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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7891097 | Armored cable cutter A cutting tool for cutting the armor includes a cutter body having first and bottom entry walls defining a channel for receiving an armored cable. There is a slot in the first wall that affords reciprocating entry into the channel of a movable cutting blade from the... | 02/22/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7101132 | Bolt fastener The present invention relates to a connecting arrangement, comprising a bolt element having a shank (4) and comprising at least one washer which can be pushed onto the shank (4), the shank (4) and the washer having such a code that the washer ca... | 09/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6779273 | Coaxial cable cutting tool A cutting tool that can be used to form a stepped cable end prior to the attachment of an electrical connector to a coaxial cable. The cutting tool has a blade assembly supported inside a housing on a pair of cams. A coaxial cable is inserted into the cutting tool a... | 08/24/2004 |
| 5956852 | Cable stripping tool for removing insulation from ribbed cable A cable stripping tool for removing insulation from cable having a noncircular cross-section, particularly cable having ice breaking ribs, includes a body with a longitudinal opening for receiving the cable and an adapter having a longitudinal opening spe... | 09/28/1999 |
| 4977671 | Saw for cutting large diameter shielded conduit A hand tool for cutting shielded conduit comprising a first handle member for holding the conduit including clamping means for securing the conduit in a fixed position relative to the first member; a second handle member including a radial cutter head dis... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4901438 | Shielded cable cutting device A battery powered hand-held rotary cutting tool for use on BX cable and the like comprising a power unit and attached battery pack with a projecting drive shaft to which is affixed a rotary cutting blade. Said power unit and battery pack fit within a cont... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4884339 | Shielded cable cutter with improved cable clamp The armored cable cutter of the invention has an elongated saw carrier on which a circular saw blade is rotatable, hinged to an elongated cable carrier of U-shaped cross-section that defines a laterally opening cable receiving groove. A clamping member on... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4876792 | Cable stripping device A cable stripping device for removing armour from an armoured cable has a pair of rotatable cutter members mounted on a first support for rotation about parallel axes of rotation and in a common plane. The cutter members being spaced apart to receive the ... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4813144 | Armored cable cutting device A cutting device for cutting the shield of an armored cable has three mutually hinged members. One member is interposed between the other two and has a channel opening on one side for receiving the shielded cable therein. The second member is pivotable at... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4769910 | Cutting tool for cylindrical articles A cutting tool for a cable jacket having a circular blade for location on one side of the cable and two rollers for engagement on the other. The blade or the rollers are inclined to cause the blade to engage the jacket at an inclined angle to the longitud... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4769909 | Quick clamping device to hold armored cables for cutting An improved quick clamping device to hold armored cables such as BX cable for cutting. The device includes a handle for receiving the cable which is preferably U-shaped and which defines a cable receiving channel. A clamping handle is hingedly attached to... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4753007 | Cutting tool for shielded cable The cutting tool includes a tool body having a longitudinal channel to receive different sizes (outer diameters) of shielded cable for cutting and a cutter arm movably mounted on the body to bring a rotatable cutter blade into the channel to cut the shiel... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4697343 | Device for cutting shielded cable In a device for cutting shielding of shielded cable, comprising an elongated cable carrier of U-shaped cross-section and an elongated saw carrier hinged to the cable carrier, cable is releasably locked into a lengthwise extending, sidewardly opening groov... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4372048 | Optical fiber cleaver with puller A hand-held fiber cleaving tool has an elongate channel for receiving a fiber, a shroud for exposing a part of the fiber and a fiber cleaving unit including a cutting element rotative through the shroud about an axis parallel to and spaced from the channe... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4359819 | Quick clamping device to hold BX cables A hand tool for cutting the armor of armored cable, comprising two elongated handle members hingedly connected, the first member carrying a manually operated circular saw and the second member having a channel in which the cable is clamped during cutting.... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4315368 | Optical fiber cleaving apparatus A hand-held fiber cleaving tool has an elongate channel for receiving a fiber, a shroud for exposing a part of the fiber and a fiber cleaving unit including a cutting element rotative through the shroud about an axis parallel to and spaced from the channe... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4267636 | Welded armored cable cutting tool A tool for cutting longitudinal slits in welded armored cable, applicable to cables in a wide variety of sizes due to its use of a wide angled cable guide which can be adjusted laterally within a small range in order to center widely varying sizes of cabl... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4169400 | Cable armor cutting machine A cutter for the armor of a BX cable or the like wherein the cable to be cut is held firmly in a cable guide by a manually actuated cable clamp, the clamped cable being movable into armor-cutting engagement with a fixed power driven circular saw, and mean... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4142290 | Welded armor cutting tool A tool for cutting electrical cable of the welded type, the tool including a circular saw blade, means for holding the cable armor against the blade, means for adjusting and limiting the penetration of the blade into the armor, and means for rotating the ... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4103578 | Cable armor cutting machine A cutter for the armor of a BX cable or the like wherein the cable to be cut is held firmly in a cable guide by a manually actuated cable clamp, the clamped cable being movable into armor-cutting engagement with a fixed power driven circular saw.... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4062110 | Portable tool for stripping metal sheathing from heavy conductive cable A portable tool for stripping metal sheathing from heavy conductive cable comprising a casing shaped to be manually held and having a rotatable drive shaft to which is secured a thin cutting wheel. A fixture is secured to the casing and carries a flange w... | 12/13/1977 |
| 3959877 | Sheath cutting tool for flexible electrical cables A portable sheath cutting tool is provided. Two collars engage the sheath of a cable at spaced positions along the same to hold the sheath in extended condition. A cylinder extends between and is rotatably supported on the collars and on the cylinder is m... | 06/01/1976 |
