Method and apparatus for stripping and removing the shielding from a cable
Assigneecawitec AG
InventorAlois Amrein
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Abstract
In a method of stripping and removing shielding from a cable, an end of the cable is stripped from an outer insulating sheath to expose a portion of the shielding which envelopes an inner electrical conductor. The exposed shielding portion is compressed in axial direction of the cable to so deform the shielding portion as to assume a donut shape which exceeds an outer dimension of the insulating sheath. A cutting unit is movable approximately transversely to a longitudinal orientation of the cable to shear off a circular section of the shielding portion.
Claims21
A method of stripping and removing shielding from an end of a cable;
- comprising the steps of:
- stripping away from an end of the cable an outer insulating sheath to expose a portion of shielding;
- compressing the exposed shielding portion in an axial direction of the cable to so deform the shielding portion as to assume a donut shape which exceeds an outer dimension of the insulating sheath;
- and
- severing a circular section of the shielding portion by a movable cutting unit which servers said circular portion approximately transversely to a longitudinal orientation of the cable.
Apparatus for removing shielding from a cable;
- comprising:
- a pair of clamping devices for insertion of a cable end which has been stripped of its insulating sheath to thereby expose a portion of a shielding, said clamping devices being so positioned at a distance to one another as to confine the exposed shielding portion therebetween, said clamping devices being movable relative to one another to compress and bunch up the shielding portion sufficient to assume a donut shape;
- and
- a cutting device movable in a direction transversely to a longitudinal direction of the cable for shearing off a circular section of the bunched shielding portion in said transverse direction.
Apparatus for removing shielding from a cable;
- comprising:
- a pair of clamping devices for insertion of a cable end which has been stripped of its insulating sheath to thereby expose a portion of a shielding, said clamping devices being so positioned at a distance to one another as to confine the exposed shielding portion therebetween, said clamping devices being movable relative to one another to compress and bunch up the shielding portion sufficient to assume a donut shape;
- and
- a cutting device movable in a direction transversely to a longitudinal direction of the cable for shearing off a circular section of the bunched shielding portion in said transverse direction;
- wherein the cutting device is a pair of scissors with two blades movable relative to one another by an electric motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.