PERFECTED CARRIER FOR DOA FLEX TOOL WITH STEEL Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to a steel strapping tool, with a built-in removable cutter, of the type used to apply a steel strip in a tight turn around a package by a series of interlocking joints comprising interlaced protrusions pierced at two overlapped ends of the strip, and in particular an improved cutting instrument which prevents the lower end of the two overlapped ends of the tensioned strip from being completely cut off, should the instrument holder, within which the cutting instrument is removably mounted, undergoes greater travel relative to an anvil supporting the overlapped ends of the strap during a cutting operation, where the structural integrity of the tensioned strap disposed around the package will be preserved and will not be compromised by a c unnoticed eye of the lower end of the two overlapped ends of the tensioned strap, so as not to result in a structural failure of the strap once the strap is arranged around the package in its stressed state. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Felting tools of the aforementioned type are exemplified by U.S. Patent 5,203,541 issued to Robert J. Nix, and U.S. Patent No. 3,998,429 issued to Nelson Cheung, where both patents were assigned to SIGNODE CORPORATION, assignee of the registration of the present patent application. U.S. Patent No. 4,825,512 is also an example of a steel strip with a series of interlocking joints formed by perforated interlacing protrusions at the overlapped ends of the steel strip. In general, a strapping tool of the aforementioned type comprises an activating handle which is adapted to oscillate manually. The trigger handle rotates an input shaft that activates an output shaft by a plurality of intermediate gears. A plurality of cams are mounted on the output shaft, and the cams are operatively connected to a plurality of perforations which are urged thereto to pierce the segments of interlocking projections at the two overlapped ends of the steel strip. One of the cams also drives the cutter assembly, into which the cutter assembly is removably mounted, so that the cutter instrument normally or desirably cuts by compression at the upper end of the two overlapped ends of the tensioned strap disposed around the pack, without cutting the bottom of the lower ends of the tensioned strip, to cut the tensioned strip, disposed around the package, of strip steel waste disposed on a supply coil. An anvil supports the overlapped ends of the tensioned strip as the cutting instrument cuts by compression through the upper of the two overlapped ends of the tensioned strip. Manual or similarly operated tensioning tools of the aforementioned type are commercially available from SIGNODE CORPORATION, a subsidiary of ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. In particular, examples of these commercially available tools are the SMC-12 / 58-34, Combination Strapping Tool, SLC-38/12/58/34 Manual Combination Strapping Tool, and SPC-12/58/34, Tool Pneumatic Combination Strapping machine. While the aforementioned strapping tools were very successful commercially, and where these tools normally do not present or experience operational problems during the performance of the strapping and cutting operations, occasional movements of surplus travel occasionally occurred which, in effect, produce the provision of defective strapping bands around the packages that are processed. In particular, these excess stroke movements of the cutter assembly can occur within the strapping tool for any kind of reasons, such as, for example, the tolerances inherently comprising the range of motion of the cutter assembly within the strapping tool, or similar tolerances inherently incorporated within the various structural components or their relative arrangements or arrangements within the cutter assembly, or even more. , due to the immediate adjacent disposition of the two overlapped ends of the tensioned strip with respect to each other. In any case, if the cutter assembly experiences or exhibits excess stroke movements with respect to the support anvil, not only the upper end of the overlapped ends of the tensioned strip will be cut as desired, but also the lower end of the overlapped ends of the tape. The tensioned strip will also be cut, or cut partially as it is considered in the direction of depth or thickness of the steel strip, or at least it will be marked. Due to the fact that the steel strip is somehow fragile, and also subject to a significant amount of tensile stress, this partial cut or steel strip mark can eventually lead to a structural failure or breakage of the steel strip that , in turn, would result in potentially dangerous conditions for the operating personnel, as well as an inadequate fixation or assurance of the packed loads. Accordingly, there is a need for a cutting instrument that can be removably mounted within the cutter assembly of a strapping tool of the aforementioned type, where the cutting instrument will, in effect, compensate for or accommodate the movements of the excess stroke of the cutter assembly, where only the top of the overlapped ends of the tensioned strip will be completely cut, as in fact to achieve the separation of the tensioned steel strip from the residual steel strip disposed in the supply reel while the lower of the overlapped ends of the tensioned strip will only be partially marked on the lateral dimensions or the width of these, so that a predetermined portion of the lower strap, on the lateral dimensions or the width thereof, will not be cut or marked, as it is in fact desirable to preserve the structural integrity of the tensioned strap in general arranged around the package, and therefore