Abstract: A hand held wire stripper includes a feature for aiding in attaching a connector to a stripped end of a coaxial cable. The wire stripper includes first and second lever members joined together by a pin, each with an elongated handle and an offset jaw having an oblique cutting edge. The jaw of the first lever member includes an opening sized to receive a coaxial cable connector and a hexagonal recessed surface about the circumference of the opening sized to receive the hexagonal nut section of the coaxial cable connector. The jaw of the second lever member includes an opening of lesser diameter that receives the stripped end of the center conductor of the coaxial cable and is located so it can be substantially concentric with the opening in the first lever member when the wire stripper is closed. The stripper recesses may be hex shaped with straight edges defining the recess. A method of stripping an insulated conductor is also disclosed.

Abstract: A hand held wire stripper includes a feature for aiding in attaching a connector to a stripped end of a coaxial cable. The wire stripper includes first and second lever members joined together by a pin, each with an elongated handle and an offset jaw having an oblique cutting edge. The jaw of the first lever member includes an opening sized to receive a coaxial cable connector and a hexagonal recessed surface about the circumference of the opening sized to receive the hexagonal nut section of the coaxial cable connector. The jaw of the second lever member includes an opening of lesser diameter that receives the stripped end of the center conductor of the coaxial cable and is located so it can be substantially concentric with the opening in the first lever member when the wire stripper is closed. The stripper recesses may be hex shaped with straight edges defining the recess. A method of stripping an insulated conductor is also disclosed.

Abstract: An insulating cover for a wire joint has a body which defines a lumen particularly adapted for receiving a crimp sleeve type wire joint. Longitudinal or coaxial ribs adjacent to a closed end of the lumen define an inside diameter which engages a relatively smaller joint, and the ribs are sufficiently flexible and the body stretchable so that the cover can alternatively receive a larger joint. A flexible skirt depends from the body and an elastic strap extends from the skirt with a ring retainer on the strap so that the strap can be extended through the crotch of the joint and secured to the body.

Abstract: A push-in electrical connector assembly for electrically connecting stripped ends of a plurality of electrical wires. The connector assembly comprises a housing of electrical insulating material, and axially elongated central conductor member, and a generally frusto-conical metal clamp member formed of resilient metal concentric with the central conductor member. The clamp member has a plurality of resilient finger portions integrally joined at one end and arranged in a generally frusto-conical array that converges to the central conductor member to resiliently press wires against the central conductor member and thereby electrically connect the wires.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically rotating screw-on connectors onto the stripped ends of electric wires, including an elongated housing having an inlet opening at one end for the reception of the connectors and an outlet opening at the other end for their discharge. The connectors are received in a rotatable and hollow drive shaft in the housing, and a sleeve is concentric with, around, and rotatable with the drive shaft. A plurality of fingers with a free end are secured to one end of the sleeve, which is axially movable towards the outlet opening by manually operated cam means acting between the housing and sleeve. Upon this axial movement, the fingers engage cam surfaces in the drive shaft and adjacent the outlet opening to cause gripping engagement of those fingers with a connector located adjacent the outlet opening.