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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7065940 | Product delivery system A product delivery system is provided wherein consumer products are delivered in bulk to the retail site and can be dispensed to individual containers at the retail site. The consumer products can include products in concentrated form that may be diluted prior to di... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7040020 | Wire stripper A wire stripper that can be utilized to rapidly strip insulation from a number of wires simultaneously and can be used simultaneously on a variety of different gauge wires. A stripping block has a plurality of wire apertures of varying diameters. Cooperating and con... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6964098 | Mid-sheath cable preparation tool The present invention is an apparatus and method for removing a portion of a cable sheath. First and second opposing blades are adjustable to a cutting depth using adjustment screws and continuity testers that signal contact between each blade and a metallic sub-she... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6427331 | Slitting and shaving tool for messengered cable A slitting and shaving tool for separating a coaxial cable with a curved outer surface from an adjacent cable connected to it with a web of insulating material. The tool includes a slitting blade for cutting through the web to separate the cables and a sh... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6308417 | Tool for separating and removing cable jackets and insulation from cables A cable stripper tool enabling an operator to quickly change from making a circumferential cut of a cable to a liner cut without repositioning the cable stripper tool on the cable includes a blade positioning assembly, a blade penetration assembly and a c... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6148521 | Method and apparatus for slitting optical power ground wires A tube slitter for removing the outer metallic cladding of an optical power ground wire includes a channel guide for directing the movement of the tube slitter along the length of the ground wire. The ground wire includes an inner grooved spacer that enga... | 11/21/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6079105 | Cable sheath stripping tool A tool including a handle, a blade-carrying portion attached to a first portion of the handle and a guide portion attached to a second portion of the handle. The second portion of the handle is movable with respect to the first portion of the handle there... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6067715 | Wire and cable stripping tool The present invention is a tool for stripping a sliver-like section of the outer sheath from a multi-conductor cable or insulation from an insulated wire. The tool includes a blade and interconnected blade guide to strip the outer sheath from a cable or i... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6023844 | Method and cutting blade for accessing optical fibers within a buffer tube An improved method and cutting blade having two cutting prongs with sharpened cutting tips attached thereto, for accessing optical fibers contained in a buffer tube is provided. When the cutting blade is mounted in an optical fiber access tool, relative m... | 02/15/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5873858 | Endotracheal tube splitter An endotracheal tube splitter and a method for removing an endotracheal tube are disclosed. The endotracheal tube splitter includes a handle portion, a cutting edge for cutting the endotracheal tube as it is withdrawn from a patient, and a support member ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5864953 | Tool to remove surgical instrument identification tape A cutting tool is described for cutting an encircling band of identification tape from a surgical instrument handle. The tool housing has an elongated guide slot with a cutting blade mounted in the housing on a circumference of the guide slot exposed dist... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5829141 | Device for cutting insulation A tool is provided for cutting an outer layer of insulation from an elongated cable or the like. The tool has a cable support or back stop, a knife, a rotatable and adjustable knife holder with a shoulder for contacting and riding over the insulation, and... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5809849 | Machine for stripping insulation from wire A machine for stripping insulation from wire (10) for the salvaging of the encased conductors. The machine for stripping insulation from wire (10) includes a first pair of geared rollers (12) defining a first nip (20) for receiving and pushing wire toward... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5653027 | Cable stripper A cable stripping tool has a handle and a slidable cable clamp constantly urged by a spring constantly toward a cutter blade on the handle for cutting the sheath of a cable. The tool has a locking device which, when activated, locks the clamp against slid... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5619790 | Method and apparatus for making an electrical connection A cable connector combination wherein the cable has an electrically conductive core and an extra-thick insulating sheath. There is a terminal fitting which includes a wire barrel and an insulator barrel. The former grips the exposed length of bare wire co... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5443536 | Tube slitting tool for accessing optical fibers in a buffer tube A tube slitting tool for cutting a buffer tube and allowing access to one or more individual optical fibers or ribbons containing optical fibers encased therein, includes a first holder and a second holder in slidable contact with one another, each holder... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5330460 | Universal slitter having a slider The slitter includes a handle section having a handle member and an arcuate section joined thereto, a knife blade, a clamp member and interfitting parts for mounting the clamp member to the handle members for limited vertical movement between catheter cla... