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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:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kent L Earle, Woodridge, IL (US);
Greg L Lauriano, Plainfield, IL (US);
Assignee:
Etcon Corporation, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30 92 ; 30 925 ; 30 95 ; 30101 ; 30102 ;
Abstract
A portable cutter for cutting materials such as conduit tubing made of metal or other semi-rigid material including a motor, a power source for the motor, a saw blade, gripping mechanism for gripping an object to be cut, mechanism for automatically connecting the power source to the motor for a cutting operation, and mechanism for automatically activating the gripping mechanism.