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US 4,736,502 AGranted
Tool for removing the jacket from electrical cables
OwnerRichard P. Barnesinventor
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OwnerRichard P. Barnesinventor
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A tool adapted for removing the outer protective jacket from an electrical cable of the type comprising a plurality of central coaxial conductors surrounded by a layer of insulating material, an inner sheath of conductive material surrounding the insulating material, and a plurality of generally coaxial neutral wires on the outside of the inner sheath and on the inside of the outer protective jacket. The tool comprises a reel rotatable on an axis for rolling engagement with the cable as the reel is rotated on its axis. The reel is configured for tracking on the cable as the reel is rolled along the cable thereby to maintain the reel with its axis generally at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the cable. The reel is adapted for temporarily securing an end of one of the neutral wires to the reel. Handles are provided for rotating the reel on its axis with the one neutral wire secured to the reel thereby to wind the neutral wire on the reel as the reel rolls on the cable, the one neutral wire cutting the outer jacket as it is pulled away from the cable and wound on the reel.
A tool adapted for removing the outer protective jacket from an electrical cable of the type comprising a plurality of central coaxial conductors surrounded by a layer of insulating material, an inner sheath of conductive material surrounding said insulating material, and a plurality of generally coaxial neutral wires on the outside of the inner sheath and on the inside of the outer protective jacket, said tool comprising a reel rotatable on an axis for rolling engagement with the cable as the reel is rotated on its axis, said reel being configured for tracking on said cable as the reel is rolled along the cable thereby to maintain the reel with its axis generally at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the cable, means for temporarily securing an end of one of the neutral wires to the reel, and handle means for rotating the reel on its axis with said one neutral wire secured to the reel thereby to wind the neutral wire on the reel as the reel rolls on the cable, said one neutral wire cutting the outer jacket as it is pulled away from the cable and wound on the reel.
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