A tool for stripping a cable is provided that includes a first housing section having a first blade, a second housing section having a second blade, and a first beam secured to the housing sections. The housing sections are movable between a load/unload position and a strip position. The blades, when in the load/unload position, are spaced from one another by a distance that is larger than an outer diameter of the cable. The blades, when in the strip position, are spaced from one another by a first dimension (D.sub.1) that is substantially equal to an outer diameter of a conductor of the cable. The first beam is positioned with respect to the blades to define a travel limiter to the cable such that an end of the cable in contact with a surface of the first beam is a predefined first length (L1) from the first and second blades.

A fiber optic stripping and cutting apparatus comprising a tool housing and a stripping tool slidingly secured to the tool housing, the stripping tool having a pair of opposing stripping blades pivotable with respect to each other, each stripping blade having at least two teeth, the teeth on one stripping blade aligned with teeth on the opposite stripping blade. The fiber optic stripping and cutting apparatus includes a cutting tool removably secured to the tool housing, the cutting tool having a pair of opposing flat blades, each flat blade including a sharp edge. The stripping and cutting tools are each independently slideable from a retracted position within the housing to an extended position at least partially extending from the tool housing. The stripping tool and cutting tool may be removable from the tool housing.

A coating removal tool includes a base part and a cover part, to remove a coating of an optical fiber by overlapping the cover part and the base part. The base part and the cover part are made of resin, and include at least a pair of coating removal blades including a base front blade portion provided on the base part and a cover front blade portion provided on the cover part. The base part includes a V-groove which sandwiches the optical fiber in either one or both of a front and rear of the optical fiber in the longitudinal direction and the cover part includes a V-groove which sandwiches the optical fiber and is provided on a side where the V-groove exists in the front and rear of the longitudinal direction in a state where the cover part and the base part are overlapped.

A depth gauge is provided that is configured to be removably coupled to a tool. The depth gauge having a gauge body, a coupling means to removably couple the gauge body to the tool and a fiducial on the gauge body whereby the fiducial signifies a distance between the fiducial and a portion of the tool. In some embodiments, the coupling means comprises a magnet. In some embodiments, the tool is a wire stripper whereby when the wire stripper is actuated on a coated wire, the wire stripper cuts a portion of the wire coating equal to the distance defined by the fiducial. In some embodiments, the fiducial comprises an abutment protruding from the gauge body. In some embodiments, the depth gauge has multiple fiducials and the gauge body and the fiducials are formed as one piece.

A snap adapter for a wire stripping tool has a hollow body with a tool end, a component end, and a button. The tool end is sized for insertion into the tool body and the component end is sized for receiving a component meant to strip a cable of a specified diameter. The button comprises a pin feature for attaching the received component. Inserting the component into the snap adapter forces the pin away from the snap adapter hollow body to allow for full insertion of the component into the tool body. A spring disposed between the hollow body and button pushes the pin feature upwards through the hollow body to hold the component inside the snap adapter once the component is fully inserted. Removing the component requires pushing down the button to extract the pin feature, which allows the component to be slideably removed from the tool body.

A pair of pliers has a main body with a first lever, a second lever pivotally connected to the first lever, and a wire stripping mechanism. The wire stripping mechanism is mounted to the main body and has two stripping assemblies and an elastic unit. Each one of the two stripping assemblies has a clamping mount, a pinching component, a pivoting pole, and a linkage set. The clamping mount is pivotally connected to the main body. The pinching component is pivotally connected to the clamping mount via the pivoting pole. The linkage set has a linkage unit pivotally connected to the pinching component and one of the first lever and the second lever. The elastic unit is connected to two pivoting poles of the two stripping assemblies. The two stripping assemblies are driven by the first lever and the second lever.

A multiple function tool apparatus facilitates the use of a plyer style tool in a wider range of areas and spaces than conventional plyer devices. Additional tools are attached to the arms of the tool to simplify tasks such as preparing wires, installing fasteners and the like.

A stripping tool includes a fixed handle (10), a fixed clamp plate (20), a movable handle (30), a movable clamp plate (40), a cutting/pulling mechanism (50) and a driving operation mechanism (60). The driving operation mechanism (60) includes a pushing assembly (61), a pressing assembly (62) and an action member (63). One end of the pushing assembly (61) is connected to the moveable handle (30) and another end is moveably connected to the action member (63). The pressing assembly (62) is fixed to the fixed handle (10). One end of the action member (63) is connected to the cutting/pulling mechanism (50) and another end is elastically pressed by the pressing assembly (62). When the movable handle (30) rotates toward the fixed handle (10), the pushing assembly (61) moves the action member (63) and the cutting/pulling mechanism (50) toward the pressing assembly (62) to implement wire stripping.

A method for stripping a part of a shielding foil of a sheathed cable includes the following steps: provide the sheathed cable with the shielding foil that has a predetermined breaking point running along a circumference of the shielding foil; bend a subarea of the sheathed cable with the shielding foil in a first direction to apply a tearing stress at the predetermined breaking point that tears the shielding foil on a part of the circumference of the shielding foil; move a first part of the sheathed cable in an elliptical, particularly circular, movement to apply the tearing stress across essentially the entire circumference of the shielding foil, so that the shielding foil tears at the predetermined breaking point across the entire circumference of the shielding foil; and remove from the sheathed cable the part of the shielding foil that was stripped from the sheathed cable.

Embodiments disclosed herein include devices and methods for gripping and stripping an electrical wire. The tool may include a body, having a first portion with a curved tip, and a second portion. The tool may also include a closing mechanism mounted on the body, and an elongated member having a protruding tip and coupled to the closing mechanism. The elongated member can slidably move towards the second portion, causing the protruding tip to move away from to the curved tip, with respect to movement of the closing mechanism for receiving at least a portion of an electrical wire inserted into the opening, or move towards the first portion, causing the protruding tip to move toward the curved tip, with respect to another movement of the closing mechanism for gripping the received portion of the electrical wire.