Patent ID: 8141219

Claim:
A tool configured for assisting in cutting to length conductors of an electrical cable comprising a plurality of such conductors encased in an insulating sheath, at least one end of said electrical cable being prepared such that end portions of said conductors project from a corresponding end of said insulating sheath, said tool configured to adjust, to a predetermined precise length, said projecting end portions of said conductors, wherein: the tool comprises a solid body having a reference face and a channel which is orthogonal to said reference face; said channel comprises a first part having a larger and longer cross section and a second part having a smaller and shorter cross section, which are separated by a shoulder; said first part of the channel is configured to accommodate with slight friction said electrical cable such that said corresponding end of the insulating sheath comes into butting contact with said shoulder; said second part of the channel is configured to accommodate with the slight friction the whole of said projecting end portions of said conductors and, on the opposite side to said shoulder, opens into said reference face; and a distance separating said shoulder from said reference face is equal to said predetermined precise length, wherein the reference face comprises a cutting reference face configured to guide a cutting tool along a surface of the cutting reference face to enable the cutting tool to cut off excess lengths of said projecting end portions of said conductors to adjust said projecting end portions to said predetermined precise length.