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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7000322 | Blade assembly A laminated blade assembly for cutting the insulation of a wire to permit removal of the insulation from the wire. The blade assembly includes a stationary member and a movable member which are formed to contact each other when moved together to support and cut the ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6978071 | Apparatus for cleaving optical fiber An apparatus to cleave an optical fiber includes a base plate, a jig slidably provided on the base plate and holding the optical fiber, a stripper provided near the jig, and including a hot plate heating a sheath of the optical fiber, a sheath cutter cleaving the sh... | 12/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6598497 | Optical fiber cable cover removing device An optical fiber cable covering removing device which can remove the covering layer of an optical fiber reliably and safely comprises a support member, a fiber holder, a fiber holder retainer which can move the fiber holder toward and away from the suppor... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6561061 | Device for stripping wires or cables The present invention relates to a device for mechanically stripping the insulation of electrical and fiber-optic single- or multi-line conductors (26). The device comprises: an inlet opening for the conductor (26) or for a conductor end, a clamping devic... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6442833 | Method of stripping electric wire In a method of stripping an insulated electric wire, circumferential cuts are formed in an insulating coating of the electric wire by use of circumferential cutters and then the circumferential cutters are moved in a longitudinal direction of the electric... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6321621 | Device for removing layers from a waveguide The invention relates to a compact device in which a plurality of functions of the stripping process are automatically performed by a single drive (29) and coupled mechanisms. The main body (1) comprises a frame which supports connecting rods (28) at the ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5787768 | Wire displacing and stripping apparatus and method An apparatus for stripping sheathing from longitudinally axially extending wire at controllable depth comprising a frame; a carriage on the frame linearly movable longitudinally; wire clamp structure on the carriage for sidewardly clamping the wire sheath... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5681417 | Method and device for stripping optical fibre ribbons For removing coating material from an end (5) of a fiber ribbon (1) over a length L, while using a chemical softening agent, the end is received and clamped between clamping parts (9, 35) of a holder. The clamping parts form a casing wall of a space in wh... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5582078 | Wire displacing and stripping apparatus and method An apparatus for stripping sheathing from longitudinally axially extending wire at controllable depth comprising a frame; a carriage on the frame linearly movable longitudinally,; wire clamp structure on the carriage for sidewardly clamping the wire sheat... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5579666 | Method of stripping an insulated magnet wire and apparatus for practicing the method An insulated magnet wire, being pushed against the arcuate guide surface of a guide member, is held in semi-circular stripping cuts formed respectively in a pair of clamping parts forming a clamp tool which are opened and closed by being turned about a fu... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5320002 | Machine for stripping outer jacket from multi-conductor cables An automated wire stripper has a forward wire-gripping assembly, a rearward insulation-pulling assembly, and a rotatable knife hub assembly positioned intermediate of the forward and rearward assemblies. The knife hub assembly includes a pair of thermal k... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5243882 | Rotary wire stripper A device for the mechanical stripping of at least two layers of electrical or optical cables has a stop for a fed-in conductor. The conductor is fixed in position by clamping jaws, whereupon its insulation can be severed by at least one rotating stripping... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5201254 | Wire strippers An attachment for a pair of wire strippers for collecting pieces of stripped insulation 18. The attachment comprises a container 10 having a slot 12 for wire to pass through and a removable end cap 16. Stripped pieces of insulation 18 collect underneath a... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5199328 | Multiple blade set strip apparatus for cable and wire The method of processing wire to cut the wire into sections and to strip sheathing from the wire to expose wire ends at opposite ends of the sections, and by operation of wire feed mechanism and cutter blades, the steps that include operating the feed mec... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5142949 | Hand held pneumatic wire stripper A piston rod (32) retracts to close gripper jaws (50, 52) and cutting jaws (54, 56) and then to pivot the two pairs of jaws away from each other. The upper jaw (50, 54) of each pair is connected to a corresponding actuating lever (78). The levers (78) are... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5111720 | Rotary wire stripper A device for the mechanical stripping of at least two layers of electrical or optical cables has a stop for a fed-in conductor. The conductor is fixed in position by clamping jaws, whereupon its insulation can be severed by at least one rotating stripping... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5067375 | Power operated wire stripper This is concerned with a power operated wire stripper and is more specifically concerned with the power adaptation or conversion of a known type of hand operated wire stripper.... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5003846 | Optical fiber cable-stripping device A tool for stripping outer and inner jackets from an end of a transmission cable comprises upper and lower guide members (18, 19) normally spaced from each other defining an opening (23) therebetween and having first and second guide means (24, 26), cutti... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4981054 | Rotary wire stripper A device for the mechanical stripping of at least two layers of electrical or optical cables has a stop for a fed-in conductor. The conductor is fixed in position by clamping jaws, whereupon its insulation can be severed by at least one rotating stripping... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4951530 | Wire guide for rotary wire stripper A pair of wire guides or "centering jaws" for use in connection with the blades of a rotary wire stripper. Each wire guide has a gripping leg which, in cooperation with a similar wire guide on the other side of the wire to be stripped, tightly grips the e... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4920830 | Rotary wire stripper A device for the mechanical stripping of at least two layers of electrical or optical cables has a stop for a fed-in conductor. The conductor is fixed in position by clamping jaws, whereupon its insulation can be severed by at least one rotating stripping... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4745828 | Rotary wire stripper A device for the mechanical stripping of electrical or optical cables has a stop for a fed-in conductor. The conductor is fixed in position by clamping jaws, whereupon its insulation can be severed by at least one rotating stripping blade. Disposed immedi... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4703674 | Electrical plier An electrical pliers includes two posterior arms and two anterior arms overlapped and pivoted together, the posterior arms serving as handles and the anterior arms acting as jaw members. In the anterior arms are mounted wire stripping jaw members and wire... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4625595 | Structure for a wine stripper A wire stripper comprising a pair of symmetric arms pivotally connected together, a pair of supporting pieces respectively secured to the arms, a stationary cutting member being secured to one of the supporting pieces, a pivotal cutting member pivotally a... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4509257 | Method of and apparatus for baring the end of sheathed multicore cable This disclosure relates to an apparatus for and a method of baring an electric cable including a plurality of insulated wires covered by a sheath. The apparatus comprises a pair of box-like frames hinged together along one edge to move between open and cl... | 04/09/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4452105 | Self-feeding cable stripper An improved self-feeding cable stripper is provided which has a base, preferably divided into two parts clampable together about a cable opening extending up through the base. The stripper also includes a cylinder bearing external threads, the cylinder be... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4407174 | Tool for stripping electrical conductors Wire-stripping pliers have outer clamping jaws and inner longitudinally movable stripping jaws. The stripping jaws are retracted, and the movable blade of a wire cutter is moved, by a pulling member in response to closure of the pliers handles. This movem... | 10/04/1983 |
