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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7987744 | Hand grip operating means for an insulation-stripping tool A pliers-type gripping tool includes a pair of gripping jaws, a pair of pivotally connected hand grip levers for operating the gripping jaws between an open separated condition and a closed gripping condition, and an adjusting device for varying one of the physical ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7900537 | Knife assembly for insulation stripping tools A pliers-type insulation stripping tool includes a releasable fastening device for fastening a knife cassette to at least one of the knife carrier members that are longitudinally displaced by the pivotally connected tool handle members to remove a severed length of ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7841260 | Insulation stripping tool with displaceable knife carrier means A pliers-type insulation stripping tool includes a pair of blade holders that are removably connected with the pull rod that longitudinally displaces the blades relative to the handle shell when a severed length of insulation is stripped from the insulated conductor... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7513177 | Wire stripper which can be automatically adapted to different conductor cross sections The invention relates to wire-stripping pliers with an automatic adaptation to various wire gauges and insulation thicknesses that has two pairs of pivotable jaws of which the jaws of the first, outer pair are configured as gripper jaws and are pivotable by means of... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7360472 | Automatic wire stripper An automatic wire stripper comprises a knife unit (40) having a knife holder (41) and a knife carriage (45) articulated on the knife holder; A clamping arm unit (30) is pivotally mounted on a clamping arm bearing (30). A handle lev... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350313 | Device for cutting and marking a metal cable Device for cutting and marking a metal cable (16), comprising means (12, 18) for cutting the cable (16) and marking means (20) for marking the cable (16) with a mark at a predetermined distance (d) from the cutting plane (C), cutti... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7292701 | Filter manipulator, filter, holder for a number of filter manipulators, and system comprising a filter manipulator and a holder for a filter manipulator A wax filter manipulator, wax filter, holder for a number of wax filter manipulators, and system comprising a wax filter manipulator and a holder for a wax filter manipulator, the system comprising a wax filter manipulator and a holder for a wax filter manipulator, ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7225490 | Multi-functional wire stripper A multi-functional wire stripper includes a fixing element, a movable element, a wire-stripping module, an electrical sensor, and a flexible element. There is a fixing sleeve on the front end of the fixing element for installing a tool module. The movable element is... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7189243 | Orthopaedic fixation pin extraction An instrument and a method for gripping an orthopaedic fixation pin during a surgical procedure and extracting the pin from bone in which the pin is embedded. The pin has an embedded portion extending into the bone along a longitudinal axis, and a projecting portion... | 03/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6895836 | Pliers-type handtool having insulation removing means A pliers-type handtool includes fixed and movable handle members pivotally connected intermediate their ends, a movable jaw member pivotally connected with the fixed handle member jaw end, and a toggle device connecting the movable jaw member with the movable handle... | 05/24/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5724871 | Stripping tools A wire stripping tool (FIG. 1) has outer jaws 12, 18 which can be closed together by levers 10, 16 acting via a link 24. Inner jaws 34, 36 are so closed to cut the wire sheath, and then actuator 32 is displaced left to right to move the inner cutting jaws... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5713249 | Wire stripper A wire stripper has a main body (10) in which are mounted a pair of clamping jaws (11, 14) for a wire to be stripped and within the clamping jaws, a pair of stripping jaws (17, 18). An operating mechanism includes a pivoting handle (30) which carriers an ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5572911 | Stripping device A device for stripping conductor ends contains two stripping devices arranged in a mouth formed by clamping jaws. The two stripping devices can be displaced in a longitudinal direction of the mouth. At least one of the stripping devices includes a stack o... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5507207 | Cut and strip tool for insulated conductive wires The disclosure herein describes a cut and strip tool to assist in the stripping of insulation from one or more insulated conductive wires; it comprises a pair of handles which are equipped, at their upper part, with an elongated wire receiving element inc... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5491894 | Wire stripping tools A wire stripper has outer jaws to grip the wire sheath and inner jaws to cut into the sheath before the inner jaws are displaced along the cable relative to the outer jaws to strip the cut portion. An eccentric adjuster is provided to vary the position of... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5469762 | Device for stripping electric conductors and/or wires In order to allow conductors or wires having different cross sections to be easily and reliably stripped, the swivelling axis pin of a stripper is designed as a double axis pin whose first substantially cylindrical pivot is arranged in a first leg and who... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5359690 | Cutting method and apparatus for removing a secondary coating layer from a jacketed optical fiber A jacket layer of a jacketed optical fiber is cut by a cutting method and apparatus in which (A) a terminal portion of a jacketed optical fiber is straightened and grasped by a fiber holder, and (B) a blade device having (a) a pair of cutting blades and (... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5245894 | Stripping pliers In a pair of pliers for stripping the insulation from the ends of electrical conductors, comprising i.a. a two-members aggregate for carrying and longitudinally moving a pair of cutting and stripping jaws accommodate with a pair of clamping jaws, comprise... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5140873 | Wire stripper A portable, lightweight, handheld, battery powered wire stripper which has an automated adjustable stripping cycle. Various components are assembled into a lightweight frame so as to define a generally axially extending wire stripping channel for receivin... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5131299 | Insulation stripping tool An insulation stripping tool with a lower and an upper arm 2, 3 connected at a first pivoting point 8 with the arms ending in a handle at one end. One of the arms 2, at its other end, ends in a jaw which is rigidly joined to the handle. The stripping tool... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5101693 | Insulation cutting and stripping tool A tool for stripping tubular insulation off of a wire without contacting the wire comprises a hollow body in the shape of a pistol having a nose at one end with an aperture upon a longitudinal axis, adapted to axially receive an insulated wire to be strip... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5090272 | Hand held compressed air powered insulated wire stripper A hand held insulated wire stripper uses compressed air power, instantaneously, to grip an insulated wire and to cut the insulation thereof. Thereafter, the insulation is stripped from the wire and ejected. The forces created by the compressed air power o... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5063795 | Stripping tool A stripping tool for electrical conductors has two legs turnable relative to one another against a spring force, clamping jaws arranged on free ends of the legs, cutters movable to a closed position by the clamping jaws in direction toward a conductor end... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4951529 | Combined tool for cutting and stripping the ends of electrical wires covered with an insulating sheath This invention relates to a hand tool, characterized in that: at least one of the levers thereof comprises a jaw disposed opposite a retractable counter-jaw, the lever provided with the gripping jaw is associated with a tool comprising two jaws which are artic... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4803903 | Powered wire stripper A powered wire stripper in the form of a precision end stripper includes a housing with a wire-receiving opening at one end. An air cylinder and valve are connected to the housing and arranged to drive the stripper components back and forth. Those compone... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4768404 | Cable stripping tool A tool has outer gripping jaws 12, 19 to grip a cable 20, and inner jaws with cutting edges 30 which penetrate the cable. The inner jaws are initially located for sheath penetration and are then displaced axially to strip the cut portion of the sheath of the c... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4660273 | Cable stripping device The invention relates to a device for stripping an insulation sheath from an end portion of a cable. The device comprises two manually graspable handles (10,11) which are capable of relative movement towards and away from one another, a pair of jaws (14,1... | 04/28/1987 |