provide effectively go the occurrence of the potentially dangerous conditions mentioned above. OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new improved cutting instrument for use within a steel strapping tool. Another object of the present invention is to provide a new improved cutting instrument for use within a steel strapping tool to effectively prevent the lower part of the two superposed ends of a tensioned strap arranged around a package from being cut, even when the assembly The cutter, within which the cutting instrument is removably mounted, may undergo, present, or undergo surplus travel movements with respect to the supporting anvil of the strapping tool on which the two superimposed ends of the tensioned strip are supported during the cutting operation. , where the potentially hazardous conditions mentioned above can be prevented effectively. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The foregoing and other objects of the present invention are achieved by the provision of a new, new and improved cutter instrument, and a strapping tool within which the cutter instrument removably mounts, which is capable of cutting through completely. compressing the upper part of the two superimposed ends of a tensioned strip arranged around a package, while the two superimposed ends of the tensioned strip are supported on an anvil which is disposed under a vertically reciprocal cutting assembly of the tool strapping machine within which the cut instrument is removably mounted. The cutting instrument is an elongated member and the instrument is mounted within the cutter assembly such that its longitudinal extension or axis is disposed transversely on the lateral extensions or the width of the tensioned strip as the two superposed ends of the tensioned strip are supported on the anvil. The cutter intrument preferably has a polygonal cross-sectional configuration and comprises a plurality of elongated or longitudinal cutting edges. The cutting instrument is mounted within a cutter holder of the cutter assembly such that one of the plurality of cutting edges is disposed toward the anvil, while the other cutter edges are disposed internally within the cutter holder so as not to lose the edge prematurely before they are used. When the cutting edge that is used at that time loses its edge as a result of a predetermined amount of use during the strip cutting operations, the cutting instrument is removed from the cutting support, the instrument is rotated about its longitudinal axis so that it appears a new cutter edge disposed towards the anvil, and the instrument is replaced within the cutter holder. The strapping tool is then ready to perform additional cutting operations. In accordance with the particular improvements incorporated or comprising the cutting instrument of the present invention, each of the plurality of cutting edges of the cutting instrument has defined therein, or is supplied therewith, a portion with non-cutting notch extending away from the cutting instrument. of the respective cutting edge of the cutting instrument. The non-cutting notch portion has a predetermined longitudinal extent that effectively corresponds to approximately 10 to 20% of the lateral extent or width of each of the two superimposed ends of the tensioned strip, and the depth of the essentially notched portion with the thickness of the tensioned strip. Consequently, during the normal reciprocal movements of the cutter assembly, that is, when the cutter assembly does not undergo or undergo any excess travel, the upper side of the two superimposed ends of the tensioned strip will be completely cut by its widthwise extension, by the edge particular cutter of the cutting instrument that is disposed towards the supporting anvil, except for the region of the upper part of the two superposed ends of the tensioned strip that appear by means of the non-cutting notch portion of the cutting edge of the cutting instrument. However, in view of the fact that the strip is brittle and is also seen under a significant amount of tensile stress, this partially cuttable strip, as considered in the transverse directions or across, will be broken and separated from the residual supply of the strip. strapping arranged, for example, on a supply coil. The lower of the two superimposed ends of the tensioned strip is certainly not all cut or marked during the normal cutting operations of the cutting instrument and cutter assembly. However, and conversely, during these reciprocal movements of the cutter assembly where the assembly undergoes movements of excess travel, the cutting edge of the cutting instrument, after fully penetrating and cutting the upper part of the two superimposed ends of the tensioned strip, will partially penetrate. and will mark the upper surface of the lower part of the two superimposed ends of the tensioned strip, but that part of the lower end of the two superimposed ends of the tensioned strip that appears through the non-cutting portion of the cutting instrument will not be cut or marked. Accordingly, in view of the fact that no portion of the lower part of the two superimposed ends of the tensioned strip is actually cut, but in the worst case only partially marked, the structural integrity of the lower part of the two The superposed ends of the tensioned strip are thus preserved, so that the lower part of the two superimposed ends of the tensioned strip does not undergo undesirable ruptures, and the package is adequately secured without being incorporated any potentially dangerous conditions. Brief Description of the Various Drawings Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more fully appreciated in the following detailed description, when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings