Patent ID: 7992466
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. A pliers for stripping insulation from a cable having resilient insulation material covering a core material, said pliers comprises: a) a first member comprising a handle and a jaw having a proximate end and a distal end; b) a second member comprising a handle and a jaw having a proximate end and a distal end; c) means for pivotably connecting the members so that the handles are disposed in respective first and second handles fully closed inoperable positions and then disposed in respective first and second handles and jaws opened operable positions; d) each jaw comprises an arcuate cutting edge extending substantially along the length of the jaw from the jaw distal end to the jaw proximate end, each arcuate cutting comprises the same arc, and the arcuate cutting edges being disposed in the same plane; e) each cutting edge further comprises oppositely and transversely disposed arcuate surfaces; f) wherein the arcuate cutting edges in each of the first and second inoperable positions do not comprise a portion of the same circumference, and in the first operable position the entire arcuate cutting edges are facingly disposed and comprises a portion of the same circumference, wherein the cutting edges contacting engage the circumferences of different cables in the first and second operable positions and circumscribes the cable in the first operable position; g) whereby in cutting into the insulation with the operably disposed elongate arcuate cutting edges with the transversely disposed cutting edges cause the cut insulation material to be spacedly disposed from the jaws for readily stripping the insulation material away from the core material.