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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7361080 | Utensil for opening a shell of a crustacean A utensil for opening a shell of a crustacean, such as 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 cutt... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7257895 | Apparatus for machining, especially cutting tubular and round section bodies An apparatus for cutting workpieces adapted to engage the workpiece in at least four points of surface engagement. The apparatus has a clamping mechanism designed to be fastened to the workpiece. The clamping mechanism has a tool unit attached which includes adjustm... | 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 |
| 7237336 | Cable manufacturing method A method of manufacturing a cable assembly using stranded cable material. A manufacturing jacket is placed over the cable to hold the strands in a desired state. A length of jacketed cable is then cut to a desired length. Appropriate terminations are slipped over th... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7171712 | Wire stripper with strip length scale A strip length scale for a wire stripper has a receiving portion, a channel aligned with the receiving portion and gradation markings along the length of the channel. Numerical markings next to the gradation marking correspond with the length of the channel. The cha... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7103253 | Optical fiber coating removing device An object of the invention is to provide an optical fiber coating removing apparatus which can remove coating from an optical fiber preform without damaging the optical fiber surface. The apparatus is excellent in workability because positioning or the like for coat... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090408 | Ruggedized module for securely retaining multi-optical fiber interconnect ferrules A ruggedized, snap-together, module securely retains a pair of mutually abutting fiber optic interconnect MT ferrules, that have been joined together by a ferrule aligning pin clamp structure. The module includes a generally rectangular base member having a ferrule ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7059166 | Method and apparatus for assuring or determining appropriate closure of a crimp assembly Methods and apparatus are disclosed for assuring or determining appropriate closure of a crimp ring assembly. In some embodiments, positive stopping apparatus on the crimp ring are used to assure appropriate closure of a crimp ring assembly. The positive stopping ap... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055200 | Multi-purpose ice tongs A multi-purpose ice tongs includes a handle and a pair of tongs that extend from the handle and that collectively are able to pick-up an ice cube or other item typically used in the preparation of drinks. One of the tongs includes a grater surface for grating a food... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6968762 | Pipe preparing tool V This invention relates to pipe preparing tools, and more particularly to a novel pipe preparing tool suitable for cutting, scoring or penetrating a surface of a plastics pipes. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6936069 | Muscle stripping device A tendon graft stripping device for use in removing the muscle attachments to a tendon while the tendon is being prepared for use as a graft during ligament and tendon reconstruction surgery is disclosed. The muscle stripping device is made from a metal or plastic b... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6813981 | Apparatus and method for cutting cables and wires An apparatus and a method are disclosed for cutting cable. The apparatus has an elongate handle with a longitudinal axis extending from a first to a second end. An eyelet extends from the second end and defines an opening through which the cable is inserted. A first... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6802125 | Cable-stripping tool A cable-stripping tool having two parts which can rotate relative to one another about an axis and of which a first part carries a cutting blade in the vicinity of said axis and a second part of which carries a hook which can move axially and which is biased towards... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6754960 | 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... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6745473 | Cable sheathing slitter for a wire stripper tool A cable sheathing slitter attachment for a wire stripper tool. The cable sheathing slitter attachment is preferably integrally formed of sheet metal and a blade member and a guard member. The blade member includes a blade portion having first and second oppositely f... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6510611 | Cable jacket stripping tool A plastic sheath cutting and slitting hand tool for cutting and slitting a cable sheath of a cable includes a generally flat, elongated body; a handle portion adapted to be grasped by the hand; a tool portion extending outwardly from the handle portion an... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6381850 | Wire stripping and preparation apparatus A cable stripping tool for the preparation of high voltage cable for termination or splicing by simultaneously removing the semiconducting sheathing from a section of cable and insulation and sheathing from the end section of the cable to expose the condu... