Patent ID: 7987744

Claim:
A pliers-type gripping tool for stripping insulation from conductors, and the like, comprising: (a) a pair of gripping jaws ( 36 , 38 ; 136 , 138 ; 236 , 238 ) connected for relative displacement between an open separated condition and a closed gripping condition; (b) operating means for operating said gripping jaws between said open and closed conditions, said operating means including a pair of pivotally connected hand grip levers ( 3 , 4 ; 103 , 104 ; 203 , 204 ) connected with said gripping jaws, respectively; and c) adjustment means ( 5 , 6 ; 18 , 21 ; 219 b , 226 ) for varying the effective thickness of at least one of said hand grip levers, thereby to vary the hand grip size of the tool to correspond with the size of the user's hand.