Cable and Wire Scoring Tool for Jacket Removal
AssigneeBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
InventorNicholas William Pond
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Abstract
A tool for removing of one or more outer layers of a multi-layered jacketed wire includes a base member and a top member pivotally connected to the base member. The scoring tool has a first receiver recess on a first end of the scoring tool. A first cutter extends into a first receiver recess at a distance (d1) from an interior wall of the first receiver recess, and the first cutter is transversely oriented within the first receiver recess. A second cutter extends into a second receiver recess at a distance (d1) from an interior wall of the second receiver recess, and the second cutter is longitudinally oriented within the second receiver recess.
Claims20
A scoring tool for facilitating the removal of one or more outer layers of a multi-layered jacketed wire, the scoring tool comprising:
- a first receiver recess on a first end of the scoring tool, wherein the first receiver recess is substantially cylindrical and has an interior wall and an exterior opening;
- a first cutter that extends into the first receiver recess at a distance (d1) from the interior wall of the first receiver recess, wherein the first cutter is transversely oriented within the first receiver recess;
- a second receiver recess on a second end of the scoring tool, wherein the second receiver recess is substantially cylindrical and has an interior wall and an exterior opening;
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- a second cutter that extends into the second receiver recess at a distance (d1) from the interior wall of the second receiver recess, wherein the second cutter is longitudinally oriented within the second receiver recess.
A method of removing one or more layers surrounding a conductor of a jacketed wire, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a scoring tool that includes a first receiver recess, a first cutter in the first receiver recess, a second receiver recess, and a second cutter in the second receiver recess;
- inserting a distal end of the jacketed wire into the first receiver recess such that an end of the jacketed wire contacts an interior wall of the first receiver recess;
- closing the scoring tool such that the first cutter is pressed into the jacketed wire at a desired depth and at a distance (d1) from the end of the jacketed wire;
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- inducing a rotation between the scoring tool and the jacketed wire to perform a circumscribed cut at the distance (d1) from the end of the jacketed wire.
A method of removing one or more layers surrounding a conductor of a jacketed wire, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a scoring tool that includes a first receiver recess, a first cutter in the first receiver recess, a second receiver recess, and a second cutter in the second receiver recess;
- inserting the end of the jacketed wired into the second receiver recess such that the end of the jacketed wire contacts an interior wall of the second receiver recess;
- closing the scoring tool such that the second cutter is pressed into the jacketed wire at a desired depth and at a distance (d1) from the end of the jacketed wire;
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- pulling the jacketed wire out of the second receiver recess to induce a longitudinal cut of (d1) length to the distal end of the jacketed wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.