Shielded conduit cutting device for small BX electrical cables
AssigneeSeatek Corporation
InventorLucien C. Ducret
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Abstract
A cutting device for relatively small cable including, among others, fiber optic cable and BX electrical cable is configured with removably coupleable adapter inserted between the top and bottom portions of the device which pivot relative to one another so as to displace a cutter to a cutting position. The adapter is configured to reduce a cable receiving space formed in the bottom portion of the device so as to center a small cable relative to the cutter which is operative to split the shield of the cable without damaging electrical conductors of the cable.
Claims20
A cutting device for splitting a shield of a cable, comprising:
- a casting configured with top and bottom portions pivotally coupled to one another, the bottom portion being configured to receive the cable;
- a cutter coupled to the top portion of the casting and displaceable therewith towards a cutting position so as to split the shield of the cable upon actuation of the cutter;
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- an adapter between the top and bottom portions and configured to receive the cable in a predetermined position thereof in which the cable is centered relative to the cutter.
The cutting device of claim 17, further comprising a clamping handle having a distal end thereof pivotally mounted to an underside of the bottom portion of the caster, the clamping handle being provided with a cable stopper controllably penetrating the bottom portion so as to prevent displacement of the cable relative to the casting.
A method of cutting differently dimensioned cable, comprising:
- pivoting top and bottom portions of a cutting device relative to one another towards and away from a cutting position of a cutter, wherein the cutter is displaceably fixed to the top portion;
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- slidably coupling an adapter to the bottom portion, thereby reducing a cable receiving space within the bottom portion configured to center a relatively small cable received in the cable receiving space relative to the cutter;
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- decoupling the adapter from the bottom portions, thereby enlarging the cable receiving space within the bottom portion configured to receive and center a relatively large cable relative to the cutter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.