Cast cutter

Claim 1

A portable cutter assembly adapted for use in removing casts from the body of a patient, comprising: an electrically driven motor adapted for connection to an electric power source; gearing coupled to the output of said motor; a first housing conformed to receive said motor and said gearing; a second housing extending from said first housing and communicating on the interior therewith; a first and a second rotary cutter mounted for rotation in said second housing, said first and second rotary cutters having cutting edges partially exposed therefrom, said first and second cutters being aligned at a toe in and positive caster relative each other symmetrically about a longitudinal plane intersecting said first and second housing; pulley means disposed on the interior of said first and second housing for transferring rotary power between said gearing and said first and second rotary cutter; a bottom plate assembly telescopically received within said second housing and extending outwardly therefrom to align distally subjacent of said exposed edges of said first and second cutters said bottom plate assembly being adapted for telescopic translation relative said cutters; spring means disposed in said second housing for urging said bottom plate assembly upwardly towards said cutters; a manually operative switch connected in circuit with said motor; and a normally open switch connected in series with said manually operative switch, said normally open switch being articulated to a closed state by the downward articulation of said bottom plate assembly.