US 12,285,814 B2
Reversible cutting tool
Alexandre Cloutier, Orleans (CA); and Gabriel Brennan, Rockland (CA)
Filed by 2446914 Ontario Inc., Vars (CA)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/849,061.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/215,106, filed on Jun. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410292 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B23D 15/08 (2006.01); B23D 15/00 (2006.01); B23D 29/02 (2006.01); B23D 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC B23D 15/08 (2013.01) [B23D 15/002 (2013.01); B23D 29/026 (2013.01); B23D 35/005 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reversible cutting tool for use with press brakes, the reversible cutting tool comprising:
a handle portion to grip the cutting tool;
sliding components engaged with the handle portion to move the cutting tool along a length of the press brake;
a blade portion connected to the sliding components to cut a material; and, an adjustable cutting mechanism allowing the blade portion to cut the material in a first direction and a second direction, the adjustable cutting mechanism comprising:
a channel positioned on an underside of the blade portion; and,
a plunger secured to a crossbar, the plunger adapted to slide along the channel,
wherein the plunger slides from a first position to a second position along the channel, the first position for the blade portion to cut the material in the first direction, the second position for the blade portion to cut the material in the second direction.