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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7913588 | Insulation stripping tool with striker means An insulation stripping tool of the pliers-type includes an adjustable pull rod stop device for limiting the extent of travel of the longitudinally displaceable pull rod and the cutting and stripping blades connected thereto, thereby to produce only partial removal ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7891273 | Insulation stripping tool A pliers-type insulation stripping tool includes an adjusting device for adjusting the cutting profile provided by the knife edges of a stack of parallel lamellar cutting blades pivotally connected at one end with a knife holder for independent pivotal movement abou... | 02/22/2011 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7210378 | Chain pliers with wire stripper A multi-function pliers for installing various hanging light fixtures and electrical connections needed for the installation of the hanging light fixtures. The multi-function pliers includes a pivot pin member; first and second movable jaw members rotatably mounted ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7152515 | Wire cutter for artificial flower stems Cutter suitable for artificial flower stems. Typically, plastic coated wire stems are cut with hand cutters to various lengths in preparing artificial floral arrangements. The invention requires far less physical effort by the operator than is required when using co... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7096760 | Insulation stripping tool A pliers-type stripping tool includes a base, a pair of pivot levers pivotally connected with the base, a pair of clamping members connected for relative longitudinal displacement on one of the pivot levers, a pair of cutting members connected for relative longitudi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7013776 | Device for cutting optical fiber and a method for cutting optical fiber An optical fiber cutting device provided with a speed reducing part which transmits drive force by reducing the drive speed of the external drive force, a drive force transmission part which transmits the drive force from the speed reduction part to the cutting blad... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6978071 | Apparatus for cleaving optical fiber An apparatus to cleave an optical fiber includes a base plate, a jig slidably provided on the base plate and holding the optical fiber, a stripper provided near the jig, and including a hot plate heating a sheath of the optical fiber, a sheath cutter cleaving the sh... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6959488 | Method for retaining a first part against a second part A system and method are disclosed which utilize a retaining mechanism to retain a first part against a second part in a manner that supplements or supplants use of adhesive. A retaining mechanism retains a first part against the surface of a second part, wherein the... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6939060 | Method and apparatus for heating fusion spliced portion of optical fibers and optical fiber array A vicinity of the fusion spliced portion of optical fibers is mounted on a heating board, after the dissimilar optical fibers having the different mode field diameters are fusion spliced. The vicinity of the fusion spliced portion of the optical fibers is then heate... | 09/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6823761 | Device for stripping coated optical fiber ribbons A device for stripping coated optical fiber ribbons, in cooperation with at least an optical fiber ribbon having a protective coating and an optical fiber array substrate having grooves, comprises a heating unit including at least a first trench and a cutting blade ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6766724 | Shearing-stripping machine for electric cables A shearing-stripping machine (1) for electric cables (C) is disclosed, comprising a casing (2) on which the following elements are mounted: driving means (5) to advance the cable (C) to be shorn and stripped, at least a shearing and stripping un... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6763872 | Method of stripping an optical fiber A method of stripping an optical fiber including a silica optical waveguide and a coating to be removed over a portion to be stripped includes making a cut in the coating of the portion to be stripped, depositing a stripping gel on the coating of the portion to be s... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6718848 | Wire stripper A manual wire-stripper has first and second wire clamping jaws, a pair of stripping jaws disposed between the clamping jaws and an operating mechanism including a lever pivoted to the stripper body to extend alongside a fixed lever. A slidably mounted draw-bar is co... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6708749 | Apparatus for stripping a coating from an optical fibre Apparatus for stripping a coating from a coated optical fiber. The apparatus has a pair of opposed blade holders, one end of each blade holder being adapted to releasably receive and retain a blade. The opposed ends of the blade holders are joined with a flexible me... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6643448 | Optical fiber stripping tool A method and apparatus is described for stripping the coating of an optical fiber. A fixture having a fiber cleat may be used to secure an optical fiber to enable removal of the protective coating from the fiber along a precise length of the fiber. The le... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6634079 | Optical fiber cleaver An optical fiber cleaver, comprising a blade capable of applying a scratch to the outer peripheral surface of an optical fiber and a pusher pushing the optical fiber to cleave it at the scratched part, wherein it further comprises a reverse-running preven... