Tools for cutting
OwnerZdzislaw Bieganskiinventor
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Abstract
A tool for cutting the sheath of a cable has a loop frame and a cutter movable inwards and outwards of the frame to engage with the cable when the same is threaded through the loop, the cutter being controlled in position, according to the diameter of the cable and the thickness of its sheath, by a pin and slot mechanism.
Claims16
A tool for cutting the sheath of a cable or the like, comprising a loop-like frame including at least two parts hinged together and catch means releasably holding them in closed loop form, a handle extending away from the loop, a cutter which is adjustable in position inwardly and outwardly of the loop, the position of the cutter being controlled by pin and slot means, a pair of rollers carried on a bracket which is displaceable with said cutter, and a body which houses the cutter and which has a screw connection with said bracket by means of which said bracket is adjustable relative to said body and cutter.
A tool for cutting the sheath of a cable or the like, comprising a loop-like frame including at least two parts hinged together and catch means releasably holding them in closed loop form, a handle extending away from the loop, a cutter which is adjustable in position inwardly and outwardly of the loop, means for maintaining the cutter in any one of a plurality of adjusted positions, a plurality of rollers mounted in the loop-like frame with their axes in the form of a V, the cutter being adjustable along a line into the V and toward the apex thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.