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US 5,435,029 AGranted
Cable preparation tool
AssigneeThe Siemon Company
InventorsRobert C. Carlson, Jr., Christopher H. Cox, Richard D. Alvey, Jr.
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Abstract
A low cost wire stripping tool is presented which comprises a section to remove a portion of the outer insulation jacket covering two, three or four pairs of a new telephonic cable and a second section of the wire stripping tool which is capable of straightening (or flattening) a twisted pair and then capable of separating the straightened, flattened pair by cutting the webbed section of the individual pair.
Claims12
A tool for cable of the type comprising multiple pairs of twisted pair wire comprising:
- a housing having first and second arm portions, each of said arm portions having first and second ends, said arm portions including opposing inner surfaces having cooperating (a) straightening means for straightening or flattening a pair of twisted pair wires and (b) separating means for separating a straightened pair of twisted pair wire into separate, individual wires.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.