.~ One tool edge of tool pair encompasses work (e.g., wire cutter)
DEFINITION
Classification: 83/580
(under subclass 523) Device having a pair of cutting tools, the cutting edge of one tool being a hollow closed figure so arranged that the work to be severed is embraced with a portion of the work protruding axially therefrom, and the cutting edge of the other tool being arranged for relative movement thereof in a plane usually perpendicular to the axis of the hollow tool edge.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
200.1, for a work-enclosing, wire cutting tool, which tool cuts the work by increased tension being applied to the end of the wire.
