Patent ID: 11870225
Assignee: STRIPEEZ, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A device for stripping sheathed cable, the device comprising:
a housing having a first elongate aperture at a first end of the housing, a second elongate aperture at an opposed second end of the housing, and an elongate channel having a generally rectangular cross-section and connecting the first aperture and the second aperture, the channel configured to allow the sheathed cable to travel therethrough;
at least one blade, wherein the at least one blade is contained in at least one corresponding blade pocket within the housing, the at least one blade having a cutting edge configured to cut or incise at least a portion of a sheath of the sheathed cable, such that the sheath can be removed to expose a plurality of electrical conductors contained therein; and
at least one tension element, the at least one tension element being in operable communication with the at least one blade, the at least one tension element configured to exert a force effective to maintain the at least one blade in a first blade position wherein a portion of the at least one blade is disposed within the channel;
wherein the at least one blade is configured to move within the at least one corresponding blade pocket between the first blade position and a second blade position based on a direction of movement of the sheathed cable through the elongate channel, wherein in the second blade position, all or substantially all of the at least one blade is retracted into the at least one corresponding blade pocket.