Cable-stripping pliers

Cable-stripping pliers that includes two clamping jaws which are pivotally mounted and which have two co-acting clamping elements (2a, 3a) for gripping a cable (28) to be stripped, two legs (4, 5) which can be pivoted relative to one another to pivotally drive the clamping jaws, a cutting unit (14) which includes two pivotally mounted arms (6, 7) which are spring-biased away from each other and which carry at their free ends mutually co-acting cutting elements (65, 75) for cutting through the casing to be stripped from the cable, wherein the cutting unit is received between the clamping jaws and is arranged for movement therealong, wherein a pull rod (8) is connected to the cutting unit, and a mechanism (17) which is connected to the pliers legs (4, 5) on the one hand and to the clamping elements (2, 3) and the pull rod (8) on the other hand, wherein the mechanism (17) is adapted to cause the clamping elements (2a, 3a) and the cutting unit (14) to engage the cable initially when closing the clamping jaws, and thereafter, while essentially retaining their grip, withdraws the pull rod (8) and therewith the cutting unit (14) with the cable gripped by the clamping elements (2a, 3a) upon continued movement of said legs (4, 5) one towards the other, characterised in that the pull rod (8) carries a pin (60) that extends in a direction normal to the movement plane of the clamping jaws;

• in that the pin (60) projects freely from the pull rod (8);
• and in that the cutting unit (14) has an opening in which the pin (60) engages for entraining or dogging the cutting unit (14) along the clamping jaws (2, 3);
• and in that the cutting unit (14) has a latching device (53,65) by which the arms of the cutting unit can be locked in a closed condition.