Electrician's wire stripping tool
OwnerEverett F. Knuthinventor
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Abstract
An electrician's tool for stripping outer insulating sheathing from multiple conductor electrical cable and for stripping insulation from individually insulated conductors. The tool is characterized by a first flat blade for removing sheathing from one side of a multiple conductor cable to expose the individual conductors, without damaging the individual insulation of those conductors, and a longitudinally retractable knife blade for cutting off the sheathing folded back and separated from the opposite side of the conductors. The tool also preferably has separate blade means for stripping insulation from the ends of individually insulated conductors. The tool is of simple compact construction comprising a pair of arms pivotally connected at one end and carrying the several blade means.
Claims7
A tool for stripping insulation from multiple conductor electrical cable comprising:
- A. handle means adapted to be grasped in the palm of a hand and including a pair of arms pivotally connected at one end for opening and closing pincer movement,
- B. a transverse groove in the inside edge of one of said arms adjacent the free end thereof,
- C. longitudinally extending flat cable stripping blade means disposed overlying said groove,
- 1. the cutting edge of said blade being spaced from the bottom of said groove, and
- 2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.