US 9,461,448 B1Granted

Tool for removing jacket material from tubing and cable

AssigneeO'Brien Holding Co., Inc.

InventorMarcus C. McCarter

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Abstract

A tool for removing a jacket from a tube or cable comprises a first through-hole extending through a body of the tool tangent to an anvil. A cut head pivotably mounted to the body includes a depression and a cutting blade mounted to extend into the depression a distance less than the expected thickness of the jacket. The cut head may be raised, then lowered onto a jacketed tube or cable inserted into the first through-hole. Rotation of the tool or the tube or cable scores the jacket circumferentially. A hook blade extends into a second hole in the body at a non-radial orientation to the hole, the hook blade being positioned to engage an inner surface of the jacket when the jacketed tube is inserted into the second hole, and to cut a longitudinal slit in the jacket from a free end of the jacket to the circumferential score.

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Dependent claims

A tool for removing a jacket from a jacketed tube or cable, the jacketed tube or cable comprising a tube or cable and the jacket surrounding the tube or cable, the tool comprising a cutting blade having a sharp edge extending a predetermined short distance from a stop surface, the predetermined distance being no greater than the thickness of the jacket, and a hook blade extending into an opening in the tool, the hook blade being positioned to engage an inner surface of the jacket, the tool further comprising a first through-hole extending through a body portion of the tool tangent to an anvil portion of the tool and a cut head pivotably mounted to the body portion for reciprocation toward the anvil portion, the cut head including the stop surface, the stop surface being positioned to engage the jacket and restrain further movement of the cut head toward the tube or cable, the cutting blade being mounted a distance forward of the stop surface less than the expected thickness of the jacket.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.