Patent ID: 6618945
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
A hand operable stripping tool operable for stripping one or more layers of material from an end of a microcoaxial cable having a plurality of concentric, coaxial layers of material and an outer diameter, the tool comprising an elongate body having an axial bore coextensive with a length thereof and a diameter greater than the outer diameter of the microcoaxial cable, the elongate body comprising: (a) a substantially cylindrical gripping portion having a proximal end and a distal end and cable clamping means therebetween operable for releasably gripping the microcoaxial cable when the cable is inserted into said axial bore; (b) a stripping portion movably mounted on said distal end of said gripping portion to rotate around said axial bore; and (c) at least one blade having a cutting edge mounted within said stripping portion and reversibly extendable into said axial bore.