in which like reference numbers designate similar or corresponding parts in the various views, and where: FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary and partially enlarged perspective view of a strapping tool of the type specified above, and where the improved cutter of the following invention can be used.; FIGURE 2 is an enlarged and perspective view of the cutter assembly of the strapping tool comprising a cutter holder, an elongated cutter instrument, similar to the improved cutter instrument of the present invention, which can be removably mounted within the cutter support, a roller , an axis for the roller and an inclining spring; FIGURE 3 is a plan view from above, on an even larger scale, of the cutter assembly of FIGURE 2, showing the cutter support, the roller and its tilt spring; FIGURE 4 is an elevated front view of the cutter assembly of FIGURE 2, showing the cutter holder, the cutter and its roller, where a cam is shown to coact with the cutter assembly roller, so that the cutter is it is forced to join with the upper part of the two superimposed ends of the tensioned strip disposed on a supporting anvil; FIGURE 5 is a side elevational view and partially fragmented of the cutter assembly of FIGURE
4 showing the holder of the cutter, the cutting instrument, the roller, the inclining spring, the cam, the anvil and the superimposed ends of the tensioned strip supported on the anvil; FIGURE 6 is a plan view from below, similar to that of FIGURE 3, showing the cutter assembly of the
FIGURE 3 including the cutter holder, the cutter instrument, and the tilt spring; FIGURES 7 and 8 are perspective views of two cutter instruments having transverse configurations that are distinct from the cutter instrument shown in FIGURES 2 and 4; and FIGURE 9 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of the new improved cutting instrument constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, and which is particularly adapted to be used within the cutter assembly of the strapping tool shown in FIG. Figure 1. Detailed Description of the Illustrated Modalities Referring now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGURE 1, a strapping tool of the type stipulated above, and in which the new and improved cutting instrument of the present investment is removably incorporated, The details, features and advantages of the new improved cutting instrument of the present invention, which will be described later, will be described first and subsequently. As shown in FIGURE 1, a strapping tool is generally indicated by the reference number 10, and while the tool 10 is illustrated as being of the particular type that is disclosed within the company manual describing the SIGNODE SMC model -12/58/34 of the Combination Strapping Tool, the tool 10 can similarly be or comprise the SIGNODE model SCL-38/12/58/34 of Manual Combination Strapping Tool or the SIGNODE model SPC-12/58 / 34 of Pneumatic Combination Strapping Tool. The strapping tool 10 is used to apply a steel strip in a tight turn around a package, and the strap is secured on the package by a series of interlocking joints comprising interlaced protrusions pierced at two superposed ends of the tensioned strip. The strapping tool 10 incorporates therein a cutter assembly 100, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, wherein the overlapping ends of the tensioned steel strip disposed about the package, not shown, are shown fragmentarily, the cutter assembly 100. it is used to cut by compression through the upper part 12 of the rolled steel strip that is applied to the package, so that the strip applied from a supply of strapping, which is not shown, can be cut without cutting the lower end. of the steel strip that is applied to the package. Except for the cutter assembly 100, and the new improved cutter instrument comprising the present invention, the strapping tool 10 is similar to the strapping tools disclosed in United States patent application serial number 08 / 133,284 and the application U.S. Patent No. 08 / 133,290, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. Referring again to FIGURE 1, the strapping tool 10 appears to comprise an activating handle 10 that is operatively connected to an input shaft 22 to impart oscillatory movement to the input shaft 22 as the handle 20 is manually oscillated. The oscillating movement of the input shaft 22 is, in turn, converted into a rotational movement of the output shaft 26 by a set of intermediate gears 24, and four cams 30, 32, 34 and 36 that engage with the output shaft 26 to rotate rotationally together with these. The cams 30, 32 and 34 drive three perforations 40, 42 and 44, which pierce the portions of interlocking projections previously stipulated at the superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the steel strip that is applied to the package., and dies, not shown, underlying the superposed ends 12 and 14 of the steel strip to cooperate with the perforations 40, 42 and 44 to form the interlacing protrusion portions within the overlapping ends 12 and 14 of the steel strip when the strap is applied to the package. As will be discussed later, the cam 36, which has a single lobe 38, is provided to activate the cutter assembly 100 and in particular the cutter support 110 thereof. As best seen in FIGS. 4 and 5, the cutter assembly 100 comprises an anvil 102 which is fixedly mounted on the lower level portion 104 of the platform with passage 106 which, in turn, is fixed or integrally formed with the base plate 108 of the strapping tool 10. The anvil 102 supports the superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the steel strip, as the upper end 12 of the strip is cut by compression by the cutter instrument 120 