Wire lead nipping tool

Claim 1

A NIPPING TOOL FOR CUTTING WIRES AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING A RECESS IN ITS FRONT AN OPENENDED CYLINDER HEAD FITTED IN THE OPEN END OF THE RECESS HAVING A CYLINDRICAL INTERIOR AREA, THE LATTER AREA AND RECESS COMBINING TO FORM A PISTON CHAMBER, A PISTON RECIPROCABLE IN THE LATTER HAVING A CAM SLIDE CENTRALLY THEREOF, A NIPPER IMPLEMENT INCLUDING A PAIR OF CROSSED LEVERS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TOGETHER, SAID LEVERS HAVING COOPERATING CUTTING JAWS AT THEIR FORWARD ENDS AND ARMS AT THEIR REAR ENDS, THE CYLINDER HEAD HAVING A RECTANGULAR INTERIOR AREA FORWARDLY OF ITS CYLINDRICAL INTERIOR AREA, THE ARMS OF THE NIPPING IMPLEMENT EXTENDING THROUGH THE RECTANGULAR AREA, ONE OF THE ARMS HAVING A CAM FOLLOWER OUTER SURFACE AT ITS REAR END RESTING UPON THE CAM SLIDE AND ADAPTED UPON RECIPROCATION OF THE PISTON TO RIDE UP AND DOWN THE SLIDE, THE OTHER ARM BEING SUPPORTED BY THE CYLINDER HEAD, SPRING MEANS BIASING THE ARMS APART AND SIMULTANEOUSLY BIASING THE JAWS APART AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ADJUSTING THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE JAWS MAY BE BIASED APART.