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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2000
Franklin H. King, Eugene, OR (US);
Other;
Abstract
A tubing cutter for cutting thin walled metallic tubing of the type used for electrical conduit. The tubing cutter is of the type which supports the tubing being cut between a roller or rollers and an oppositely disposed rotary cutting wheel of a given radius located within the head of the cutter, the cutter being rotated around the tubing to cause the cutting wheel to cut into and through the wall of the tubing. The cutter is prevented from cutting all the way through the wall of thin walled metallic tubing by means of a depth gage stop member which contacts the tubing to terminate cutting. The depth gage stop member can be stationary or rotary, and is comprised of a pair of legs or rollers placed on each side of the rotary cutting wheel. The length of the legs or the radius of the rollers are less than the radius of the rotary cutting wheel by a distance that represents less than the wall thickness of the tubing to be cut.