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

Claim 17:
18. 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 connecting the first aperture and the second aperture, the channel configured to allow the sheathed cable to travel therethrough;
a plurality of blades, each blade contained in a corresponding blade pocket, of a plurality of blade pockets within the housing, each blade comprising a cutting edge configured to cut or incise at least a portion of a sheath of the sheathed cable; and
a plurality of molded spring arms, each of the plurality of molded spring arms in operable communication with a corresponding one of the plurality of blades, each spring arm being configured to exert a force effective to maintain the corresponding one blade in a first blade position, wherein a portion of the corresponding one blade is disposed within the channel;
wherein each blade is configured to move within the 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 each of the plurality of blades is retracted into the corresponding blade pocket.