Abstract: A cable stripper having a displaceable blade carriage, which is normally biased toward a cable support to automatically accommodate differently dimensioned jacketed cables in a desired position. The blade carriage supports a blade assembly configured so that the blade can be displaced among multiple positions, corresponding to respective axial, radial and a plurality of spiral cuts, while the cable is engaged in the desired position.

Abstract: A cable stripper having a displaceable blade carriage, which is normally biased toward a cable support to automatically accommodate differently dimensioned jacketed cables in a desired position. The blade carriage supports a blade assembly configured so that the blade can be displaced among multiple positions, corresponding to respective axial, radial and a plurality of spiral cuts, while the cable is engaged in the desired position.

Abstract: A cable stripper having a displaceable blade carriage, which is normally biased toward a cable support to automatically accommodate differently dimensioned jacketed cables in a desired position. The blade carriage supports a blade assembly configured so that the blade can be displaced among multiple positions, corresponding to respective axial, radial and a plurality of spiral cuts, while the cable is engaged in the desired position.

Abstract: A blade stripper has a displaceable blade carriage, which is normally biased toward a cable support to automatically accommodate differently dimensioned jacketed cables in a desired position. The blade carriage supports a blade assembly configured so that the blade can be displaced among multiple positions corresponding to respective axial, radial and a plurality of spiral cuts while the cable is engaged in the desired position.

Abstract: A flush cut tool is configured with a support unit operative to hold an armored cable in a desired position. The flush cut tool is further configured with a cutting unit including a hand crank, a blade assembly fixed to the hand crank and a friction assembly. The hand crank is configured to rotate relative to the friction assembly about a pivot axis until the blade assembly is brought in contact with the jacket of the cable. Thereafter, the hand crank, blade assembly and friction unit continue t rotate together about the axis of the cable so that the blade assembly is operative to produce a ring cut.

Abstract: The inventive tool for cutting a hardened shield of cables used in harsh environment is configured with a spindle support unit and a spindle unit which is pivotally mounted to the spindle support so as to controllably vary a depth at which a cutting wheel fixed to the spindle unit penetrates a cable.

Abstract: A blade stripper has a displaceable blade carriage, which is normally biased toward a cable support to automatically accommodate differently dimensioned jacketed cables in a desired position. The blade carriage supports a blade assembly configured so that the blade can be displaced among multiple positions corresponding to respective axial, radial and a plurality of spiral cuts while the cable is engaged in the desired position.

Abstract: A cutting device for relatively small cable including, among others, fiber optic cable and BX electrical cable is configured with removably coupleable adapter inserted between the top and bottom portions of the device which pivot relative to one another so as to displace a cutter to a cutting position. The adapter is configured to reduce a cable receiving space formed in the bottom portion of the device so as to center a small cable relative to the cutter which is operative to split the shield of the cable without damaging electrical conductors of the cable.

Abstract: A flush cut tool is configured with a support unit operative to hold an armored cable in a desired position. The flush cut tool is further configured with a cutting unit including a hand crank, a blade assembly fixed to the hand crank and a friction assembly. The hand crank is configured to rotate relative to the friction assembly about a pivot axis until the blade assembly is brought in contact with the jacket of the cable. Thereafter, the hand crank, blade assembly and friction unit continue t rotate together about the axis of the cable so that the blade assembly is operative to produce a ring cut.

Abstract: A cutting device for relatively small cable including, among others, fiber optic cable and BX electrical cable is configured with removably coupleable adapter inserted between the top and bottom portions of the device which pivot relative to one another so as to displace a cutter to a cutting position. The adapter is configured to reduce a cable receiving space formed in the bottom portion of the device so as to center a small cable relative to the cutter which is operative to split the shield of the cable without damaging electrical conductors of the cable.

Abstract: A blade stripper has a displaceable blade carriage, which is normally biased toward a cable support to automatically accommodate differently dimensioned jacketed cables, and a pair of coaxial handles spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the blade stripper to allow the user to apply pulling forces directed substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis for producing a linear cut in the jacket.

Abstract: A hand saw is provided with a support having a front lever, which is pivotable about one of the opposite ends of the support between a rest position, in which it extends coplanar with the support, to an operative position, and a handle mounted on the other end of the support and rotatable thereabout from and in a respective rest position, in which the handle extends coplanar to the support, so as to the hand saw has substantially a linear configuration when the front lever and the handle are displaced in their rest positions.

