Patent ID: 6725533
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A cable stripping tool, adapted to strip a pre-defined amount of cable jacket from a cable without removing remaining cable jacket on either side of the pre-defined amount of cable jacket, comprising:a main body having a longitudinal axis, said main separated into a blade half and a clamping half; said blade half having a first end, a second end, a first side, a second side, an inside surface and an outside surface; said clamping half hinged to said blade half having a first end, a second end, a first side, a second side, an inside surface and an outside surface; said first ends and second ends of said blade and clamping halves together forming ends of said main body along said longitudinal axis of said main body; a cable receiving area formed by said ends of said main body and inside surfaces of said blade half and clamping half when said blade and clamping halves are in a closed position, said cable receiving area in the direction and extending along said longitudinal axis of said main body, said ends of said main body being open ended and adapted to allow passage of the cable and adapted to also allow positioning of said cable stripping tool along the cable; said first side of said clamping half and said first side of said blade half being hinged together, said second side of said clamping half and said second side of said blade half forming an opening which is adapted to allow placement of said main body over a cable when said blade and clamping halves are in an open position; and a blade mounted to said main body in the direction of said longitudinal axis of said main body such that said blade accesses the cable receiving area and adapted to allow stripping of the jacket from the cable, said blade secured in said blade half, said blade including a cutting edge, said cutting edge positioned in said cable receiving area and adapted to remove the pre-defined amount of cable jacket during one rotation of said main body about the cable.