Ligature typing mechanism

Claim 1

A MECHANISM FOR TYING NOOSE-LIKE LIGATURES HAVING A FREE END WHICH WHEN PULLED CAUSES CLOSING OF THE LOOP OF THE LIGATURE ABOUT AN OBJECT TO BE TIED, SAID MECHANISM COMPRISING A PAIR OF JAWS ADOPTED TO HOLD THE OBJECT TO BE TIED, A PIVOTAL CONNECTION FOR SAID JAWS, A PAIR OF ARMS FORMING A CONTINUATION OF SAID JAWS EXTENDING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID CONNECTION FINGER HOLES IN THE ENDS OF SAID ARMS AND LOCKING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ARMS ADAPTED TO RESTRAIN SAID JAWS AND ARMS FROM PIVOTAL MOVEMENT, A CLAMPING MEANS HAVING A GRIPPING END AND BEING ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF SAID ARMS, THE GRIPING END OF SAID CLAMPING MEANS EXTENDING TO A POSITION ADJACENT THE END OF ONE OF SAID JAWS WHEREBY THE CLAMPING MEANS IS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE FREE END OF A LIGATURE, SAID CLAMPING MEANS BEING MOVABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID ONE ARM WHEREBY THE LOOP OF A LIGATURE CAN BE FITTED AROUND AN OBJECT HELD IN SAID JAWS AND THE FREE END OF THE LIGATURE CAN BE GRIPPED AND PULLED BY SAID CLAMPING MEANS, AND INCLUDING A BLADE MEANS ADAPTED TO CUT OFF THE FREE END OF SAID LIGATURE AT A POINT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THE TIGHTENED LOOP THEREOF, SAID BLADE MEANS INCLUDING A CUTTING END RECIPROCALLY MOVABLE IN A SLOT DEFINED IN SAID ONE JAW, AN OPENING IN SAID ONE JAW EXTENDING FROM THE OUTSIDE END OF SAID JAW TO THE END OF SAID SLOT WHEREBY THE FREE END OF A LIGATURE CAN BE INSERTED THROUGH SAID OPENING, CLAMPED BY THE CLAMPING MEANS AND PULLED SO THAT THE LOOP WILL BE TIGHTENED AROUND THE OBJECT TO BE TIED, SAID CUTTING END BEING RECIPROCALLY MOVABLE IN SAID SLOT WHEREBY THE FREE END PORTION EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENING CAN BE ENGAGED BY SAID CUTTING END AND SEVERED, AND INCLUDING AN ACTUATING MEANS FOR SAID BLADE MEANS, SAID ACTUATING MEANS BEING ATTACHED TO SAID BLADE MEANS NEAR THE END OPPOSITE THE CUTTING END THEREOF, SAID BLADE MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH AN OPENING DEFINED IN THE OTHER OF SAID JAWS WITH THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID BLADE MEANS BEING POSITIONED ON THE OTHER OF SAID ARMS, AND SAID ACTUATING MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO THE OTHER OF SAID ARMS.