Patent ID: 7802496
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. A plier-type stripper tool for sheathed cable of the type having three spaced insulated power conducting wires, a ground wire disposed among the insulated power conducting wires and a sheath surrounding the wires, the stripper tool comprising: a pair of members, each member having a jaw portion, a boss portion, and a handle portion; a pivot joining each of the boss portions to enable relative movement of the members about the pivot between open and closed positions; each jaw portion having blade sections for cutting a cable sheath when the members are moved from the open position to the closed position; each blade section having a set of three cutting edges, including a first straight cutting edge disposed at an acute angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tool when the tool is in a closed position, a second straight cutting edge disposed at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tool when the tool is in a closed position, and an arcuate cutting edge disposed between the first straight cutting edge and the second straight cutting edge; and the cutting edges together forming a cable receiving opening when the members are in the closed position, the cable receiving opening being configured to cut portions of the sheath when the members are moved from the open to the closed position and the stripper tool is turned through a 90 degree rotation.