Patent ID: 7152513
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: H02G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In cable cutting apparatus having a chassis at ground potential, a pair of movable, electrically conducting gripping members in electrical communication with said chassis and thus at ground potential, said gripping members having opposed end portions on opposite sides of an axis perpendicular to the direction of movement of said members to move said end portions toward and away from said axis, and a conducting member removably supported with unobstructed surface portions at equal distances from and on opposite sides of said central axis, the method of calibrating the positions of said end portions to be equally spaced from and on opposite sides of said central axis, said method comprising; a) positioning said gripping members with said end portions spaced outwardly from said conducting member; b) moving one of said gripping members in a series of equal steps from a first reference position until the end portion of said one member contacts said conducting member, thereby placing said conducting member at ground potential; c) electrically storing the position of said one member when it contacts said conducting member; d) removing said one of said gripping members from contact with said conducting member, thereby again insulating said conducting member from ground potential; e) moving the other of said gripping members in a series of equal steps from a second reference position until the end portion of said other member contacts said conducting member, thereby again placing said conducting member at ground potential; and f) electrically storing the position of said other member when said conducting member is again placed at ground potential, whereby placing said members at said stored positions effectively calibrates the positions of said members at equal distances from said central axis.