Circle cutter

Abstract

A circle cutter, particularly a cutting instrument, is adapted for cutting circles on objects. It includes a rotary disc assembly and a cutting tool. The rotary disc assembly is made up of an outer ring board, a rotary disc, a fixing ring cap and a plurality of beads. The rotary disc mounted to the outer ring board is movably limited in place by the fixing ring cap and are rotatably supported by the multiple beads received in a tunnel defined between the outer ring board and the rotary disc. On the rotary disc are disposed a plurality of holes marked with a numeral that is the diameter of a circle to be cut. The cutting tool has a hollow pen stick and a cutting knife attached to a knife clip that is movably engaged with a holding head. The holding head is further secured to the bottom end of the hollow pen stick and is free to rotate with respect to the pen stick so that the cutting knife can be smoothly guided in a cutting operation.

I claim:  
     
       1. A circle cutter, comprising: 
       a rotary disc assembly and a cutting tool;  
       said rotary disc assembly being made up of an outer ring board, a rotary disc, a fixing ring cap and a plurality of beads;  
       on a peripheral area of said outer ring board being disposed a plurality of consecutive circular holes of various diameters gradually reduced one by one for drawing circles;  
       on an inner flange of said outer ring board being disposed a bead retaining groove having a semi-circular cross section;  
       a raised peripheral rim being located next to said groove and a plurality of spaced retaining lugs extending radially from said rim;  
       each said lug being provided with an insertion hole;  
       at a periphery of said rotary disc being disposed a downwardly turned engagement flange having a groove having a semi-circular cross section in conformance to said bead retaining groove of said outer ring board;  
       a roof of said engagement flange having a smooth contour of a semi-circular cross section;  
       a plurality of insertion holes being spirally located on said rotary disc with their distances to a center of said rotary disc increasingly varied;  
       on said outer periphery of said fixing ring cap being disposed a plurality of spaced radially-extended locking lugs each having an engagement pin;  
       said cutting tool having a hollow pen stick, a top cap, a knife clip, a holding head and a cutting knife;  
       in a hollow interior of said pen stick spare cutting knifes being housed;  
       at a top end of said pen stick being disposed internal threads and at an opposite end thereof being disposed a round ended push head provided with external threads at an enlarged section thereof;  
       said top cap of a T-shaped cross section having external threads at a bottom end thereof;  
       said knife clip being of a two-staged cylinder having a dome-shaped top and a reverse T-shaped retaining recess for holding of said cutting knife;  
       said holding head having a cylindrical top section and a conic lower section having a 3-staged hole of various lengths;  
       said hole being provided with internal threads at the largest hole section thereof;  
       said cutting knife being made in an arrow shape and having a V-shaped cutting edge;  
       whereby said rotary disc is assembled with said beads being first placed in said bead retaining groove of said inner flange of said outer ring board and said rotary disc is then registered with a central void of said outer ring board; at the same time, the engagement flange of said rotary disc being registered with said inner flange of said outer ring board, then said fixing ring cap is engaged with said peripheral rim of said outer ring board with said locking lugs of said fixing ring cap registered with said lugs of said peripheral rim; accordingly, said rotary disc can be made to move when said cutting tool is selectively placed in one of said insertion holes with said cutting knife moving in circle to cut a circular object off a material.  
     
     
       2. The circle cutter as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said lugs on said raised peripheral rim of said outer ring board and the locking lugs on said fixing ring cap are smoothly rounded of the contours thereof. 
     
     
       3. The circle cutter as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said rotary disc has a diameter slightly smaller than an inner diameter of said raised peripheral rim of said outer ring board. 
     
     
       4. The circle cutter as claimed in  claim 1  wherein a diameter of a circle to be drawn is marked beside each said insertion hole. 
     
     
       5. The circle cutter as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said bottom surface of said rotary disc is positioned a little higher than that said outer ring board when engaged so that said rotary disc is not in contact with a surface of a table or a working plane. 
     
     
       6. The circle cutter as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said hollow pen stick is provided with at a top end thereof internal threads and at an opposite end thereof is disposed a round ended push head provided with external threads at an enlarged section thereof. 
     
     
       7. A rotary disc assembly for use with a cutting tool to cut circles from a material, said rotary disk assembly comprising: 
         an outer ring board having a grooved inner flange wherein a plurality of beads are disposed within said grooved inner flange of said outer ring board, said grooved inner flange having a semi - circular cross section; and    
       
         a rotary disc rotatably attached to said grooved inner flange of said outer ring board, said rotary disk having a plurality of insertions holes disposed thereon to engage said cutting tool, so that when said rotary disk assembly is placed on said material and said cutting tool is engaged with one of said plurality of insertion holes, and said rotary disk is rotated relative to said outer ring board, said material is cut to form a circle.  
       
     
     
       8. The rotary disc of  claim 7 , wherein said plurality of insertion holes are spirally located on said rotary disc with their distances to a center of said rotary disc increasingly varied.  
     
     
       9. The rotary disc of  claim 7  wherein on a peripheral area of said outer ring board, a plurality of consecutive circular holes of various diameters gradually reduced one by one for drawing circles are disposed.  
     
     
       10. The rotary disc of  claim 7  wherein said rotary disc further comprises an engagement flange, which corresponds to the grooved inner flange of said outer ring board, said engagement flange having a diameter slightly large than an inner diameter of said outer ring board.  
     
     
       11. The rotary disc of  claim 7  wherein a diameter of a circle to be drawn is marked beside each said insertion hole.  
     
     
       12. The rotary disc of  claim 7  wherein the bottom surface of said rotary disc is positioned a little higher than that of said outer ring board when engaged so that said rotary disc is not in contact with a surface of a table or a working plane.  
     
     
       13. A rotary disc assembly for use with a cutting tool to cut circles from a material, said rotary disk assembly comprising: 
       
         an outer ring board having a grooved inner flange and plurality of consecutive circular holes, disposed on the peripheral area of said outer ring board, wherein said circular holes are of various diameter gradually reduced one by one for drawing circles; and  
       
       
         a rotary disc rotatably attached to said grooved inner flange of said outer ring board, said rotary disk having a plurality of insertion holes disposed thereon to engage a cutting tool, so that when said rotary disk assembly is placed on said material and said cutting tool is engaged with one of said plurality of insertion holes, and said rotary disk is rotated relative to said outer ring board, said material is cut to form a circle.  
       
     
     
       14. The rotary disc of  claim 13 , wherein said plurality of insertion holes are spirally located on said rotary disc with their distances to a center of said rotary disc increasingly varied.  
     
     
       15. The rotary disc of  claim 13  further comprising a plurality of beads disposed within said grooved inner flange of said outer ring board, said grooved inner flange having a semi- circular cross section.    
     
     
       16. The rotary disc of  claim 13  wherein said rotary disc further comprises an engagement flange, which corresponds to the grooved inner flange of said outer ring board, said engagement flange having a diameter slightly large than an inner diameter of said outer ring board.  
     
     
       17. The rotary disc of  claim 13  wherein a diameter of a circle to be drawn is marked beside each said insertion hole.  
     
     
       18. The rotary disc of  claim 13  wherein the bottom surface of said rotary disc is positioned a little higher than that of said outer ring board when engaged so that said rotary disc is not in contact with a surface of a table or a working plane.