Cutter construction for cutting cables, solid bars and the like

Claim 1

A CUTTER CONSTRUCTION FOR A POWER OPERATED METAL CUTTING TOOL ADAPTED FOR CUTTING SOLID BAR STOCK OR THE LIKE COMPRISING A SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS INCLUDING A SUPPORT PORTION FOR ORIENTING AN ELONGATED WORK PIECE TO BE CUT NORMAL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, A PAIR OF CO-PLANAR CUTTER BLADES MOUNTED IN SAID SUPPORT MEMBER FOR RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SUPPORT PORTION, SAID CUTTER BLADES INCLUDING CO-PLANAR LINEAR CUTTING EDGES, SAID SUPPORT MEMBER INCLUDING CONTINUOUS, UNI-PLANAR KEYWAY MEANS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THERETHROUGH IN INTERSECTING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID SUPPORT PORTION AND RECEIVING AND ORIENTING SAID CUTTER BLADES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SUPPORT PORTION, SAID SUPPORT MEMBER INCLUDING A LONGITUDINAL BORE THERETHROUGH IN INTERSECTING RELATIONSHIP TO AND ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SUPPORT PORTION, SAID KEYWAY MEANS INCLUDING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING, RADIALLY DISPOSED KEYWAY FORMED ON THE INNER SURFACE OF AND EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF SAID BORE, SAID CUTTER BLADES EXTENDING DIAMETRICALLY OF SAID BORE AND HAVING AN EDGE CONFIGURATION CONFORMING TO THAT OF THE KEYWAY AND HAVING A HEIGHT EQUAL TO THE COMBINED DEPTH OF SAID KEYWAY AND THE DIAMETER OF SAID BORE PORTION, AND A PLURALITY OF SIMILAR, CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED KEYWAYS OPENING INTO AND EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF SAID BORE PORTION FOR RECEIVING THE EDGE CONFIGURATION OF SAID CUTTER BLADES THEREIN FOR BEVEL CUTTING A WORK PIECE DISPOSED IN THE SUPPORT PORTION.