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6618945 | Microcable stripping tool A tool for stripping a microcoaxial cable having an outside diameter of four millimeters or less. The tool is operable for precisely stripping the jacket, shield and dielectric layers of the microcoaxial cable under field conditions. The tool comprises a ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6618885 | Wire-stripping tool A wire-stripping tool that has a pair or more of cutters sized for one gauge of wire. For example, instead of be able to strip 18, 16, 14, 12, and 10 gauges of wire, the device has cutters that strip 18, 12, 12, and 10 gauges of wire. Other variations inc... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6598497 | Optical fiber cable cover removing device An optical fiber cable covering removing device which can remove the covering layer of an optical fiber reliably and safely comprises a support member, a fiber holder, a fiber holder retainer which can move the fiber holder toward and away from the suppor... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6536103 | Tool for installing a coaxial cable connector A coaxial cable installation tool useful for folding back an exposed portion of grounded shielding on the end of a coaxial cable in preparation for the attachment of the coaxial cable to a coaxial cable connector. In a preferred embodiment, the installati... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6477310 | Stripping optical fibers When stripping an optical fiber ribbon (7) from its polymer coating the ribbon is clamped at some distance from its end in a cutting and tension unit (3). When the lid (23) of this unit is folded down knifes are pressed into the coating at a side of the u... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6439084 | Laminated blade assembly for cutting insulation A laminated blade assembly including a stationary blade and a pair of insulation supports and a movable blade and a pair of insulation supports with each blade sandwiched between a pair of supports. Semi-circular grooves formed in the insulation supports ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6286393 | Insulation device The invention relates to a method and a device for stripping a cable end section (13), comprising a novel measuring system in which the length of the inserted cable end section is determined during the insertion itself.... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6273990 | Method and apparatus for removing a protective coating from an optical fiber and inhibiting damage to same A method for mechanically stripping the protective coating from a silica or glass optical fiber using a polymeric or soft metal blade having a hardness less than that of the glass optical fiber but greater than the protective coating. The blade is prefera... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6220119 | Wire stripper for sheathed electrical cables Stripping tongs for sheathed electrical cables (K) have two tong arms (1, 2) that can pivot toward one another about a common pivoting shaft (3), counter to a restoring spring the tongs further having cable cross-cutters (4, 5) and cuting blades (6, 7) wi... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6079296 | Electric wire cover peeling tool A wire cover peeling tool having a body that includes a clamp receiver and a grip. A clamp arm and an operation lever are pivotally coupled to the clamp receiver. A first slider slides within a groove of the clamp receiver and is coupled to a second slide... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6023996 | Optical fiber preparation unit A device and process for stripping the coating from a coated fiber. The device comprises a base and a coated fiber retaining member coupled to the base. The coated fiber retaining member includes a fiber holding portion for retaining a portion of the coat... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5988018 | Mechanical wire stripper A method and apparatus for stripping housing from a cable. The apparatus includes a frame having an interior channel or passage for receiving a cable therethrough and an exterior. The frame has a guide coupled to the frame interior for supporting the cabl... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5946986 | Optical fiber preparation unit A device for stripping the coating from a coated fiber. The device comprises a base having a longitudinal axis extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of a fiber when the fiber is positioned within the device. The device also comprises a coated fiber ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5896787 | Optical fiber stripper An assembly includes a collet including radially convergible jaws for receipt of an optical fiber threaded through the collet and outwardly from the rear opening of a housing containing the collet. The assembly comprises a container for a fluid for soften... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5896786 | Wire stripping apparatus and wire stripping method A wire stripping apparatus includes: a first cam and an external gear which are fixedly secured to a rotary shaft; a slider which is movable horizontally with respect to the first cam; a base stand secured to the slider; a pair of cutter holders which are... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5893302 | Stripper for fiber ribbon For removal of the protective coating of cables, in particular optical 12-fiber ribbons and other optical multi-fiber ribbons, a tool has several movable segments that each remove a portion of the coating. Each of the segments has a pair of blades positio... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5819602 | Optical fiber coating stripping Apparatus for stripping a thin color-encoded plastic coating from an optical fiber comprises an elongated rail and clamps for fixedly mounting a fiber spaced above and parallel to the rail. A chuck having radially convergible jaws is mounted on the rail f... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5724870 | Stripping pliers Have a pliers housing (2), two clamping jaws (4, 28) which can be pivoted relative to each other to form a mouth (29) of the pliers, in which mouth two stripping members (51, 59) are arranged such that they can be displaced in the longitudinal direction o... | 03/10/1998 |