mounted on the cutter assembly 100. In particular, the cutter assembly 100 comprises a cutter support 110 that is mounted within the strapping tool 10 to be vertically movable within a limited or defined range of vertical movement, and the cutter instrument 120 is removably mounted within the cutter support 110. The cutter support 110 and the elongated cutter 120 are movable to and from the anvil 102 between the cutting and non-cutting positions. The cutter assembly 100 further comprises an inclining spring 112 comprising a coiled wire which is adapted to incline cutter support 110 and cutter instrument 120 to move it away from the anvil 102 and into the uncut position. As shown in FIGS. 2, 4, 5 and 6, the elongated cutting instrument 120 is made of tool steel to have a transverse configuration of equilateral triangle, and therefore comprises three parallel cutting edges 122 and three flat surfaces defining sharp angles sixty degrees between them, as determined by the intersection of the three flat surfaces. The cutter support 110 is made to have an elongated notch 124 defined within a lower end portion thereof, where a lower open end 126 thereof opens downwardly from the notch 124 to face toward the anvil 102. In particular, the notch 124 is defined by a pair of side walls disposed opposite each other 128, and an upper wall 130, where the side walls 128 and the top wall 130 respectively join with the flat surfaces of the cutter 120. The elongated cutter instrument 120 is configured to be disposed lengthwise within the elongated notch 124 of the cutter support 110, such that one of the cutter edges 122 protrudes downward through the elongated open end 126 of the notch 124, between opposite side walls 128, when the cutting instrument 120 is mounted inside the cutting support 110 while the other two cutting edges 122, which are not arranged in the cutting position, they are disposed within the notch portions 129 of the cutting support 110, such that these non-operating cutting edges 122 are not bruised, scraped or otherwise losing their sharpness before being used for cutting . The opposite side walls 128 are attached to the two laterally spaced flat surfaces of the elongated cutting instrument 120, so that the instrument 120 can not fall down through the elongated open end or slot 126 of the cutter support 110, and the side walls. 128 continue to cooperate with the upper wall 130 of the cutter holder 110 to prevent the cutting instrument from rotating inside the cutter holder 110 once the cutter instrument 120 is mounted inside the cutter holder 110. It is also noted that a rear end 132 of the cutter instrument 120 is adapted to be joined by a rear stopper 134, while a front end 136 of the cutter instrument 120 is retained by a front cover 138 of the strapping tool 10. The cover 138 is removable from the tool 10 to provide access to the cutter holder lio and the elongated cutter 120. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the cutter holder 110 is also made to define, within a back portion thereof a vertically oriented and semi-cylindrical groove 140 that opens rearwardly and within which an inclining spring 112 is disposed. A lower end 144 of the inclining spring 112 bears against the upper level 146 of the platform 106 with levels 106, and an upper end 148 of the inclining spring 112 bears against a transverse member 150 of the cutter support 110. The inclining spring 112 is compressed such that the cutter support 110 is tilted, and the elongated cutter instrument 120 is mounted on it, up and away. Anvil of the anvil 102. The cutter holder 110 is also manufactured to also define a slot 160, between opposite side walls 162, within which a roller 170 is housed or accommodated. The side walls 162 are respectively provided with coaxially aligned circular openings 164. , and the roller 170 is provided with an axis 172 whose ends are rotatably mounted within the openings 164 of the side walls 162 to rotatably mount the roller 170 within the cutter holder 110 such that the upper portion of the roller 170 is disposed on the upper ends of the side walls 162. The upward inclination of the cutter support 110 by the inclining spring 102, thus tilts the roller 170 upwards, so that the roller 170 bears against and joins the cam 36 that has the unique lobe 38. In this way, it will be appreciated that except for the operating period of time in which the cam 3 6 is rotatably positioned so that the single lobe 38 thereof begins to attach to the roller 170, the cam 36 will allow the cutter holder 110 and the cutter assembly 120 mounted therein to move upwardly away from the anvil 102 under the influence of the inclining force of the inclining spring 112. When the cam 36 is rotated so that the single lobe 38 thereof begins to join the roller 170, the single cam projection 38 pushes the roller 170 downward to, in turn, propel the cutter holder 110 and the elongated cutting instrument 120 downward, and towards the anvil 102 and against the upward tilting force of the inclining spring 112. As illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5, when the cutter holder 110 and the instrument cutter 120 are driven downwardly by the single cam lobe 38, the cutting edge 122, which projects downwardly toward the anvil 102 and through the open end or slot 126, cuts by comp The upper end 12 of the superposed ends of the steel strip is cut, without cutting the lower end 14 of the superimposed ends of the steel strip, as the superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the steel strip are supported on the anvil 102. the single lobe 38 of the cam 36 passes the roller 170 as a result of its angular or rotational movement, the inclining spring 112 causes the cutter holder 110 and the cutter