Patent ID: 7178434
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: H02G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. The method of cutting and stripping an outer covering layer from a cable, or the like, with apparatus having a single blade having a circular opening surrounding a cutting edge which is moved in an orbital path about the central axis of the cable to effect cutting, said method comprising: a) clamping said cable to fix the axial position thereof; b) engaging said covering layer between a pair of movable gripping members to essentially fix the radial position of said central axis at a position closely adjacent said cutting edge; c) moving said blade to move said cutting edge in said orbital path while holding said gripping members still, thereby severing a slug from said covering layer; and d) stopping movement of said blade with said cutting edge engaged in said outer layer and said gripping members engaged with said severed slug; e) moving said blade and said gripping members simultaneously axially of said cable to strip the severed slug of said covering material from said cable.