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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1977
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis C Siden, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Corey J McMills, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30257 ; 29758 ; 83 13 ;
Abstract
A wire cutting device having a blade angle of about 0.degree. and whose blades exhibit a bulk resistivity of at least about 1.0 ohm-cm can be used to safely sever plural conductors while in-service without causing a short circuit. Blade materials are typically polymeric materials with a Rockwell hardness of about M30 or greater.