Title: Stripping tool for a cable having cover made of a synthetic material

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1. In a stripping tool for cutting the covering of a cable covered with a layer of synthetic material comprising two articulated parts one of which includes a stationary knife and the other which is a handle having at one end a gear wheel non-rotatably fixed thereon and divided in half and with the halves disposed on each side of the handle, the other part being mounted to the one part so that the gear wheels can be rotated by the handle to effect relative motion between the cable and the knife, the knife being introduced between the interior of the cable and the cable covering and including a guide shoe which guides the knife as it cuts into the cable covering, the improvement comprising:

a. the one part made in the form of an elongated rail to one side of which the cable can be applied, said rail having an enlarged head at one end;

b. said knife and shoe arrangement projecting from said one side of said elongated rail at said head;

c. an elongated angled slot formed in said head; and

d. shaft means passing through the center of the gear halves and said angled slot whereby said gear wheels will be supported for rotation by said handle about the axis of said shaft and wherein said axis can be moved linearly at an angle opposite the point of an engagement of said knife.

2. The tool according to claim 1 wherein said handle is divided into two arms at the end coupled to said gear wheel halves and wherein said gear wheels are supported in said angled slot by means of a bolt passing through both of said arms and said slot with the gear wheel halves interposed on each side of said rail between said rail and one of said arms.

3. A tool according to claim 1 wherein said knife is attached to said head by means permitting adjustment of the amount of projection of said knife blade from said rail.

4. A tool according to claim 3 wherein said means of attachement comprise screws and wherein said knife contains elongated holes through which said screws pass.

5. The tool according to claim 1 and further including a jack knife attached to the lower end of said rail.

6. A cutting tool according to claim 5 wherein said jack knife has a right angle cross-section and in a closed position rests with its angled portion against the side of said rail opposite that which contacts the cable.

7. A cutting tool according to claim 6 wherein said knife can be rotated to a position wherein it forms elongation of said rail and further including a pin in said knife and a hole in said application rail for engaging said pin to hold said knife in an open position.
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Inventors: Krampe, Josef (4711 Herbern, DT)

Application Number: 501758
Filing Date: 1974-08-29
Publication_date: 1976-02-17
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 30/90.4 7/107, 30/90.9, 30/91.1, D8/98
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

464088	Dec, 1891	Steves	7/5.
1561993	Nov, 1925	Nielsen	7/5.
2102047	Dec, 1937	Van Nader	30/289.
2180457	Nov, 1939	Butkiewicz	30/289.
2300087	Oct, 1942	Anello	30/90.
2398979	Apr, 1946	Vaughan	30/289.
3818590	Jun, 1974	Peter et al.	30/90.

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Primary Examiner: Smith, Al Lawrence
Assistant Examiner: Zatarga, J. T.
Attorney: Kenyon & Kenyon Reilly Carr & Chapin