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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Steven M. Macsay, Strongsville, OH (US);
Glen R. Chartier, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Inventors:
Steven M. Macsay, Strongsville, OH (US);
Glen R. Chartier, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Assignee:
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23D 21/06 (2006.01); B26D 3/16 (2006.01); B26D 1/04 (2006.01); B26D 1/09 (2006.01); B26D 5/10 (2006.01); B26D 5/16 (2006.01); B26D 7/01 (2006.01); B26D 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 3/16 (2013.01); B26D 1/04 (2013.01); B26D 1/09 (2013.01); B26D 3/169 (2013.01); B26D 5/10 (2013.01); B26D 5/16 (2013.01); B26D 7/01 (2013.01); B26D 7/088 (2013.01); B26D 2007/013 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hand-held cutting tool is described which is used to readily cut or sever flexible pipe or tubing. The tool features one or more openings in the body of the tool sized to accommodate pipe or tubing to be cut. The tool is used to cut tubing by inserting the tubing into one of the apertures. A retractable blade is urged against the tubing and the tool then orbited about the tubing and/or the tubing rotated until the blade severs the tubing.