Cable cutting accessory
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsSamuel Willits, Thomas R. Kaye, Jr., Marco Lourenco
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Abstract
A device may include a housing. A device may include a rotatable input shaft at least partially received in the housing and configured to be coupled to a power tool. A device may include a rotatable blade configured to be rotated upon rotation of the rotatable input shaft. A device may include a jaw assembly coupled to the housing and including a first jaw and a second jaw operable to grasp a cable, the jaw assembly operable to move the cable towards the rotatable blade allowing the rotatable blade to form a slit in an exterior jacket of the cable.
Claims31
A cable jacket cutting accessory attachment device comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotatable input shaft at least partially received in the housing, the input shaft including an end portion that is configured to be releasably coupled to a rotating output member of a rotary power tool;
- a rotatable blade configured to be rotated upon rotation of the rotatable input shaft;
- and
- a jaw assembly coupled to the housing and including a first jaw and a second jaw operable to grasp a cable, the jaw assembly operable to move the cable towards the rotatable blade allowing the rotatable blade to form a slit in an exterior jacket of the cable;
- wherein the first jaw is biased towards the blade and includes a slot, at least a portion of the rotatable blade is configured to extend through the slot to form the slit in the exterior jacket of the cable.
A cable jacket cutting accessory attachment device comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotatable input shaft at least partially received in the housing, the input shaft including an end portion that is configured to be releasably coupled to a rotating output member of a rotary power tool;
- a rotatable blade configured to be rotated upon rotation of the rotatable input shaft;
- a cable holder assembly configured to hold a cable while allowing the rotatable blade to form a slit in an exterior jacket of the cable;
- and
- a bit holder configured to be rotated upon rotation of the rotatable input shaft.
A cable jacket cutting accessory attachment device comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotatable input shaft at least partially received in the housing, the input shaft including an end portion that is configured to be releasably coupled to a rotating output member of a rotary power tool;
- a rotatable blade configured to be rotated upon rotation of the rotatable input shaft;
- and
- a jaw assembly coupled to the housing and including a first jaw and a second jaw operable to grasp a cable, a lock member configured to engage a groove in a jacket of the cable when the cable is grasped by the jaw assembly, and at least one roller configured to support the cable when grasped by the jaw assembly,
- wherein the jaw assembly is operably movable between a first position in which the rotatable blade is unexposed and a second position in which the rotatable blade is exposed and is rotatable to form a slit in the jacket of the cable.
A device comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotatable blade disposed in the housing;
- and
- a jaw assembly coupled to the housing and including a first jaw and a second jaw operable to grasp a cable, the jaw assembly operable to move the cable towards the rotatable blade allowing the rotatable blade to form a slit in an exterior jacket of the cable;
- wherein the first jaw is biased towards the blade and includes a slot, at least a portion of the rotatable blade is configured to extend through the slot to form the slit in the exterior jacket of the cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.