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US 8,296,956 B2Granted
Pliers
AssigneeWezag GmbH Werkzeugfabrik
InventorKurt Battenfeld
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Abstract
The present invention relates to pliers for removing an insulating layer of an electrical cable, in particular a coaxial cable. The inventive pliers comprise a cutting element. The distance of the cutting element from a seat for the cable is adjustable. Furthermore, the cutting element has a degree of freedom in a circumferential direction of the coaxial cable relative to the seat.
Claims30
Pliers comprising
- a) a first cutting unit for stripping the insulation of an electrical cable, said first cutting unit being activated independent from hand levers of the pliers, and comprising
- a seat for said cable and
- a cutting element designed and arranged for carving or cutting an outer layer of said cable,
- said cutting element being linked with said seat
- with a radial degree of freedom for a movement of said cutting element in radial direction relative to said seat and
- with a circumferential degree of freedom for a movement of said cutting element in circumferential direction relative to said seat
- b) a unit selected from the group consisting of:
- a second cutting unit, a crimping unit, and a separating unit, the selected unit designed and arranged for being activated by said handles of said pliers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.