Patent ID: 9748748
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H02G

Claim:
1. A cable stripper comprising: an elongated guide column; a cable support detachably coupled to one end of the elongated column; a spring-biased blade carriage slidably mounted on the elongated column and axially movable towards the cable support to engage and press a cable to be processed against the cable support; and a blade assembly including a blade, the blade assembly being moveable with the blade carriage so that the blade is operable to penetrate a jacket of the cable at a predetermined depth, the blade assembly being configured with a hollow blade housing mounted on the blade carriage and provided with a periphery, the periphery being configured with a U-shaped guide pocket having two side channels, wherein one side channel of the U-shaped guide pocket is wider than the other side channel of the U-shaped guide pocket, an elongated blade holder having one end coupled to the blade and an opposing end extending in the hollow blade housing, a lever coupled to the blade holder and extending transversely therefrom, the lever being operable to move within the blade housing between and within each side channel of the U-shaped guide pocket while the cable is engaged between the blade carriage and the cable support, wherein the lever is angularly movable within the one side channel of the U-shaped guide pocket at an angle smaller than 90° so as to displace the blade among angular positions, in one of the angular positions the blade being operable to produce one of radial and axial cuts of the jacket and in other angular positions the blade being operable to produce a plurality of spiral cuts of the jacket, and when displaced into the other side channel of the U-shaped guide pocket the lever being in a single position and the blade being operable to produce the other of the radial and axial cuts of the jacket.