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.

Abstract: A pliers-type stripping tool includes a base (4), a pair of pivot levers (19, 20) pivotally connected with the base, a pair of clamping members (26, 37) connected for relative longitudinal displacement on one of the pivot levers, a pair of cutting members (28, 38) connected for relative longitudinal displacement on the other of said pivot levers, a first spring (39) biasing the clamping jaws apart, a second spring (40) biasing the cutting jaws apart, and a first operating arrangement (14, 45, 46) operable by a pair of pivotally-connected handles (2, 3) 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.