Cable stripper

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10418796-B2
Application number	US-201715464374-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2017
Priority date	Mar 27, 2016
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

A cable stripper may be provided. The cable stripper may comprise a stripper body, a trigger assembly, a cable support body, and a blade. The trigger assembly may be slidably engaged within the stripper body. The trigger assembly may comprise a trigger assembly block. The cable support body may be attached to the stripper body. The blade may be attached to a front of the stripper body and enclosed by the cable support body. The blade may extend into a cable opening in the apparatus. The trigger assembly block may press a cable against the blade. The cable may be in the cable opening. The blade may extend into a jacket of the cable without extending to a conductor of the cable.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a stripper body;
a cable opening extending through the stripper body;
a trigger assembly slidably engaged within the stripper body, the trigger assembly comprising a trigger assembly block; and
a blade, wherein the blade comprises;
a main block, and
a scoop, wherein the blade is attached to the stripper body, the blade extending into the cable opening, the trigger assembly block being configured to press a cable in the cable opening against the blade, wherein the trigger assembly block being configured to press the cable in the cable opening against the blade comprises the trigger assembly block being configured to press the cable in the cable opening against the blade wherein the blade extends into a jacket of the cable without extending to a conductor of the cable.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a cable support body attached to the stripper body, the cable opening extending through the cable support body, the cable support being configured to support the cable in the cable opening.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the blade is enclosed by the cable support body.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the blade is attached to a front of the stripper body.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a spring configured to apply a pressure on the trigger assembly, the pressure being configured to cause the trigger assembly block to press the cable in the cable opening against the blade.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the scoop comprises a tapered portion and a blade cavity.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the tapered portion comprises a rounded bottom.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the rounded bottom is sharpened.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the tapered portion comprises an open volume.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a stripper opening; and
a stripper body trigger opening disposed between the stripper opening and the cable opening.

11. An apparatus comprising:
a stripper body;
a cable opening extending through the stripper body;
a trigger assembly slidably engaged within the stripper body, the trigger assembly comprising a trigger assembly block;
a spring configured to apply a pressure on the trigger assembly;
a cable support body attached to the stripper body; and
a blade attached to a front of the stripper body and enclosed by the cable support body, the blade extending into the cable opening, the blade comprising;
a main block, and
a scoop.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the scoop comprises a tapered portion and a blade cavity.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the tapered portion comprises a rounded bottom.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the rounded bottom is sharpened.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the tapered portion comprises an open volume.

Assignees

• Southwire Co Llc

Inventors

• Nelson Travis

Classifications

• H02G1/1224 Primary

  making a transverse cut · CPC title

• H02G1/1226 Primary

  making a helical cut · CPC title