tool 120 thereof to move up and away from the anvil 102, and also moving away from the cut end 12 of the steel strip. It should be noted at that time that as a result of the particular transverse configuration of the cutting instrument 120, when the particular edge of the cutting edges 122, projecting down through the open end by slot 126 of the cutter holder 110, loses edge. by the prolonged use during the operation of the strapping tool 10, the front cover 138 is removed from the tool 10 to provide access to the cutting support 110 and the cutting instrument 120 mounted thereon. The cutting instrument 120 is then removed from the cutter support 110, rotated about its longitudinal axis so that another of the cutting edges 122 thereof is disposed in the proper angular position to project downwards through the open end or slot 126 of the cutting support 110, and then replaced with the cutting support 110. Thus, there is no need to replace the cutting instrument 120, until the three cutting edges 122 are sharp as a result of prolonged or extended use. According to the foregoing, it is apparent in Figures 2 and 4, that the elongated cutting instrument 120 is made to have a transverse configuration that is essentially that of an equilateral triangle, where three cutting edges 122 are provided, and the flat surfaces of the Cutting instrument 120 define acute angles of sixty degrees between them. However, other cutting instruments with different transverse configurations are of course possible. As shown in Figure 7, for example, an elongated cutting instrument 120 'is made of tool steel to have a square transverse configuration, where four cutting edges are provided, and the flat surfaces of the cutting instrument 120 define ninety degree angles. among them. Of course, it should be noted that the cutter support of the cutter assembly must be modified accordingly to be able to properly accommodate or accommodate the cutting instrument 120 'therebetween. Continuing, a third cutting instrument mode, designed by reference character 120", is illustrated in Figure 8, and it can be seen that it has a transverse configuration that is rhomboidal, therefore this instrument also comprises four cutting edges, wherein a The first set of opposite pairs of the flat surfaces of the cutting instrument 120"define acute angles of sixty degrees between them, while a second set of opposite pairs of flat surfaces of the cutting instrument 120" define obtuse angles of 120 degrees between them. As with the cutting instrument 120 'of Figure 7, the cutter holder of the strapping tool must of course be modified to be able to accommodate or accommodate the cutting instrument 120". In accordance with the above, and in particular in relation to the description of the operation of the cutting instrument described in relation to Figures 4 and 5, where the cutting instrument 120 was used to cut the upper part 12 of the two superposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip, where the ends 12 and 124 of the steel strip are supported on the anvil 102, it is noted that only the upper part 12 of the two superposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip are cut or cut. separated by the cutting instrument 120, while the lower part 14 of the two superposed ends of the tensioned steel strip are not cut or separated in any way. However, this cutting operation only occurs when the cutting assembly 110 operates accurately and appropriately in accordance with the predetermined tolerances inherent in the cutting tool 10. If the cutting tool 10 does not operate precisely in relation to these inherent tolerances, then the tool 10 , and the cutting assembly 100 thereof, may undergo excess stroke movements when, for example, the cam 36 rotates angularly such that the lobe 38 thereof tilts the cutter holder 110, and the cutting tool 120 thereof, downwards and towards the anvil 102 where, for example, the particular cutting edge projecting downwards 122 of the cutting instrument 120 not only cuts and separates the upper side 12 of the superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip, but in addition, it causes partial separation or lower end markings 14 of the two superposed ends 12 and 14 of the steel strip. In view of the brittle nature of steel strip, and in view of the additional fact that the strip is under a significant amount of tensile stress, this mark of the lower end 14 of the two superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip, over its entire extension in width, it can cause ruptures or failures of the lower part 14 of the two superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip where they are presented by potentially dangerous conditions, and the attached package is not adequately secured. In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a new improved cutting instrument, generally indicated by the reference character 220, is therefore revealed in Figure 9, in order to rectify and eliminate potential problems that may arise within a typical cutting tool such as that shown in Figure 10 of the drawings, when the tool presents, experiences or undergoes movements of excess travel. As can be seen from a comparison of Figures 2, 4 and 9, the cutting instrument 220 of Figure 9 appears to be similar to the cutting instrument 120 of Figures 2 and 4, in that they comprise an elongated instrument having a substantially transverse configuration of equilateral triangle. Accordingly, the cutting instrument 220 is provided with three cutting edges 222 that can be removably mounted within the same cutting support 110 of the cutting tool 10, as is the cutting instrument 120. The only major difference between the cutting instrument 220 of this invention, as revealed in Figure 9, and