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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth R. Pierce, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Michael W. Gearhart, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Jeffrey M. Swiatowy, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Mark W. Wozniak, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Assignee:
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23D 57/00 (2006.01); B23D 59/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23D 57/0092 (2013.01); B23D 57/003 (2013.01); B23D 57/0007 (2013.01); B23D 57/0038 (2013.01); B23D 57/0053 (2013.01); B23D 57/0061 (2013.01); B23D 57/0069 (2013.01); B23D 57/0084 (2013.01); B23D 59/04 (2013.01); Y10T 83/9292 (2015.04);
Abstract
A cutting apparatus and the method of operating same is provided. The apparatus includes a feed tower assembly configured to be attached to an object and a frame base plate movably attached thereto. The frame base plate has a pivotable arm assembly and an arm wheel thereon which accept a cutting member. A visual tension indicator is operably connected to the frame base plate and the arm assembly and configured to indicate an amount of tension applied to the cutting member.