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5265339 | Cable stripping tool A cable stripping tool is set forth of the kind that includes a first and a second leg, the first leg is provided with a fitting for at least one cutter, optionally fitted in a removable cutter cassette, and of which the second leg is provided opposite th... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5093992 | Optical fiber access tool Disclosed is a tube slitting tool having at least one blade extending into a passage and the side of the passage opposing the blade is curved such that it curves away from the blade on either side in the longitudinal direction. The side of the passage hol... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5070615 | Portable hand-held power-operated cable stripper A portable hand-held power-operated cable stripper is disclosed. A pressure arm is disposed in and pivotally joined to a handle, so as to have a portion extending therefrom that is gripped during the use thereof. The pressure arm has a forward clamping po... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5050302 | Tool for slitting the exterior layer of cylindrical objects Disclosed is a tool for making precise radial slits in the exterior of a cylindrical object, such as a coated optical waveguide filament. The tool has an interior passage and two blades to make radial slits. The blades are kept from penetrating too far in... | 09/24/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4947549 | Fiber access tool A tool for slicing the gel filled buffer tube of a loose tube optical fiber construction including a set of blocks having a passage therein through which the buffer tube may be pulled, and a blade extending into the passage which lies within a plane conta... | 08/14/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4738027 | Apparatus for stripping insulation from electrical cable 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... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4665616 | Cable jacket slitting apparatus A cable jacket slitting apparatus automatically pierces a cable jacket to a controlled depth at a tangent between two adjacent wires and automatically follows the tangent path as the jacket is slit. Two semicylindrical cam halves, (1, 23) disposed in alig... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4640009 | Co-axial cable stripping tool and end portion preparation method A tool for preparing the end portion of a co-axial cable has a blade which may pivot between two limiting positions, in one of which the cutting edge of the blade lies across a cable-receiving opening to a greater extent than in the other of which positio... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4631059 | Sheath remover A hollow, open-ended sheath is removed from a position enclosing a catheter which has been inserted through the sheath with a close tolerance and introduced into a human body thereby. A cutting blade is mounted in a deforming and guiding mechanism connect... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4615116 | Slitting apparatus A slitter is disclosed for slitting a cable-like item longitudinally to a controlled depth with a blade. The cable-like item is drawn through a guide which is shaped to correspond to the cross-section of the item, thereby ensuring proper twist as the item... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4489491 | Cutting tool for jacketed cable A tool for cutting the outer jacket of a cable, especially coaxial cable, is disclosed herein. This tool utilizes a main body which supports a downwardly extending knife edge from its underside. A gripping tray which is at least as long as the normal widt... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4489490 | Cable stripper This is a cable stripper or tool for removing insulation from cable. The tool has a pair of jaws which are adapted to close on a cable with a cutting blade or tool therein so that when the cable and tool are rotated relative to each other, a cut path will... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4472877 | Tool for removing insulation from cables A tool for removing insulation from cables includes a handle, a housing rotatably mounted in the handle, and a cutting blade mounted in and projecting out of the housing. A recess is formed in the surface of the housing from which the cutting blade projec... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4449298 | Hand-operated apparatus for peeling off the outer jacket layer of electric lines and cables A hand-operated device for peeling off the outer jacket layer of an electric cable is disclosed. The device has three guide jaws slidably mounted on a support disc and directed radially toward the center of the disc. The guide jaws have a concave, threade... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4434554 | Optical fiber stripping device A simple tool, involving a suitably grooved flat base and a stripping blade movably connected thereto whereby the blade may be simply moved in and out of its stripping position, and wherein its cutting edge straddles a plurality of the base grooves. The g... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4394828 | Shielded/jacketed ribbon-cable sheathing stripping tool A cable stripping tool for the stripping of sheathing from multi-conductor ribbon cable of various widths includes a blade mounted for the simultaneous slitting of the two longitudinal edges of the cable sheathing without damage to the enclosed conductors... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4387746 | Wire separation tool and method of preparing multiconductor cable A separation tool has a multiple-sectioned cable-advance assembly which locates an electrical cable relative to cutting blades on an anvil assembly, portions of the advance assembly being displaced laterally to follow the positions of the cable wires duri... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4380256 | Cable slitting and spreading tool A palm held tool for slitting the insulating sheath of a sheathed three-conductor electrical cable and spreading the outer conductors laterally away from the central conductor is provided. The tool comprises a housing and a pair of spaced rotary cutters, ... | 04/19/1983 |