cutting instrument 120 as disclosed in Figures 2 and 4, resides in that a portion or region with non-cutting notch 224 is provided within the essentially central portion of each of the cutting edges 222 of cutting instrument 220. Each notched portion 224 has a longitudinal or axial extension comprising approximately 10 to 20% of the widthwise extension of the steel strip that is tensioned around the particular package. The depth of the notched region or portion 224 is also essentially equal to the thickness of the steel strip that is tensioned around the package. Accordingly, when the cutting instrument 220 is used within the cutting assembly 100 of the tool 10, the cutter assembly 100 of the tool 10 does not undergo any excess stroke movement, the cutting operation will proceed basically in the same manner as shown Within Figures 4 and 5 in relation to the cutting instrument 120. In particular, the cutting instrument 220 will penetrate the upper part 12 of the two superposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip supported on the anvil 102, as shown in FIG. Figures 4 and 5, without penetrating the lower part 14 of the two superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip, wherein the cutting edge projecting downwards 222 of the cutting instrument 220 will cut or separate the upper part 12 of the two superposed ends 12 and 14 of the steel strip tensioned over the entire widthwise extension of the upper part 12 of the two superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip, except for the portion of the upper part 12 of the two superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip which is joined by the non-cutting notch portion 224 of the projecting cutting edge 222. However, in view of the fact that the length of the portion of the upper part 12 of the two superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip that is joined by the non-cutting notch portion 224 of the cutting edge 222 of the cutting instrument 220 comprises only from 10 to 20% of the widthwise extension of the upper part 12 of the two superposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip, the remaining 80 or 90% of the upper part 12 of the overlapping ends 12 and 14 of the strip of tensioned steel, considered in its widthwise direction, was totally separated or cut, and that the entire steel strip disposed or wrapped around the package is brittle, and is subject to a significant amount of tensile stress, the upper part 12 of the two overlapped ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip will in fact break off, break or break, thereby separating the tensioned steel strip wrapped around the package from the residual supply of steel strip. Consider next the operative distance where the cutting tool 10 and the cutter assembly 100 thereof can undergo or undergo excess stroke movements, which can be only in the order of 0.005-0.010 inches, where the cutting edge 222 of the cutting tool 220 could not only separate or cut completely by the upper part 12 of the superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip supported on the anvil 102, and as illustrated in Figures 4 and 5, but also would begin to penetrate or mark the region of the upper surface of the lower part 14 of the two superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip. However, unlike the distance described herein in relation to the separation or cutting of the upper part 12 of the two superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip, wherein 80 or 90% of the upper part 12 and the two superposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip was actually cut or separated, and the remaining 10 to 20% of the upper part 12 of the tensioned and brittle steel strip fractured or broken, in view of the tensile stresses that they were printed, in this case, since there is no separation or cutting of the lower part 14 of the two superposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip, but only a cut, separation or partial marking of the upper surface region of the lower part 14 of the two superposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip, within 80 to 90% of the lower part 14 of the two superposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip considered on its extension as width, insofar as no cutting, separation or marking occurs within 10 to 20% of the region of the upper surface of the lower end 14 of the tensioned steel strip corresponding to the arrangement or presence of the notched portion 224 of the edge cutting 222 of the cutting instrument 220, there remains sufficient structural integrity within the lower part 14 of the two superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the tensioned steel strip, so that the lower part 14 of the two superimposed ends 12 and 14 of the steel strip The tensioning will not experience rupture or failure, even when the any strapping machine 10, and in particular the cutting assembly 100 thereof, undergoes movements of excess travel. It can then be seen and appreciated that by providing a new improved cutting instrument of the present invention, and in accordance with the operative teachings thereof, the aforementioned potentially hazardous or hazardous conditions, which hitherto existed when the aforementioned type of tools Cutting, and its cutting assemblies, experienced excess stroke movements, and are effectively eliminated, and the particular package is strapped by the tensioned steel strap tool will remain secured, flogged and packed safely. Obviously, many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. Accordingly, it should be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the present invention may be practiced in other ways, in addition to those specifically described herein.