US 11,745,326 B2
Bolt cutter
Aaron S. Blumenthal, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Aaron M. Williams, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Andrew M. Tuchscherer, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/383,221.
Application 16/383,221 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/024913, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/650,764, filed on Mar. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0299388 A1, Oct. 3, 2019
Int. Cl. B26B 17/02 (2006.01); B26B 13/28 (2006.01); B25G 1/06 (2006.01); F16C 11/10 (2006.01)
CPC B25G 1/06 (2013.01) [B26B 13/28 (2013.01); B26B 17/02 (2013.01); F16C 11/10 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bolt cutter comprising:
a bolt cutting head, the bolt cutting head comprising:
a first bolt cutting blade;
a second bolt cutting blade; and
a compound hinge coupled to the first and second bolt cutting blades such that the first and second bolt cutting blades are allowed to pivot relative to each other, the compound hinge comprising:
a first link defining a first aperture centered around a first axis, the first aperture comprising a first set of recesses; and
a second link defining a second aperture centered around a second axis;
a first adjustable handle pivotally coupled to the first link, the first adjustable handle defining a third aperture centered around the first axis and comprising a third set of recesses;
a locking button that actuates along the first axis and rotates around the first axis, the locking button comprises a set of shoulders that protrude radially away from the first axis, the set of shoulders sized to be received concurrently within both the first set of recesses and the third set of recesses, at least one shoulder of the set of shoulders having an arcuate radially outermost surface that extends an arcuate distance of at least 20 degrees with respect to the first axis;
the set of shoulders being less in number than the first set of recesses, and
a second adjustable handle pivotally coupled to the second link at the second axis.