Portable clamp and cutter for electrical flexible tubing

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION: (A) A PORTABLE HOUSING ENCLOSING A MOTOR; (B) A BRACKET CARRIED BY SAID HOUSING; (C) A RECIPROCATING SAW BLADE HAVING ONE END OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID MOTOR, SAID SAW BLADE HAVING A PORTION SLIDABLE IN A BLADE GUIDE THAT IS CARRIED BY SAID HOUSING; (D) AN ARM SWINGABLY CARRIED BY SAID BRACKET AND BEING SWINGABLE IN A PLANE THAT IS PARALLEL TO THE BLADE OF SAID SAW BLADE; AND (E) FLEXIBLE CONDUIT GRIPPING PLIERS CARRIED BY SAID ARM; THE TWO JAWS OF SAID PLIERS BEING SEMI-CYLINDRICAL IN CROSS SECTION WITH CONCOVER FACES BEING DISPOSED OPPOSITE EACH OTHER, SAID JAWS WHEN CLOSED HAVING A COMMON AXIS THAT EXTENDS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID PLANE DEFINED BY SAID SWINGABLE ARM; (F) SAID JAW BEING SUFFICIENTLY LONG TO GRIP A LENGTH OF THE FLEXIBLE CONDUIT AND PREVENT THE GRIPPED PORTION FROM FLEXING; (G) ONE END OF EACH JAW LYING IN A PLANE THAT LIES FLUSH WITH THE SIDE OF SAID RECIPROCATING SAW BLADE THAT IS DISPOSED NEAREST TO SAID JAW ENDS; (H) SAID ARM PERMITTING THE PLIERS TO BE SWUNG FOR CAUSING THE JAWS TO MOVE THE GRIPPED CONDUIT PORTION WITH RESPECT TO SAID RECEIPROCATING SAW BLADE SO THAT THE LATTER WILL CUT THE CONDUIT IN A PLANE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE AXIS OF THE GRIPPED CONDUIT PORTION AND ADJACENT TO THE JAW ENDS DISPOSED NEAREST TO SAID SAW BLADE.