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Safety belt cutter

  • US 5,653,031 A
  • Filed: 08/28/1996
  • Issued: 08/05/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A safety belt cutter comprising a housing for receiving a safety belt therein and including an operating element slideably supported in said housing so as to be movable across said safety belt and having a handle portion integrally formed therewith and projecting from said housing and an at least partially U-shaped portion with legs extending essentially parallel to the plane of said belt and being spaced from each other to form a belt-receiving gap, and a cutting blade with a cutting edge so mounted on said operating element that said cutting edge extends through said gap at an angle to the plane of said belt and is exposed only within said gap between the legs of said U-shaped portion of said operating element so that said safety belt is guided within said gap onto said cutting edge to be severed thereby if, after an accident, said operating element is moved across said safety belt.

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