Back to results
US 7,243,429 B2Granted
Wire stripper systems
OwnerMark J. Landes, James M. Landesinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A hand-held system adapted to assist stripping of an undulating outer jacket of a twisted pair wire. The system incorporates cutters to provide two longitudinal cuts through the outer jacket of the twisted shielded pair wire. The cutters are removable and replaceable.
Claims10
A system, relating to the stripping of at least one outer jacket from at least one wire having at least one irregular outer peripheral shape, comprising:
- a) at least one receiver adapted to receive at least one portion of the at least one wire;
- b) at least one rotator adapted to assist rotation of said at least one receiver relative to the at least one wire;
- and
- c) at least one hand-holdable housing adapted to house said at least one rotator and said at least one receiver;
- d) wherein said at least one receiver comprises
- i) at least one first cutter adapted to produce at least one first longitudinal cut through the at least one outer jacket,
- ii) at least one second cutter adapted to produce at least one second longitudinal cut through the at least one outer jacket, and
- iii) at least one positioner adapted to position said at least one first cutter and said at least one second cutter adjacent the at least one outer jacket to assist in generating such at least one first longitudinal cut and such at least one second longitudinal cut;
- e) wherein said at least one positioner comprises, coupled to said at least one receiver, at least one first pivot member adapted to pivotally engage said at least one first cutter with the at least one outer jacket;
- f) wherein said at least one positioner comprises, coupled to said at least one receiver, at least one second pivot member adapted to pivotally engage said at least one second cutter with the at least one outer jacket;
- g) wherein said at least one positioner comprises at least one manual actuator adapted to assist manual actuation of said at least one first pivot member and said at least one second pivot member;
- h) wherein said at least one first cutter comprises at least one first cutting die adapted to engage at least one first portion of the at least one outer jacket;
- i) wherein said at least one second cutter comprises at least one second cutting die adapted to engage at least one second portion of the at least one outer jacket;
- and
- j) wherein said at least one first cutting die and said at least one second cutting die each comprise at least one cutting blade.
12 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.