Ring cutting device and method

摘要

A specialized cutter adapted to remove a jewelry ring from a finger of a human hand. The cutter may include a diamond covered wheel having diamond grit sized between about 100-grit and about 170-grit. Preferably, the cutter can be assembled to permit either of a left-hand, or a right-hand mode of operation. Certain embodiments are structured to preclude relative motion between a cutting blade and the drive shaft on which it is mounted.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a handle structured to be grasped at a holding end by a single one of either a left, or a right, human stabilizing hand; a cutting assembly carried in a housing at a distal end of said handle, said cutting assembly comprising a blade carried by a drive shaft assembly, said blade comprising a circular cutting edge; a skin guard comprising a distally-disposed clamp and a proximal actuator lever, a portion of said clamp being structured to fit in radial proximity to a portion of said cutting edge, said skin guard being configured and arranged to facilitate insertion of said clamp between a jewelry ring and a finger wearing that ring such that operation of said actuator lever by said stabilizing hand is effective to urge said clamp to carry a cross-section of said ring toward said cutting edge; wherein said drive shaft assembly is structured in harmony with said housing to permit assembly of said drive shaft assembly journaled in said housing to dispose a driven end of said drive shaft assembly at either of left hand, or right hand, operable positions and thereby optionally allow application of rotation to said drive shaft assembly from either the left side, or the right side, of said housing.