Wire stripper
AssigneeJetool Corp.
InventorYi Ching Kao
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Abstract
A wire stripper includes a first handle, a second handle pivotally connected to the first handle, a first cutter disposed on the first handle, and a protective cover movably connected to the first handle. The first cutter moves to a cutting platform of the second handle or away from the cutting platform as the first handle and the second handle pivotally rotate with respect to each other. The protective cover covers at least a portion of the first cutter. When the first cutter moves to the cutting platform to cut a cable, the protective cover is adapted to be pushed by the cable and move with respect to the first handle to expose a portion of the first cutter for cutting the cable.
Claims9
A wire stripper, comprising:
- a first handle;
- a second handle, pivotally connected to the first handle;
- a first cutter, disposed on the first handle, and configured to move to a cutting platform of the second handle or away from the cutting platform as the first handle and the second handle pivotally rotate with respect to each other;
- a protective cover, movably connected to the first handle, and covering the first cutter, wherein when the first cutter moves toward the cutting platform to cut a cable, the protective cover is adapted to be pushed by the cable and move with respect to the first handle to expose a portion of the first cutter for cutting the cable, wherein the protective cover comprises a base and two side plates extending from two opposite sides of the base, the base is pivotally connected to the first handle, and the first cutter is located between the two side plates;
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- a spring, wherein one end of the spring is received in a first receiving hole of the first handle, and the other end of the spring is received in a second receiving hole of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.