Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a cut and strip tool to assist in the stripping of insulation from one or more insulated conductive wires; it comprises a pair of handles which are equipped, at their upper part, with an elongated wire receiving element including, at one end thereof, a cutting tool for completely severing the wire and, at the other end, a pair of wire receiving blades which make an incision in the insulation of the wires as they are inserted in the blades and which, upon actuation of the handles, initiate removal of a portion of the insulation so that the total effort for a complete insulation stripping operation is greatly reduced with the present tool as compared to that of conventional tools as a result of this initial insulation removal carried by the tool rather than by the operator.

Abstract: Disclosed is an anchor assembly especially for use in a plastic wall-panel which comprises a plug formed of a forward section comprising a tapering plastic board-piercing part and an integral ram head, and of a hollow cylindrical section pivotably connected to the forward section. The assembly may further comprise a spike capable of being driven into the hollow cylindrical section, the spike being provided with a cylindrical portion having serrations on its outer surface for bitting into the cylindrical section or ram head and thus being secured to this section or head. The spike is provided with a hammer portion having a length sufficient at least to engage the ram head, as it is driven into the plug, and to cause pivotal of the forward section of the plug and abutment thereof against the concealed side of the plaster-wall panel.