Patent ID: 7360472

Claim:
Automatic stripping pliers, especially suitable for stripping flat cables, said pliers comprising, in combination: a knife unit, having at least one knife holder and a knife carriage articulated on said knife holder; a clamping arm unit with at least one clamping jaw located at its front end; a base housing with one upper clamping arm, in which the knife unit is guided in a movable fashion, at least one clamping jaw, a clamping arm bearing on which the clamping arm unit is articulated; a handle lever unit, which is articulated at an articulated handle lever bearing with the base housing; and an elbow lever unit consisting of a first and a second elbow lever arm that are articulated relative to one another via an elbow lever center axis, wherein the first elbow lever arm is guided with a first elbow lever end axis in a guide link of the clamping arm unit, the second elbow lever is articulated at the knife unit, and the elbow lever center axis is guided in the handle lever unit.