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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7178434 | Orbiting blade coaxial cable cutter/stripper Apparatus for supporting a coaxial cable, or the like, and effecting cutting and stripping operations to remove a portion of one or more layers which concentrically cover a central conductor. A single blade, having a circular cutting edge, is moved in an orbital pat... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7152513 | Orbiting blade coaxial cable cutter/stripper Apparatus for supporting a coaxial cable, or the like, and effecting cutting and stripping operations to remove a portion of one or more layers which concentrically cover a central conductor. A single blade, having a circular cutting edge, is moved in an orbital pat... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7028384 | Method and device for processing cables A device is suggested for processing cable-shaped conductors, particularly multicore cables, having at least one transport means (126) having a drive means (132) for transport supply and/or for lengthwise transport of cable-shaped conductor material ( | 04/18/2006 |
| 6886438 | Device for measuring the length of a cable for processing An apparatus and method for measuring the length of a cable for obtaining a reference measurement wherein a belt drive advances the cable through a first gripper until the cable is under separating/stripping cutters which cut the cable. The cable is advanced by a le... | 05/03/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6755109 | Cable stripper A cable stripper of the type typically used by an operator to remove the outer insulation layer from a coaxial cable having a ridged outer conductor such as that typically used in the telecommunications industry. The cable stripper includes unique stop devices that ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6739229 | Cable stripping device A device is disclosed for stripping the insulation or dielectric housing from a cable or wire. The cable stripping device includes a wire guide block having a bore extending transversely therethrough and a slot which extends from an end of the block to the bore. An ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6675458 | Fiber optic cable stripping and measurement apparatus A fiber optic cable stripping and measuring apparatus that includes a mounting base having a template clamp connected thereto, the template clamp securing an optical component connected to the fiber optic cable. The apparatus further includes a fiber clam... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6577804 | Sheathed optical fiber cutting method and apparatus A sheathed optical fiber cutting method and apparatus for cutting the sheathed optical fiber. In one embodiment, the sheathed optical fiber is rotated around its center axis against a cutting blade. An incision is made in an area of the sheathed optical f... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6311600 | Electric power cable sheath cutter An electric power cable sheath cutter for longitudinally slicing an outer metallic sheath of a power cable include a frame arranged to be clamped by clamps to each end of a selected longitudinal section of the power cable. A carriage, slidingly mounted to... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6105480 | Apparatus for separating ribbon-coated multicore optical fiber An apparatus for separating a ribbon-coated multicore optical fiber at a plurality of positions at once, wherein the ribbon-coated multicore optical fiber includes a number of single-core fibers arranged in parallel. This apparatus comprises a first cutti... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6032366 | Portable stripping unit A clamping unit, cutting unit, and drive unit are installed in a main body that may be carried with one hand. The cutting depth of the cutting unit may be adjusted by an adjusting wheel. A handle unit for carrying the main body is shaped and positioned su... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5979286 | Wire insulation stripping device A device for stripping insulation from wire. The device includes detachable wire guide members and a rectangular metal frame with a horizontal wire-receiving passageway therethrough. A slitting knife mounted on the frame projects downwardly into the passa... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5865085 | High volume wire stripper An improved apparatus for removing surrounding insulation from an insulated electrical conductor has a pair of matched frustoconical cutter wheels mounted on a cutter shaft. The cutter wheels incorporate a cutter edge and a beveled outer slope. The cutter... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5745996 | Sheathing cutting device A device for cutting sheathing from a tendon extending through an anchor assembly includes a housing adapted to be rotatable about the sheathed tendon and a blade having a cutting edge. The blade cutting edge is oriented in a selected cutting position wit... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5640891 | Wire and cable drive apparatus in wire and cable cutting and stripping system An apparatus for processing wire comprising conveyor structure for displacing the wire endwise, the conveyor structure including first upper and lower endless conveyors engageable with opposite sides of the wire; and first upper and lower assemblies for c... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5561899 | Measure-cut-strip wire processing method Apparatus for feeding an insulated electrical wire, or the like, axially with respect to a transverse plane in which a single pair of blade cutting edges are supported for movement toward and away from the axis of the wire. Each blade has a continuous cut... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5542327 | Wire stripping apparatus A machine for stripping insulation lengthwise from electric or other type of cables on a continuous basis having a circular blade rotably mounted to a support assembly and positioned adjacent an input wheel, the input wheel designed to movably push or pul... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5543000 | Method of forming radiating coaxial cable A radiating cable comprises a core having a center conductor bonded to, centered in, and supported by discs of dielectric material. A sleeve of dielectric material is extruded over the discs and thereby bonded thereto to form a plurality of sealed, coaxia... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5526717 | Severing and stripping mechanism for a cable-processing machine A severing and stripping mechanism for a cable-processing machine which largely obviates the displacement of heavy cable-handling components and the fouling of the knife drive, particularly via insulation particles via the use of a knife drive that is arr... