Cable and wire stripper
OwnerLarry Dan Templeinventor
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Abstract
A tool for stripping the sheath from a cable including a plunger slidably positioned in a housing. A cable opening in the side is provided enabling a user to position the cable between a roller inside the housing and the end surface of the plunger. The end surface of the plunger has a cutter blade that penetrates the sheath of the cable positioned between the roller and the surface of the plunger so that, when the cable is pulled through the cable opening, an axially directed slit is formed in the sheath of the cable enabling the user to peel off the sheath.
Claims15
A tool for stripping an insulating sheath from a cable which comprises:
- a plunger;
- one cutting blade mounted on said plunger with a cutting edge extending from one surface of said plunger;
- a housing configured to permit positioning said plunger inside said housing in a cutting location and a retracted location;
- means for positioning said plunger in a selected one of said cutting and retracted locations;
- a single roller rotatably mounted inside said housing;
- said housing having a cable opening means for permitting said cable to be located through said housing;
- said housing, single roller, plunger, one cutting blade, and cable opening means arranged in operable combination to enable a user to insert said cable through said cable opening means with one side of said cable facing said roller and an opposite side of said cable facing said one surface of said plunger, then force said plunger from said retracted location to said cutting location where said one cutter edge is positioned through said sheath, then pulling said cable through said cable opening means whereby an axially directed slit is formed in said sheath enabling said user to peel and cut said sheath from said cable.
A tool for stripping an insulating sheath from a cable which comprises:
- a housing;
- a plunger configured to permit positioning said plunger inside said housing in a selected one of a cutting location and a retracted location;
- one cutting blade having a cutting edge;
- said cutting blade mounted on said plunger and extending from one surface of said plunger;
- a single roller rotatably mounted inside said housing;
- an axially directed slot in a side of said housing;
- a pin having one end secured in a side of said plunger and extending through said axially directed slot in said side of said housing whereby said plunger located at said cutting location cooresponds to said pin abutting one end of said slot and said plunger located at said retracted location corresponds to said pin abutting another end of said slot;
- a compression spring located between a surface of said plunger opposite said one surface of said plunger and an internal surface of said housing operably arranged to force said one surface of said plunger toward said roller;
- said housing having a cable opening means for enabling said cable to be located through
- said housing between said roller and said one surface of said plunger;
- said housing, single roller, plunger, one cutting blade, and cable opening means arranged in operable combination to enable a user to insert said cable through said cable opening means with one side of said cable facing said roller and another side of said cable facing said one surface of said plunger, then force said plunger from said retracted location to said cutting location where said one cutter edge is positioned through said sheath, then pulling said cable through said cable opening whereby an axially directed slit is formed in said sheath enabling said user to peel and cut said sheath from said cable.
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