Tool for slitting jacket of eletrical cable
AssigneeSeatek Corporation
InventorLucien Ducret
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Abstract
A cable cutting tool for producing slits in medium and large-diameter cable in a safe and efficient manner includes a cable supporting component and a blade supporting component. The supporting components are displaceable relative to one another to provide an opening corresponding to the cable of the desired diameter. The blade supporting component includes a cartridge and two blades mounted to the cartridge. The blades are uniformly configured to provide a two slit cut defining a rectangular strip along the jacket of the cable which can be easily removed from the cable.
Claims11
A tool for slitting a jacket of a cable, comprising:
- a cable supporting component extending along a longitudinal axis;
- a blade supporting component pivotal about a pivot axis, which extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, between a rest position and a cutting position in which the cable and blade supporting components extend in parallel planes;
- a guide mechanism coupled to the cable and blade supporting components and operable to provide displacement between the supporting components to accommodate cables of different outer diameters;
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- a blade assembly mounted to the blade supporting component and including two uniformly configured blades which are spaced apart and straddling the longitudinal axis, the blades cutting the jacket to create a rectangular groove defining a strip in the jacket upon longitudinal displacement of the cable and blade assembly relative to one another in the cutting position of the blade supporting component.
A cutting tool for removing a jacket from electrical cable, comprising:
- A cable receiving component;
- A blade supporting component operatively coupled to the cable receiving component and comprising a blade assembly configured with a cartridge and a pair of blades mounted to the cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.