US 12,726,007 B2Granted

Stripping tool

AssigneeEmerson Professional Tools, LLC

InventorsAlex M. Cole, Billy Odon M. Yrad, Jr., Donald M. Embree, John Russell Fenske, Qi Zhou, Jinan Chen, Kuo Wu

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Abstract

A stripping tool for an armor-wrapped cable is provided, which includes a first handle and a second handle. The first handle includes a cutting portion, a pivoting portion and a gripping portion. The second handle includes a clamping portion, a pivoting portion and a gripping portion. The first handle and the second handle are pivotally connected at the pivoting portion of the first handle and the pivoting portion of the second handle, so that the user can pivot the second handle relative to the first handle by holding the gripping portion of the first handle and the gripping portion of the second handle, so as to clamp the armor-wrapped cable between the cutting portion of the first handle and the clamping portion of the second handle, and cut the cable by the cutting portion of the first handle.

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Dependent claims

A stripping tool for an armor-wrapped cable comprising:

a first handle including a cutting portion, a pivoting portion and a gripping portion, the pivoting portion being disposed between the cutting portion and the gripping portion, the cutting portion including a drive mechanism configured to drive a cutting blade, the drive mechanism including a driveshaft, a first cam, a second cam and a driver, the first cam is at a first end of the driveshaft, and the second cam is at a second end of the driveshaft, the first cam and the second cam have the same profile, and the first cam and the second cam are arranged to be driven by the driver to rotate in the same phase together;
and
a second handle including a clamping portion, a pivoting portion and a gripping portion, the pivoting portion of the second handle being disposed between the clamping portion and the gripping portion of the second handle,
the first handle and the second handle being pivotally coupled at the pivoting portion of the first handle and the pivoting portion of the second handle, so that the second handle is pivotable relative to the first handle with the gripping portion of the first handle and the gripping portion of the second handle held by a user, so as to clamp the armor-wrapped cable between the cutting portion of the first handle and the clamping portion of the second handle, and cut a casing of the armor-wrapped cable by the cutting portion of the first handle.

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A stripping tool for an armor-wrapped cable comprising:

a first handle including a cutting portion, a pivoting portion and a gripping portion, the pivoting portion being disposed between the cutting portion and the gripping portion;
a second handle including a clamping portion, a pivoting portion and a gripping portion, the pivoting portion of the second handle being disposed between the clamping portion and the gripping portion of the second handle, the first handle and the second handle being pivotally coupled at the pivoting portions with the gripping portions being held by a user so as to clamp the armor-wrapped cable between the cutting portion and the clamping portion and cut a casing of the armor-wrapped cable by the cutting portion;
the cutting portion including a rotatable cutting blade;
and
a drive mechanism on the cutting portion and configured to drive the cutting blade, the drive mechanism including a driveshaft, a first cam at a first end of the driveshaft, a second cam at a second end of the driveshaft and a crank, the first and second cams having the same profile and rotate in the same phase together, the crank having a central hub coupled to the driveshaft and first and second wings extending outward from the hub, and wherein a user grasps the wings to rotate the crank.

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A stripping tool for an armor-wrapped cable comprising:

a first handle including a cutting portion, a pivoting portion and a gripping portion, the pivoting portion being disposed between the cutting portion and the gripping portion;
a second handle including a clamping portion, a pivoting portion and a gripping portion, the pivoting portion of the second handle being disposed between the clamping portion and the gripping portion of the second handle, the first handle and the second handle being pivotally coupled at the pivoting portions with the gripping portions being held by a user so as to clamp the armor-wrapped cable between the cutting portion and the clamping portion and cut a casing of the armor-wrapped cable by the cutting portion;
the cutting portion including a rotatable cutting blade;
and
a position adjustment mechanism configured to prevent further movement of the first and second handles toward each other when the gripping portions are grasped by the user and brought toward each other, the position adjustment mechanism including a body rotatably mounted on the cutting portion of the first handle which engages with a surface of the clamping portion of the second handle when the handles are moved toward each other.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.