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5457877 | Apparatus and method for cutting through cable sheathings Apparatus for cutting through the sheathing of a cable comprises a cutting wheel and a guide assembly including a guide box substantially enclosing the cutting wheel except for a portion extending through and beyond an end wall of the box. The box end wal... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5456148 | Wire and cable drive apparatus in wire and cable cutting and stripping system An apparatus for processing wire comprising conveyor structure for displacing the wire endwise, the conveyor structure including first upper and lower endless conveyors engageable with opposite sides of the wire; and first upper and lower assemblies for c... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5445051 | Measure-cut-strip wire processing apparatus Apparatus for feeding an insulated electrical wire, or the like, axially with respect to a transverse plane in which a single pair of blade cutting edges are supported for movement toward and away from the axis of the wire. Each blade has a continuous cut... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5226224 | Method of removing sheath from electric wire in intermediate region The points of second cutters (153) are disposed within a gap (E) generated by moving an electric wire (600a) longitudinally after the formation of a first slit (610), and subsequently the electric wire (600a) is moved longitudinally to form a split slit (... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5193276 | Device for cutting of reinforcing elements from a rubber or plastic matrix A device for cutting out reinforcing elements, from a matrix. The device includes a support frame movable in the longitudinal direction of the reinforcing elements and cutting blades for cutting the reinforcing elements away from the matrix as the support... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5107735 | Insulation stripping device for cables A device for high speed automatic wire and cable insulation stripping. The device has pairs of infeed and outfeed cutting assemblies that engage and cut the insulation at multiple points in a two stage process. The cutting devices have multiple parallel s... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5105702 | Cutting device for the cable stripping machines, more particularly for the purpose of a recovery of these cables Improved cutting device for a wire and cable stripping machine one a supporting frame (2), consisting of a support device (3) for a pair of wheels (5) driving a section of cable (C) to be stripped, a guide assembly (4) for the cable, an adjustment device ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5085114 | Method for facilitating removal of insulation from wires An apparatus for placing slits in wire insulation including a pair of opposed cutting blade assemblies moveable toward the wire to penetrate the wire insulation down to the conductor. The cutting blade assemblies are configured to create one or more secti... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5067379 | Electronic display system for wire stripping machine An electro/mechanical feedback system and method for displaying the positional and sizing information relative to the hole size formed by closed stripping blades of a wire stripping machine. The feedback system includes a pair of rotary optical encoders t... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5044078 | Double welt trimmer A double welt trimmer (10) for trimming selvage (28) from a double welt cord (22) used in upholstery. The double welt trimmer (10) includes a housing (12) which includes a forward and rearward end (32 and 34). A double welt guide (14) is carried by the ho... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4951369 | Wire processing apparatus Apparatus for stripping the insulation from an end portion of an insulated electrical wire (W), withdrawing an electrical terminal (ET) from a carrier tape (T) therefor and crimping the terminal (ET) to the stripped end portion of the wire (W), comprises ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4628599 | Method for stripping insulation Methods and apparatus for stripping insulation from low profile high performance cable are disclosed. The apparatus includes hand-held tools with an aperture at each end for sequentially slicing or cutting predetermined layers of insulation from the cable... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4522097 | Ribbon cable splitter Apparatus for separating individual conductors of a ribbon cable comprises a pair of rollers having annular teeth which intermesh to split the cable as the rollers are moved together. The cable is clamped in a stationary frame and the rollers are mounted ... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4267757 | Cable slitter A tool is disclosed for slitting cable to separate individual conductors or groups of conductors from the cable as a whole and as required in order to form a wiring harness. The subject tool is particularly useful for slitting cable of the type known as f... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4179964 | Ribbon cable splitting device A ribbon cable splitting device is described in which an opposing pair of splitting elements having a number of equally spaced specially shaped teeth are brought together in an interlaced fashion to separate the individual conductors of a similarly spaced... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4130040 | Cutter assembly A cutter assembly is disclosed for accurately profiling the free end of multi-conductor flat flexible cable for termination by known electrical connectors. The assembly includes a pair of fixed, parallel, spaced side shears and a transverse end shear. A c... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4056021 | Irrigation hose and belt splice preparing tool A tool or apparatus for preparing a fabric reinforced flexible hose or fabric reinforced conveyor belt for splicing by removing or stripping the elastomeric material forming the hose or belt from the fabric cords. The tool includes a knife disposed transv... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4046045 | Wire splitter for round conductor flat ribbon cable A device for preparing a flat multi-conductor ribbon cable, having a plurality of conductors of circular cross section, for termination into a flat cable connector. A pair of meshing cutters, at least one of which is movable, are engaged with the ribbon c... | 09/06/1977 |
