Double ended metal cleaning shear

Claim 1

In a double ended metal cleaning shear, a horizontally disposed bed, a rocking beam pivotally and rockably mounted on said bed, recessed blades on each end of said bed, shearing blades on both ends of said rocking beam matching and coacting with the recessed blades of the bed, a hydraulic power unit operatively connected to said beam for selectively causing shearing action between the blades on the beam and the blades on the bed, foot control pedal means for controling said hydraulic power unit, and a single safety guard rockably mounted on said pivoted beam, and wherein the safety guard can be rocked to completely guard blades on one end while providing a working space guard on blades on the opposite end, and wherein the safety guard can be rocked to another position to completely guard the other end blades while leaving a working space guard on the first named blades, and wherein the hydraulic power unit includes a cylinder for operating the cutting stroke of the blades on one end when the cylinder moves in one direction and operates the cutting stroke of the blades on the opposite end when the cylinder moves on the returning stroke.