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US 4,787,144 AGranted
Cutting tool for stripping cables
OwnerJosef Krampeinventor
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Abstract
A cutting tool for stripping an insulation sheath from a cable guided in a chute formed in a tool housing comprises two driving levers for displacing the cable towards the blades for stripping the sheath. The two levers are positionable on the housing so as to drive the cable after the blades have cut the sheath.
Claims7
A cutting tool for stripping an insulation sheath from cables, particularly glass fiber cables, comprising blades for slitting a sheath from a cable;
- a lever drive for driving the cable;
- and a housing accommodating said blades and having a chute for guiding said cable, said drive including a hand-actuated lever pair with levers arranged opposite said chute and positionable in said housing interchangeably in different operative positions, said blades being arranged between places of supporting said lever pair in said chute.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.