Abstract: A hand operated tubing cutter adapted to apply a selectable force to tubing to be cut, with the cutter having an elongate, substantially "C" shaped body member and defining a recess for receiving a piece of tubing to be cut. A spaced pair of rollers is operatively mounted in the central recess, directly against which rollers a piece of tubing to be cut is to be placed. An elongate cavity is disposed in the body member in substantial alignment with the pair of rollers, and an elongate ram member is slidably disposed in a non-rotatable manner in the elongate cavity, one end of which ram member supports a cutter wheel. The cutter wheel is rotatably supported in an opposed relationship to the rollers, and a rotatable adjustment device is located on the body member at a location comparatively remote form the rollers. A compression spring is disposed in the body member and operably interconnected with the ram member.

Abstract: A tubing cutter comprising a pair of arms pivotally connected together adjacent one end, with the opposite ends of the arms free. Such opposite end of one of the arms has thereon a rotatably mounted cutting wheel, and upon the opposite end of the other of the arms at least one roller is utilized, in opposed operative relationship to the cutting wheel. A tightening arrangement, preferably in the form of a finger operated wheel mounted on a dually threaded shaft, is utilized for enabling the user to draw the free ends of the arms together, so as to force the cutting wheel into cutting contact with a piece of tubing placed between the rotary cutter and the rollers. Thus, upon relative rotation occurring between the cutting wheel and the tubing, the severing of the tubing can be readily brought about. Preferably a spring bias arrangement is utilized, which serves to assist the tube severing procedure by biasing the cutting wheel into firm contact with the tubing to be cut.