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6253641 | Single drop trimmer with limited cartridge release A handheld coaxial cable trimmer tool has a removable and replaceable blade cartridge. The blade cartridge snaps into the tool with a hook engagement and is easily removed from the tool by pressing on a flexible lever on the top of the tool. The flexible ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6234057 | Cable cutter A product for cutting cables with spiral-wound, metallic casings. The product includes a frame having a base portion and a carriage portion pivotally attached to the base portion. The base portion has a receptacle for supporting a cable to be cut. A pair ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6192588 | Wire stripping tool In order to give the device proposed for preparing electric wires and/or cables for installation a sensitive feel, it is designed with two outer grips (1,2) disposed opposite each other and at least one inner arm (3,4) mounted on one of the outer grips (1... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6164163 | Process for mechanically removing the encapsulating material from a fiber-optic ribbon cable and tool for implementing the process The tool is constituted, on one hand, by a lower plate (12) traversed by a calibrated orifice, between an admission chamber (14) equipped with a roller (18) and a cutting plate (15) and, on the other hand, by an upper cover (22) also pierced by an opening... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6131289 | Cable slitter A cable slitter for separating side-by-side cables connected by a web of insulating material, particularly coaxial cables, includes a slitting blade for separating the cables and a shaving blade for removing excess web material. The shaving blade is mount... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6073349 | Wire stripper A wire stripper has a blade (33) projecting from a carrier (35) mounted in a handle (56). A hook-shaped wire clam (45) is slidably mounted in the handle and is spring-urged towards a position where a wire is pressed by the clamp on to the blade. The clamp... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5950505 | Process for stripping an insulated wire or cable having a cross-section which may be non-circular and stripping device for carrying out the process The invention relates to a stripping device for electric or optical cables or similar articles, having a centering holding apparatus and having at least two stripping blades (10), each of which is fastened to a blade arm (5), which arm (5) is rotatable ab... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5893185 | Multipurpose electricians hand tool A multi-purpose hand tool comprises first and second body members pivotally connected for movement between an open and a closed position. The body members include handle portions, and define first and second opposed cutting sections positioned between the... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5887346 | Co-axial flexible pipe jacket cutter A cutting tool for cutting jacketed pipes and other cylindrical objects comprising a handle attached to a guide and a blade translatably and rotatably secured within the handle. The blade is mounted to a blade mounting assembly. The blade mounting assembl... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5745943 | Cable stripping and bending device A cable stripping and bending device. The device is a tool with no moving parts. The cable is inserted into a rounded recess where the sheath is cut longitudinally of the cable by a cutting blade which is fixed to the tool and projects into the rounded re... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5732471 | Wire stripper with integral cable sheath cutter A tool for removing insulation from an electrical cable, has a pair of levers pivotally joined at a fulcrum point to each other. Each lever has a handle and a jaw on opposite sides of the fulcrum point. The jaws have a plurality of notches of different cu... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5487220 | Coaxial cable terminal processing tool and processing method of the same In a coaxial cable terminal processing tool, a processing tool main body has an arm member. A pair of rollers are pivotally supported by the processing tool main body and oppose each other. An L-shaped cable stopper is disposed in the processing tool main... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5471744 | Tool for removing insulation from substantially rigid electrical conductors An insulation stripping tool of the present invention removes insulation from the free ends of a substantially rigid electrical conductor. The tool has a barrel at one end and a handle at the other end. The barrel is generally tubular in shape and longitu... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5361496 | Cable insulation removing tool A tool for stripping insulation from a live high voltage power line comprising a pair of relatively movable jaws adapted in a support head attached to the distal end of an non-conducting shaft. The jaws each have C-shaped blades and a longitudinally direc... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5337479 | Cable and wire stripper A hand held tool for stripping cable jackets and wire insulation with an adjustable cutting blade applying either longitudinal or ring cuts to the jackets or insulation.... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5323502 | Wire stripping tool A multi-purpose wire stripping tool can be used to strip the insulation jacket from Romex-type electrical cable, strip the insulation from individual wires, cut the wires to a desired length, and crimp splice caps and sleeves onto joined wires. The tool i... | 06/28/1994 |
