Cutting tool
CA 1092337 A · Owner: Cooper Industries, Inc. · Inventors: Ferguson, William C.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A cutting tool comprising a one-piece plastic tongs having flat cutting blades disposed at the free ends thereof, the U-shaped portion of the tongs acting as a torsion spring to urge the blades into the proper cutting relationship as the legs of the tongs are moved together the, torsion spring portion being biased to urge the legs of the tongs to a normal fully open position and being loaded by distorting the U-shaped portion through relative movement of the legs from the normal fully open position to a latched position in which the cutting edges of the blades are exposed for cutting.
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Why it's free to use
- Granted December 30, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 30, 1997.
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