Hydraulic and pneumatic actuated cutting apparatus

• Main Author: LEWIS JOHN B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.01.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BROACHING; FILING; LIKE OPERATIONS FOR WORKING METAL BY REMOVING MATERIAL, NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANING; SAWING; SCRAPING; SHEARING; SLOTTING; TRANSPORTING

A hydraulically and/or pneumatically actuated cutting tool is provided having a housing with a piston assembly slidably disposed between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The piston assembly comprises a seal which is operable between two positions. In a first position the seal produces a substantial...