Arrangement for cutting and/or stripping apparatuses

An arrangement of at least three jaws, lying substantially in a common plane, in an apparatus for cutting or stripping sleeve-like insulation from cable-like articles wherein:

• the jaws are each displaceable in the direction defined by a first straight line, the position of the first straight line being defined by the direction of displacement;
• adjacent first straight lines make a first angle with one another;
• the jaws have respective surfaces for engaging the article, and the end points of that surface of the jaw which can be turned to face the article, define a second straight line;
• and
• each second straight line forms a second angle of less than 90 degrees with its associated first straight line, and the engaging surface can be brought into tangential contact with the article.

An arrangement of at least three jaws, lying substantially in a common plane, in an apparatus for cutting or stripping sleeve-like insulation from cable-like articles;

• wherein
• the jaws are each pivotable about a pivot point in the direction defined by a first straight line, the first straight line being defined by a tangent to an outermost swivel radius (RS) of each jaw, which outermost swivel radius (RS) is determined by the distance from the pivot point to the most distant point on the corresponding jaw;
• adjacent first straight lines make a first angle with one another;
• the jaws have respective surfaces for engaging the article, and the end points of that surface of the jaw which can be turned to face the aerticle, define a second straight line;
• and
• each second straight line forms a second angle of less than 90 degrees with its associated first straight line, and the engaging surface can be brought into tangential contact with the article.