Insulation stripping tool

US7096760B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH · DE

Inventors

• Hartmut Schmode · Blomberg, DE
• Günter Hanning · Detmold, DE
• Detlev Hetland · Detmold, DE
• Christian Heggemann · Detmold, DE
• Thomas Köster · Schlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 28, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2006
• Expiry date: Feb 21, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02G1/1212
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A pliers-type stripping tool includes a base, a pair of pivot levers pivotally connected with the base, a pair of clamping members connected for relative longitudinal displacement on one of the pivot levers, a pair of cutting members connected for relative longitudinal displacement on the other of the pivot levers, a first spring biasing the clamping jaws apart, a second spring biasing the cutting jaws apart, and a first operating arrangement operable by a pair of pivotally-connected handles to displace the clamping and cutting jaws together from their normal separated conditions toward adjacent positions in clamping and insulation-piercing engagement with an insulated conductor positioned therebetween. The cutting members sever a length of the insulation layer that extends concentrically around the conductor, and a second operating arrangement is operable by the handles to separate the pivot levers, thereby to strip the severed insulation layer from the bare conductor.