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US 10,293,506 B2Granted
Jacket-stripping tool kits, methods of removing one or more external jacket layers, and blades
AssigneeTiteflex Corporation
InventorJordan Strunk
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Abstract
One aspect of the invention provides a jacket-stripping tool including: a reference stop adapted and configured to contact an end of corrugated stainless steel tubing; and one or more cutting blades arranged substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the tool and adapted and configured to create one or more cuts through one or more external jacket layers of the corrugated stainless steel tubing. At least one of the one or more cutting blades is positioned relative to the reference stop such that the at least one of the one or more cutting blades is a multiple of a distance between adjacent corrugation valleys of the corrugated stainless steel tubing.
Claims15
A jacket-stripping tool comprising:
- a body defining a substantially cylindrical internal chamber, wherein the body has a substantially hexagonal profile when in a closed position, wherein the substantially hexagonal profile includes a semicircular face that bears on the one or more external jacket layers of the corrugated stainless steel tubing;
- a reference stop dividing the substantially cylindrical internal chamber into a first tool end and a second tool end, the reference stop adapted and configured to contact an end of corrugated stainless steel tubing;
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- one or more cutting blades having a cutting edge arranged substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the tool and adapted and configured to create one or more cuts through one or more external jacket layers of the corrugated stainless steel tubing, wherein:
- at least one of the one or more cutting blades is positioned in each of the first tool end and the second tool end;
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- at least one of the one or more cutting edges is positioned relative to the reference stop such that a distance between the at least one of the one or more cutting edges is a multiple of a distance between adjacent corrugation valleys of the corrugated stainless steel tubing.
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A jacket-stripping tool comprising:
- a body defining a substantially cylindrical internal chamber, wherein the body has a significantly hexagonal profile when in a closed position, wherein the substantially hexagonal profile includes a semicircular face that bears on the one or more external jacket layers of the corrugated stainless steel tubing;
- a reference stop dividing the substantially cylindrical internal chamber into a first tool end and a second tool end, the reference stop adapted and configured to contact an end of a length of corrugated stainless steel tubing;
- a first set of one or more cutting blades, at least one of which has a first cutting edge that is:
- arranged substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the tool in the first tool end;
- positioned relative to the reference stop such that the first set cutting edge is a multiple of a distance between adjacent corrugation valleys of the length of corrugated stainless steel tubing;
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- protruding from the body into the chamber such that when the length of corrugated stainless steel tubing cut at an end coinciding with a corrugation valley is inserted in the first tool end and the body is compressed around the length of corrugated stainless steel tubing and rotated, the at least one of the first set of one or more cutting blades cuts through all jacket layers of the length of tubing at another corrugation valley;
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- a second set of one or more cutting blades having a second cutting edge arranged substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the tool in the second tool end, the second cutting edge comprising a substantially flat surface between two facets.
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A jacket-stripping tool comprising:
- a body defining a substantially cylindrical internal chamber, wherein the body has a significantly hexagonal profile when in a closed position, wherein the substantially hexagonal profile includes a semicircular face that bears on the one or more external jacket layers of the corrugated stainless steel tubing;
- a reference stop dividing the substantially cylindrical internal chamber to form a first tool end and a second tool end, the reference stop adapted and configured to contact an end of a length of corrugated stainless steel tubing;
- a first set of one or more cutting blades, at least one of which has a first cutting edge that is:
- arranged substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the tool in the first tool end;
- positioned relative to the reference stop such that the first cutting edge is a multiple of a distance between adjacent corrugation valleys of the length of corrugated stainless steel tubing;
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- protruding from the body into the chamber such that when the length of corrugated stainless steel tubing cut at an end coinciding with a corrugation valley is inserted in the first tool end and the body is compressed around the length of corrugated stainless steel tubing and rotated, the first set of one or more cutting blades cuts through all jacket layers of the length of tubing at another corrugation valley;
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- a second set of one or more cutting blades having a second cutting edge arranged substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the tool in the second tool end, the second cutting edge protruding from the body into the chamber at a radially outward depth relative to the first set of cutting blades such that when the length of corrugated stainless steel tubing is inserted into the second tool end and the body is compressed around the length of corrugated stainless steel tubing and rotated, the second cutting edge cuts through an outer jacket layer, but does not cut through an intermediate conductive layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.