Patent ID: 7103978
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. A tool for stripping a sheath from an end of a cable which comprises: a tube; a cylindrical plunger slideably positioned in said tube; a yoke being a strip formed into a U shape having one leg parallel to another leg and a portion of said strip with one end integrally joined to an end of one leg and another end of said portion integrally joined to an end of said another leg; said yoke having one of said legs integrally joined to an end of said tube by another strip extending from an end of said tube; a spring between another end of said plunger and a closed end of said tube arranged to bias said plunger toward said yoke; a knife: a hairpin strip operably attached to said knife and clippable onto said portion of said yoke arranged to permit mounting said knife onto said portion of said yoke arranged for cutting a longitudinal cut in a section of said sheath when said section is operably positioned between said legs of said yoke and forced by said plunger against said knife.