Patent ID: 8261441

Claim:
A device to taper end portions to cable jacket shrink tube, comprising: a first member comprising: a first channel having a first width perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and extending along a longitudinal axis of the device; a second channel extending along the longitudinal axis of the device and having a second width smaller than the first width and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; a second member comprising: a third channel extending along a longitudinal axis of the device and having a width perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and substantially equal to the first width and; a fourth channel extending along the longitudinal axis of the device and having a width perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and substantially equal to the second width; and a fastening structure configured to fasten the first member and the second member together and to enable the device to be in an open position and a closed position, wherein, in the closed position, the first and third channels form a single channel configured to hold a first portion of a cable having a shrink tube and the second and fourth channels form a single channel configured to hold a second portion of the cable without the shrink tube, between the first channel and the second channel the device is configured to hold a tapered shrink tube.