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US 8,191,266 B2Granted
Shielded conduit cutting device for small BX electrical cables
AssigneeSeatek Corporation
InventorLucien C. Ducret
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Abstract
A cutting device for relatively small cable including, among others, fiber optic cable and BX electrical cable is configured with removably coupleable adapter inserted between the top and bottom portions of the device which pivot relative to one another so as to displace a cutter to a cutting position. The adapter is configured to reduce a cable receiving space formed in the bottom portion of the device so as to center a small cable relative to the cutter which is operative to split the shield of the cable without damaging electrical conductors of the cable.
Claims6
A cutting device for splitting a shield of a cable, comprising:
- an elongated casting having a longitudinal axis and configured with top and bottom portions which are pivotally coupled to one another, the bottom portion being configured to receive the cable;
- a cutter coupled to the top portion of the casting and displaceable therewith towards a cutting position so as to split the shield of the cable upon actuation of the cutter;
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- an adapter insertable on the bottom portion so as to axially slide therealong in response to an external force, the adapter being configured to receive the cable in a predetermined position thereof in which the cable is centered relative to the cutter;
- one or more frictions elements configured to generate friction with the adapter during the sliding motion thereof;
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- an adjustable screw coupled to the bottom portion so as to cause the adapter to move laterally on the bottom upon displacing the adapter to the predetermined position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.