Pipe or rod cutting tool having a disc type cutting wheel and toggle means to move said wheel in an operative or inoperative position

Claim 1

A LONG HANDLED TUBE CUTTER, SAID LONG HANDLED TUBE CUTTER COMPRISING: A BODY STRUCTURE, A DRIVE STRUCTURE AND A TUBE CUTTING STRUCTURE; SAID BODY STRUCTURE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED TUBE HAVING AN INTERIOR OPENING OF SUFFICIENT DIAMETER TO BE ADAPTED TO ACCEPT A PORTION OF THE TUBE WHICH THE TUBE CUTTER IS ADAPTED TO CUT, SAID INTERIOR OPENING BEING OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH TO ACCEPT A SUBSTANTIAL LENGTH OF THE TUBE ADAPTED TO BE CUT, SAID TUBULAR BODY STRUCTURE HAVING AN ELONGATED AXIS WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE TUBE BEING CUT, SAID TUBULAR BODY STRUCTURE HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENDS; SAID DRIVE STRUCTURE COMPRISING DRIVE MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID BODY STRUCTURE ADJACENT SAID FIRST END THEREOF; SAID TUBE CUTTING STRUCTURE BEING ATTACHED TO SAID BODY STRUCTURE ADJACENT SAID SECOND END THEREOF, SAID TUBE CUTTING STRUCTURE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE TUBE CUTTING BACKUP ROLLER MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY STRUCTURE, SAID BACKUP ROLLER BEING ROTATABLE ON AN AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID BODY STRUCTURE, A CUTTING WHEEL MOVABLY MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BACKUP ROLLER, SAID CUTTING WHEEL BEING MOVABLE ALONG A PATH AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID AXIS AND ROTATABLE UPON AN AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID ROLLER; SAID TUBE CUTTING STRUCTURE INCLUDING A TOGGLE MOUNTED UPON SAID BODY STRUCTURE, SAID TOGGLE HAVING AN OPERATING HANDLE EXTENDING TOWARD SAID DRIVE STRUCTURE AND HAVING A LOADING LEVER EXTENDING ADJACENT SAID TUBE CUTTING WHEEL, A SPRING POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID LOADING LEVER AND SAID TUBE CUTTING WHEEL SO THAT ACTUATION OF SAID MANUAL HANDLE MOVES SAID LOADING LEVER TO SPRING URGE SAID CUTTING WHEEL TOWARD SAID BACKUP ROLLER.