US 7,503,119 B2
Tool for stripping cables
Hartmut Schmode, Blomberg (Germany)
Assigned to Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG, Detmold (Germany)
Filed on May 11, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/432,588.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2005 008 034 U (DE), filed on May 18, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0260132 A1, Nov. 23, 2006
Int. Cl. B21F 13/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 30—90.7  [30/90.4] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An insulation stripping tool for removing the outer layer of insulation from an insulated electrical conductor (5), comprising:
(a) a tool body (2);
(b) knife means mounted on said tool body, said knife including a knife member (11) having a knife edge (11a) extending outwardly from said tool body;
(c) clamping means for clamping to the tool body opposite said knife edge an intermediate transverse portion of the insulated electrical conductor, said clamping means including a pair of clamping jaws (1a, 1b) pivotally connected with said tool body, thereby to permit pivotal displacement of said clamping jaws about a pair of parallel pivot axes between closed clamping and open released positions, respectively, said clamping jaws having a generally U-shaped transverse cross-sectional configuration and including on said intermediate portions two pairs of opposed adjacent lateral flange portions (20); and
(d) connecting means connecting said clamping jaws for simultaneous pivotal movement relative to said tool body, said connecting means including interlocking pinion gear means (9) carried by said adjacent lateral flange portions, whereby upon displacement of said tool body relative to the insulated conductor, said knife edge severs the insulation layer of the conductor.