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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:
Jul. 13, 1993
Filed:
May. 18, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
James K Rancour, St. Cloud, MN (US);
Jerome F Fries, St. Cloud, MN (US);
David F Salzl, Watkins, MN (US);
Assignee:
Malco Products, Inc., Annandale, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B / ; B26B / ; B26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30187 ; 30191 ; 7158 ;
Abstract
A hand tool combination of a knife having a double edged blade for piercing and cutting duct insulation and a wire cutter swingably engaged with the knife for cutting wire embedded in the duct insulation. The hand tool includes two jaws. One jaw forms the double edged blade and includes an anvil. The other jaw includes a wire cutting edge. The jaws are drawn together to operate the wire cutter by squeezing handles engaged with the jaws. The handles are also manipulated to operate the blade.