Hand-operated apparatus for peeling off the outer jacket layer of electric lines and cables

In a hand-operated device for peeling off the outer jacket layer of an electric cable, said device having an adjustable peeling knife which can be adjusted to the diameter of the cable, the improvement comprising:

• support disc means having an aperture therein for receiving said cable and operating handle means for turning said support disc means fastened thereto;
• guide means having three radially adjustable guide jaws movably mounted to said support disc means and directed toward the center of said aperture, each of said guide jaws having a concave end for engaging said cable, said concave end having a truncated threaded surface so that when said support disc means is turned said cable will be fed into said peeling knife;
• means for adjustably fastening the peeling knife to one of said guide jaws so that said peeling knife is continuously movable in the radial direction with respect to said guide jaw and the cutting edge of said peeling knife can be extended past said concave end of said guide jaw to cut into said cable;
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• rotatable adjusting disc means adjacent said support disc means and having an aperture therein for receiving said cable disposed in alignment with said aperture in said support disc means, said adjusting disc means including a spiral slot for each guide jaw engaging said guide jaw so that each said guide jaw is radially adjustable to the diameter of said cable;
• whereby when said operating handle means is turned around said cable, said peeling knife engages the outer jacket of said electric cable and peels said outer jacket from said cable.