Issued: 05/04/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A hand operated tool for use in cutting tubing and other cylindrical materials, said tool comprising:

  • a clamp portion having spaced apart first and second jaws extending therefrom and handles extending opposite said first and second jaws;

    said first jaw including a cutting jaw having a cutting blade and said second jaw including a roller jaw having a forward and a rear roller with said cutting jaw and said roller jaw comprising a cutting portion;

    roller bearing means providing relative movement between said clamp portion and said cutting portion;

    said clamp portion including centrally located pivot means and providing a lateral opening between said cutting jaw and said roller jaw opposite said pivot means;

    said clamp portion further including a spring urging said first jaw and said second jaw together, wherebysaid handles are urged together to space apart said roller jaw and said cutting jaw, said cylindrical material is inserted between said spaced apart roller jaw and cutting jaw, said handles are released to allow said spring to urge said rollers and said cutting blade against said cylindrical material, and said tool is rotated about said cylindrical material to provide a circumferential cut by means of said cutting blade as said cutting blade is continually biased against said cylindrical material by means of said spring.

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