Power cable jacket removal device and methods of removing a jacket from a cable
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorAdam Vernon Smith
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Abstract
A cable jacket removal device is used to selectively remove a sheath from a length of a sheathed cable. The cable jacket removal device includes a support frame, a drive shaft, and a motor. The support frame removably couples the removal device to the cable to be stripped. The drive shaft is coupled to the support frame. The motor is coupled to the drive shaft to selectively rotate the drive shaft to cause the removal device to travel along the cable to automatically remove a cable jacket from a predefined distance of the cable.
Claims14
A method of removing a cable jacket from a section of cable using a cable jacket removal device, the cable jacket defining a longitudinal axis, the method comprising:
- providing a device, which comprises
- a support frame including a front guide member and a rear guide member, the front guide member and the rear guide member substantially aligned with one another and configured to be positioned on a first half of the cable, the first half being defined by a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cable jacket,
- a take-up reel supported by the support frame,
- a motor supported by the support frame and operably coupled to the take-up reel, and
- a power supply supported by the support frame and operably coupled to the motor;
- attaching the support frame to the cable such that the support frame, the front guide member, and the rear guide member are positioned on the first half of the cable, the support frame supported on the cable via the first guide member and the second guide member, the cable having at least one wire substantially beneath the cable jacket with an exposed portion;
- activating the motor with a forward signal to rotate the take-up reel in a first rotation direction, causing the support frame to roll along the cable in a first direction;
- and
- deactivating the motor.
A cable jacket removal device for use with a sheathed cable, the sheathed cable defining a longitudinal axis, the device comprising;
- a support frame including a front guide member and a rear guide member, the front guide member and rear guide member substantially aligned with one another and configured to be positioned on a first half of the sheathed cable, the first half being defined by a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the sheathed cable;
- a take-up reel supported by the support frame;
- a motor supported by the support frame and operable to rotate the take-up reel;
- and
- a power supply supported by the support frame and operably coupled to the motor;
- wherein the support frame is configured to be supported on the first half of the sheathed cable via the front guide member and the rear guide member,
- wherein the motor is configured to:
- receive a first remote signal to activate the motor, the support frame configured to roll along the cable as the take-up reel spools the wire onto itself thereby ripping a sheath of the cable;
- and
- receive a second remote signal to deactivate the motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.