A wire stripping and cutting tool. The tool includes a pair of arms each including a head end with pliers and a handle end pivotally affixed to one another via a fastener. Each arm of the pair of arms includes a cutting portion disposed on the head portion, and a pair of screw cutting apertures disposed between the cutting portion and the handle portion. A first group of wire stripping notches disposed on the head portion include a first diameter, and a second group of wire stripping notches disposed on the head portion has a second diameter greater than the first diameter. In one embodiment, the first and second group of notches are configured to strip 12.2 and 14.2 gauge wires, respectively. A spring is disposed between each arm, wherein the spring is configured to bias each head portion of each arm in a direction opposing each other.

A stripping plier includes a first plier handle, a second plier handle, a blade assembly, a spring and a supportive blocking member. The blade assembly is attached to two opposite side edges of the first plier handle and the second plier handle correspondingly; two ends of the spring are secured onto the first plier handle and the second plier handle respectively; the supportive blocking member is arranged on one side edge of the blade assembly, one end of the supportive blocking member is attached onto the first plier handle and another end thereof extends to the second plier handle. The supportive blocking member is able to provide supporting force during the cutting of the blade assembly in order to prevent any positional shifts of the stripping plier from occurring.

An improved linesman pliers preferably includes a lower handle, a lower jaw, a pair of link plates and a combination upper handle and jaw. The lower handle includes a lower handle portion and a lower pivot portion. The lower jaw preferably includes a lower jaw portion, a pivot boss, a stripper projection and a crimp projection. At least one upper stripper cavity is formed in the stripper projection, which is aligned with the at least one lower stripper cavity formed in the lower pivot portion. The pivot boss is pivotally engaged with the lower pivot portion. A pair of link plates pivotal engage the combination upper handle and jaw with the lower handle. The combination upper handle and jaw includes the upper handle portion and an upper jaw. The upper handle portion is pivotally engaged with the lower jaw portion.

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.

The invention relates to a stripping tool (1) comprising at least one stripping jaw. A cutting element (10, 11) is exchangeably assembled with the stripping jaw under use of a mounting groove (56, 57). Preferably, mounting and dismounting is performed along mounting axes (58, 59) having an orientation perpendicular to a pivot plane of the pliers jaws (3, 4). The inventive stripping tool (1) comprises an exchange position in which the mounting and dismounting of the cutting elements (10, 11) is possible, in particular through a cutaway (62, 63) of a side wall (64, 65) of the pliers jaws (3, 4). If the exchange position is left a movement of the cutting element (10, 11) is blocked by a securing element (66) formed by the side wall (64, 65) so that a securing of the position of the cutting element (10, 11) is provided. In the exchange position it is easy to disassemble the cutting element (10, 11) and to assemble a new cutting element wherein no additional measures (as the release of a screwed connection, a dismounting of the stripping unit and the like) are required for disassembly.

The invention relates to a cable stripping tool (1). A cable stripping unit (5) is built with two cable stripping jaws (6, 7). The cable stripping jaws (6, 7) are pivoted towards each other in a pivot plane (9) during a cutting stroke. During a subsequent cable stripping stroke the cutting jaws (6, 7) are moved along a cable stripping axis (15). A mounting axis (58, 59) has an orientation vertical to the pivot plane (9). A cutting element (10, 11) is detachably mounted along the mounting axis (58, 59) with the cable stripping jaw (6, 7). Outside from an exchange position the cutting element (10, 11) is blocked against the removal along the mounting axis (58, 59). The exchange position is induced by the drive (16) of the cable stripping tool (1). In the exchange position the cutting element (10, 11) is freed with respect to a movement along the mounting axis (58, 59) so that demounting of the cutting element (10, 11) and mounting of a new cutting element (10, 11) is possible.

A device (2) for stripping insulation means (35) from flat-bundled wire means (22), the device (2) including a first jaw assembly (10), wherein the first jaw assembly (10) clamps the insulation means (35) at a clamping or penetrating region (39) of the insulation means (35), the first jaw assembly (10) including blade means (13, 15) for penetrating and/or weakening the insulation means (35) at said clamping or penetrating region (39), wherein part of the insulation means (35) is removed by relative movement between a gripped portion (41) of the insulation means (39) by a member (6) and the blade means (13, 15) when the blade means (13, 15) is in contact with the insulation means (35).

One embodiment is directed to a tool to cut and strip a radiating coaxial cable. The tool comprises first and second jaws, a linkage that couples the first jaw to the second jaw, a cutting blade, and a stripping blade. The tool is configured to position at least a portion of the cutting blade to cut and sever the cable at a first point along the cable when the tool is rotated around the cable while the first jaw and the second jaw are closed around the cable. The tool is configured to position at least a portion of the stripping blade to cut the jacket of the cable, without severing the cable, at a second point along the cable when the tool is rotated around the cable while the first jaw and the second jaw are closed around the cable. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A device for removing the sheathing from an electrical cable includes a body having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a longitudinal portion therebetween, and a passage extending through the longitudinal portion from the first end to the second end. The second end defines a first terminal portion of a channel extending along at least a portion of the longitudinal portion of the body. A first cutting edge is disposed within the passage and configured to cut a sheathing of an electrical cable extending through the passage upon the device being moved in a first direction. A second cutting edge is disposed at an angle to the first cutting edge at a second terminal portion of the channel opposite the first terminal portion, and configured to cut the sheathing from the electrical cable upon the device being moved in a second direction opposite the first direction.

The present invention relates to a pair of wire strippers comprising a first handle (1) and a second handle (2), the first handle (1) including a first jaw (4) and the second handle (2) including a second jaw (6). In order for the pair of wire strippers to be able to be adapted to different wires in a last assembly step or after use, the first jaw (4) has a first insert (7) on which a first clamping element (21) and a first cutting element (20) are provided, the second jaw (6) has a second insert (7) on which a second clamping element (21) and a second cutting element (20) are provided, the first insert (7) is detachably connected to the first jaw (4) and the second insert (7) is detachably connected to the second jaw (6).