Patent ID: 7356915
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tool for cutting and stripping a sheath from an electrical cable, the electrical cable having a spaced pair of insulated power conducting wires, a ground wire disposed between the power conducting wires, and the sheath surrounding the power conducting and ground wires, the sheath having a pair of spaced side portions that contain the power conducting wires and a central portion disposed therebetween that contains the ground wire, the tool comprising: a) a pair of levers having jaw, boss and handle portions; b) a pivot joining the boss portions to enable relative movement of the levers about the pivot between open and closed positions; c) a spring positioned between the handle portions to bias the handle portions away from each other; d) the jaw portions each having blade sections, each blade section having a set of three aligned cutting parts of a cutting edge, the three cutting parts including a spaced pair of end cutting parts configured to at least partially cut through the side portions of the sheath, and a raised middle cutting part provided between the end cutting parts and configured to cut the central portion of the sheath; and e) the cutting parts on each blade section together forming a cable receiving opening when the levers are in the closed position, the cable receiving opening is sized such that, when the levers are moved from the open to the closed position, the perimeter of the sheath is cut.