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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112893 | Cable cutter with reciprocating cutting wheel for cutting flexible cable A cutting tool includes a frame, a shaft, a cutter and a cam. The shaft is rotatable about an axis. The cutter is coupled to the shaft such that rotation of the shaft about its axis causes rotation of the cutter about the shaft's axis. The cam is positioned around t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8074360 | Slitting tool A tool for slitting an elongate sheath from about an elongate member that is disposed within a longitudinally extending lumen of the sheath includes a longitudinally extending tail portion projecting rearward of a slitting edge and a nose portion of the tool; a lowe... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7984553 | Cable preparation tool A cable preparation tool having a main body, with a cable receiving end, a cable receiving area and a manipulation end. There is a center conductor support shaft guide channel in the manipulation end to receive a center conductor support shaft. The center conductor ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7963040 | Slitter tool for cutting a tubular sheath of a guide catheter A tool for cutting or slitting the tubular sheath of a guide-catheter in the presence of a lead placed in this sheath. The tool (10) has a flattened, substantially planar blade holder body (12) with a cutting area (14) and a prehension area (... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7950155 | Slitting tool A tool for slitting an elongate sheath from about an elongate member that is disposed within a longitudinally extending lumen of the sheath includes a longitudinally extending tail portion projecting rearward of a slitting edge and a nose portion of the tool; a lowe... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7814662 | Cutting tool, method of making the same and method of using the same The present invention relates to a stripping tool with longitudinal and transverse blades that assist in stripping and removing sheathing from heavy gauge wire and cable. The cutting device comprises an elongated U-shaped structure with an angularly offset portion. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7694420 | Coaxial cable preparation tool and method of use thereof A coaxial cable preparation tool is provided wherein the tool includes a body, having a first end and a second end, the first end including a first cavity configured to accommodate insertion of a coaxial cable therein. An outer conductor blade is located near the fi... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7418785 | Compact dispensing tube opener A compact dispensing tube opener for accessing contents of a dispensing tube having a dispensing tip and an inner seal. The opener includes a housing with first and second passageways therein meeting at an angle at an intersection. A blade carriage is movable in the... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7398599 | Device for removing coating on optical fiber Provided is a device for removing coating on an optical fiber. The device has a cutting depth limiting surface disposed on a receiver body and a cutting blade attached between a pusher body and a fixing block. The cutting blade is made from plastics and has a specif... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7356915 | Stripper tool for sheathed cable A stripper tool is provided for cutting an outer sheath of an electrical cable. Inside the sheath is parallel spaced apart insulation covered wires and a core member containing an uncovered ground wire between the insulation covered wires. The sheath has spaced apar... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354650 | Multi-layer coatings with an inorganic oxide network containing layer and methods for their application Multi-layer coatings are disclosed that include (1) a first layer comprising an inorganic oxide network, and (2) a second layer applied over at least a portion of the first layer, wherein the second layer is deposited from at least one liquid composition that is hyd... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354624 | Multi-layer coatings and related methods Multi-layer coatings are disclosed that include (a) a first layer deposited from at least one composition that includes a polymeric composition, and (b) a second layer applied over at least a portion of the first layer in which the second layer is deposited from at ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7316058 | Coaxial cable stripper A coaxial cable stripper, which includes a hollow cylindrical body, which has two transverse through holes and two longitudinal sliding slots, a spring member fixedly mounted inside the hollow cylindrical body, and two movable cutter holders respectively supported o... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7302753 | Electrical gripping testing and installation device A method and apparatus for the safe and easy installation of wall-mounted electrical outlets and switches utilizing a multi-functional tool. Two different but similar tools are provided, each in the form of an insulated handle that may be detachably engaged with eit... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7284330 | Cutting device for workpieces such as rods, bolts and the like, especially for threaded rods A cutting device for rod-shaped workpieces has two actuating levers each in the form of a two-arm pivot lever. The two-arm pivot levers each have a first arm as an actuator and a second arm having a shearing edge. The actuators move the shearing edges relative to on... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278612 | Swaged cable deployment in space A cable restraint/deployment mechanism is disclosed for deploying an object in space from a spacecraft. To deploy the object, the cable restraint/deployment mechanism cuts a cable attached to the spacecraft and the object. For example, a spacecraft may include a sol... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7258603 | Utensil for opening a shell of a crustacean A utensil for opening a shell of a crustacean, such as a crab, lobster and the like, has a pair of pivotally connected elongated members. Each elongate member has a handle portion and a head portion. A cutting blade is positioned in each of the head portions; the cu... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7243429 | Wire stripper systems A hand-held system adapted to assist stripping of an undulating outer jacket of a twisted pair wire. The system incorporates cutters to provide two longitudinal cuts through the outer jacket of the twisted shielded pair wire. The cutters are removable and replaceabl... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7216431 | Adjustable stripping tool A hand-held coaxial cable stripper made up of first and second jaws pivotally connected to a body portion including a channel for insertion of a cable end, the channel containing blade members and a blade adjustment member for precise and accurate adjustment of the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7204022 | Scissors-action tool with adjustable opening angle A scissors-action tool whose blades or jaws are urged apart by a spring and which includes an adjustable member restricting opening movement to a limited blade or jaw separation angle during normal use of the tool, but allowing the blades or jaws to be opened to a w... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7174640 | Tool for cutting cable ties leaving a round end The present invention presents a pliers-like hand tool with special shaped cutting edges and grooved guides in the jaws of the tool so that when used to cut off the unwanted ends of cable ties the cable tie can be guided into the tool and positioned for cuffing the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171753 | Multi-cable jacket removal tool A tool for mid-span cable stripping having a wheel enclosure surrounding an inner wheel with at least one cable saddle formed in an outer circumference, the cable saddle(s) adapted to rotatably cradle a cable of a desired outer diameter. The wheel enclosure having a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7142166 | Wide band biconical antennas with an integrated matching system A biconical antenna; an entry conic having an entry base opposite an entry vertex and a termination conic having a termination base opposite a termination vertex. The entry and termination conics share substantially the same axis and the entry vertex is adjacent the... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137204 | Wire tool system and method The invention comprises a tool useful for the manipulation of a wire. The tool includes a first body portion, a second body portion substantially translationally coupled to the first body portion, and a wire engaging member. The wire engaging member has a first sect... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7124786 | Linesman pliers with wire splice twister Linesman type pliers (10) that have provisions for splicing wires together. The pliers (10) have a right body (20) with a first jaw (22) on one end, and a handle (24) on the other end, and a pivotal bore (26) in-between. The... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7103978 | Tool and method for stripping sheath from a cable A tool and method for using the tool to strip a sheath from an end of the cable wherein the tool includes a tube; a cylindrical plunger slideably positioned in the tube; a yoke having a U shape. The yoke is attached to and spaced from one end of the tube and is alig... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093364 | Cutting edges for wire cutters A wire cutter includes two jaws pivotably connected with each other and each jaw has a curve cutting edge which includes a cutting portion which includes a first section, a second section and a third section which is located between the first and second sections. Ea... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7082856 | Wire stripper system A wire stripper having at least two resiliently flexible blades each of which terminate in an insulator stripper disposed in opposed relation operably responsive to a slidly engaged insulated wire to release the insulator from the wire. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7040020 | Wire stripper A wire stripper that can be utilized to rapidly strip insulation from a number of wires simultaneously and can be used simultaneously on a variety of different gauge wires. A stripping block has a plurality of wire apertures of varying diameters. Cooperating and con... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7017448 | Precision hand-held wire stripper A wire stripper has a blade handle, a gripper handle, a blade jaw and a gripper jaw all pivotally connected at a main pivot pin that is offset from the mating faces of the jaws. Movable and floating cutting blades mounted on the blade jaw are self-aligning due to a ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007391 | Dual containment tubing cutter The present invention is a C-shaped plastic tubing cutter having a C-shaped grasping portion and a fixed cutting blade. The grasping portion has an opening for receiving the tubing whereby the width of the opening is measurably smaller than the diameter of the tubin... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006047 | Compact low RCS ultra-wide bandwidth conical monopole antenna A low radar cross-section monocone antenna is provided with an ultra-wide bandwidth in the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum running from 1 gigahertz to 18 gigahertz by decreasing the low frequency cutoff through enlarging the overall dimensions of th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003883 | Cable-stripping tool A cable-stripping tool includes two parts that can be moved linearly in relation to each other, each of the parts including an opening which can accommodate a cable when the openings are in mutual alignment. The first part carries a cutting blade and has a support a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000322 | Blade assembly A laminated blade assembly for cutting the insulation of a wire to permit removal of the insulation from the wire. The blade assembly includes a stationary member and a movable member which are formed to contact each other when moved together to support and cut the ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6964098 | Mid-sheath cable preparation tool The present invention is an apparatus and method for removing a portion of a cable sheath. First and second opposing blades are adjustable to a cutting depth using adjustment screws and continuity testers that signal contact between each blade and a metallic sub-she... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6952320 | Virtual tracks for repeatable runout compensation The present invention relates to repeatable runout (RRO) compensation of servo control systems that can be used in disc drives or spin-stands. The RRO relates to eccentricity between servo tracks, which were written onto a disc prior to the installation of the disc ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6944953 | Corner cutter A cutting tool provides a device for cutting a plate glass corner. The structure includes upper and lower blades which are opened and closed to cut the plate glass. The upper and lower blade edge lines mutually oppose each other to form a cutter body having a scisso... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935030 | Spiral cut craft tool A spiral cut craft tool and method of making a spiral cut is provided. The spiral cut craft tool has a housing with a cutting guide in the housing. A cutting edge is provided that is projecting into the cutting guide. The cutting edge is coupled to the housing. The ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6910401 | Cable-stripping pliers Cable-stripping pliers having between its clamping jaws a cutting unit with mutually co-acting arms including cutting elements. The cutting unit has an abutment body which is movable in the longitudinal direction of the pliers and which limits the stripping length. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910275 | Cable-stripping tool A cable-stripping tool having a body with first and second openings in an upper wall thereof, a central pin mounted in the body with an upper end thereof carrying a cutting blade and projecting through the first opening, and a hook having a concave side which faces ... | 06/28/2005 |
