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Bag cutter and piercer

  • US 9,221,664 B2
  • Filed: 09/24/2014
  • Issued: 12/29/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A cutting apparatus comprising:

  • a first arm and an opposable second arm;

    a first blade comprising a cutting edge, wherein the cutting edge has a first end, a second end and a central portion;

    wherein the first arm comprises or is coupled to a blade enclosing material that partially encloses the first blade at the first end and the second end in a manner that leaves the central portion unenclosed;

    wherein the opposable second arm comprises or is coupled to a raised portion made at least in part of a first material;

    wherein the raised portion at least partially encloses an anvil made at least in part of a second material different from the first material;

    wherein at least a first segment of the unenclosed central portion is sized and dimensioned to physically contact at least a portion of at least one of the first raised portion and the anvil;

    a second blade that is partially embedded in and extends entirely within a thickness of the first arm in a manner that exposes at least a portion of the second blade at a cutout; and

    wherein the first blade is orthogonal to the second blade.

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