US 4,914,986 A · Shield wires removing machine

Abstract

A shielding wires removing machine for automatically removing a desired length of shielding wires from a shielded cable, which includes a blade body secured to the base and having a blade aperture whose edge forms a circular blade; a movable sleeve able to slide in the blade aperture along a longitudinal axis; a movable cable holder provided in front of the fixed blade body and having a holding aperture and a shield guide concentrically about the longitudinal axis, the shield guide having a diameter sufficiently large to receive an exposed shield portion of the shielded cable but too small to receive the shielded cable; a pressure bar disposed in a side hole provided at right angles to the holding aperture for holding by pressure the shielded cable in place within the holding aperture; and a movable clamp provided behind the fixed blade body and having a plurality of clamp elements movable in radial directions to form a variable opening concentrically about the longitudinal axis.

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Dependent claims

A shield wires removing machine having a cable holder with a holding aperture, a sleeve movable through a blade body, and a clamp with a variable opening all arranged concentrically around an axial line for receiving and removing a length of exposed shield wires from a cable which has core wires, soft shield wires, and a sheath, which comprises:

said cable holder being movable along said axial line, and said holding aperture has a diameter sufficiently large to receive a cable;
a pressure bar provided at right angles to said holding aperture for holding by pressure said cable in place within said holding aperture;
a shielding wires guide communicating with said holding aperture via a shoulder portion and having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of exposed shield portion;
a cylindrical flange provided at an end of said shielding wires guide and able to abut said sleeve;
said blade body has an opening whose edge forms a circular blade in which said cylindrical flange is able to fit;
said sleeve has a diameter sufficiently large to receive said exposed shield portion;
and
said clamp is movable along said axial line and has elements which are movable in radial directions to at least two positions;
a first position where they catch said exposed shield portion with core wires therein and a second position where they catch an exposed shield portion with no core wires therein.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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