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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2019
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);
Simon M. Gall, West Bend, WI (US);
Terry L. Timmons, Milwaukee, WI (US);
MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US);
Abstract
A powered threaded rod cutter includes first and second cutting dies, an electric motor, a planetary transmission positioned downstream of the motor, a drivetrain for converting a rotational output of the transmission to a pivoting movement of the first cutting die, and a clutch mechanism for redirecting torque from the motor away from a drivetrain and the first cutting die in response to the first cutting die seizing during a rod-cutting operation. The clutch mechanism includes a ring gear in the planetary transmission, and a spring that rotationally affixes the ring gear below a predetermined threshold of reaction torque through the drivetrain and permits rotation of the ring gear above the threshold.