Patent ID: 9136677
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A flush cut tool for producing a ring cut through a jacket of an armored cable extending along a longitudinal axis, comprising: a support unit operative to clamp and center the cable in a desired position about the longitudinal axis; a hand crank coupled to the support unit; and a blade assembly coupled to the hand crank and configured with a plurality of angularly spaced blade teeth, the hand crank being pivotal relative to the support unit about a pivot axis parallel to and spaced from the longitudinal axis in response to an external torque so as to radially displace the blade teeth in contact with the jacket in one rotational direction, and thereafter while the applied torque is increased, the hand crank being rotatable along with the blade assembly about the longitudinal axis while the blade unit cuts through the jacket producing a circular cut; and a friction unit provided with a spring which has opposite ends coupled to respective support unit and blade assembly and is operable to prevent rotation of the blade assembly until the increased torque exceeds a spring force.