Stripping tool for a cable having cover made of a synthetic material
OwnerJosef Krampeinventor
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Abstract
An improved stripping tool for stripping the outside cover layer from a cable having a plastic or synthetic cover layer in which a guide shoe for insertion between the cable and the outer layer and a knife surface adjacent thereto are mounted to a elongated member which during cutting lies parallel to the cable with an articulated handle being fastened to said elongated member and containing two sectored gear wheels for engaging the cover surface and moving the knife blade along the cable lengthwise.
Claims7
In a stripping tool for cutting the covering of a cable covered with a layer of synthetic material comprising two articulated parts one of which includes a stationary knife and the other which is a handle having at one end a gear wheel non-rotatably fixed thereon and divided in half and with the halves disposed on each side of the handle, the other part being mounted to the one part so that the gear wheels can be rotated by the handle to effect relative motion between the cable and the knife, the knife being introduced between the interior of the cable and the cable covering and including a guide shoe which guides the knife as it cuts into the cable covering, the improvement comprising:
- a. the one part made in the form of an elongated rail to one side of which the cable can be applied, said rail having an enlarged head at one end;
- b. said knife and shoe arrangement projecting from said one side of said elongated rail at said head;
- c. an elongated angled slot formed in said head;
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- d. shaft means passing through the center of the gear halves and said angled slot whereby said gear wheels will be supported for rotation by said handle about the axis of said shaft and wherein said axis can be moved linearly at an angle opposite the point of an engagement of said knife.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.