Abstract: A tool manipulating device includes a combination of depth setting, length adjusting and workpiece clamp members provided on a longitudinal hand-held handle. The depth setting member has a blade assembly that extends perpendicular to the hand-held handle. The blade assembly is capable of rotating onto itself after penetrating into a workpiece to be stripped from its jacket at a predetermined depth to produce a ring cut and an axial cut of the workpiece upon sequentially rotating and axially pulling the cable relative to the handle.

Abstract: A cable stripper tool enabling an operator to quickly change from making a circumferential cut of a cable to a liner cut without repositioning the cable stripper tool on the cable includes a blade positioning assembly, a blade penetration assembly and a cable guide assembly. The blade positioning assembly is adopted to efficiently move the blade linearly for penetrating the insulation at a predetermined distance set by the dial assembly while the tool is clamped to the cable to perform a circumferential cut upon relative rotation of the tool and the cable. The blade further is retracted to be turned by the blade positioning assembly at a 90° angle with a rotary cam action to be further axially propelled to penetrate the cable at the same predetermined distance to perform a linear cut without dismounting the cable.

Abstract: A cable stripping apparatus having a longitudinal axis for stripping, for example, jackets and/or armored steel shields from cables is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, a cable receiving portion is mounted on a base. The cable receiving portion receives a cable and facilitates maintaining the cable in an orientation orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the cable stripping apparatus. A carriage is operably connected to the base and is movable along the longitudinal axis of the apparatus. The carriage includes a rotatable cutting wheel housed at least partially inside the carriage. An adjusting shaft, operably connected to the carriage, moves the carriage in the longitudinal direction, i.e., toward and away from the cable receiving portion. A dial, operably connected to the cutting wheel, moves the cutting wheel along the longitudinal axis and thereby adjusts the distance that the cutting wheel extends from the carriage.

Abstract: A removable attachment for use with a hand-held tool is disclosed. The tool comprises a housing and a cutting blade mounted therein for continuous reciprocating movement during operation. The attachment comprises a work piece receiving member pivotally mounted to the tool housing. An adjustable clamping member is pivotally mounted to the work piece receiving member. An adjuster, movable between an engaged and a disengaged position, is operably connected to the clamping member for adjusting the clamping member so as to clamp a work piece positioned on the work piece receiving member for operation thereon by the cutting blade. A quick release mechanism is provided for quickly moving the adjuster between its engaged and disengaged positions.

Abstract: A removable attachment for use with a hand-held tool is disclosed. The tool comprises a housing and a cutting blade mounted therein for continuous reciprocating movement during operation. The attachment comprises a work piece receiving member pivotally mounted to the tool housing. An adjustable clamping member is pivotally mounted to the work piece receiving member. An adjuster, movable between an operable and a non-operable position, is operably connected to the clamping member for adjusting the clamping member so as to clamp a work piece positioned on the work piece receiving member for operation thereon by the cutting blade. A quick release mechanism comprising a sliding member, movable between a first position and a second position, is provided for quickly moving the adjuster between its operable and non-operable positions.

Abstract: A hand held tool for stripping cable jackets and wire insulation with an adjustable cutting blade applying either longitudinal or ring cuts to the jackets or insulation.

Abstract: A hand tool for cutting shielded conduit comprising a first handle member for holding the conduit including clamping means for securing the conduit in a fixed position relative to the first member; a second handle member including a radial cutter head disposed thereon for cutting a portion of the shielding of conduit secured in the first member in a direction essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the conduit; means for movably securing the second handle member to the first handle member including menas for adjusting the position of the handle member relative to the other in a direction essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the conduit between a plurality of different fixed positions for cutting the conduit.

Abstract: A tool for cutting a workpiece comprising a tool body; means on the tool body for securing the workpiece; a saw blade movably supported on the body for cutting the secured workpiece, the saw blade having a plurality of cutting teeth movable in a sawing direction and a feeding direction in a cutting plane extending through the workpiece; and a bushing on the tool body rotatable about an axis normal to the cutting plane, the bushing being engagable on its periphery by the saw blade teeth and rotatable thereby, after cutting of the workpiece, to restrict movement of the saw blade in the feeding direction while permitting movement of the saw blade in the sawing direction. In the preferred embodiment the bushing includes teeth on the periphery which are of comparable size and spacing to the teeth of the saw blade to clean the latter. The bushing may be made of a bronze porous powder metal which is impregnated with a lubricant for lubricating the saw blade teeth.