Patent ID: 6467171
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A tool for stripping insulation from a coaxial cable comprising:a tool body; a double-edged cutting blade, mounted on the tool body, for removing insulation surrounding an outer conductor of the coaxial cable, the double-edged cutting blade including a transverse cutting knife edge and a longitudinal cutting edge, the transverse cutting knife edge lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to an axis of the cable for making a cut in a first cutting plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of the cable to expose the outer conductor of the cable and the longitudinal cutting edge lying in a plane substantially parallel to the axis of the cable for separating the insulation from the outer conductor of the cable; and a planar cutting blade mounted for motion relative to the tool body transversely to the axis of the cable between a cutting position and a non-cutting position, the planar cutting blade having a cutting edge lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of the cable for making a cut through the outer conductor to near an inner conductor of the cable in a second cutting plane perpendicular to the axis of the cable, the second cutting plane being offset from the first cutting plane.