Abstract: A handheld device for thermal cartridges which may include a wire stripping cartridge for stripping insulation from sections of an insulated electrical wire, or a thermal tweezer cartridge for de-soldering and removing electrical components, and more particularly a hand-operated electrically heated thermal devices with a replaceable cartridges.

Abstract: A tool is provided for preparing a cable for crimping. The tool includes a first pressure arm and a second pressure arm. An intermediate member is disposed between the first pressure arm and the second pressure arm, the intermediate member being rotationally coupled to the first pressure arm by a first pivot and rotationally coupled to the second pressure arm by a second pivot. The intermediate member includes a first pair of slots adjacent the first pressure arm and a second pair of slots adjacent the second pressure arm. A first pair of stripping cartridges is removably coupled to the first pair of slots. A second pair of stripping cartridges removably coupled to the second pair of slots.

Abstract: Provides a method and a terminus processing tool whereby terminus processing for the purpose of connection to another optical fiber may be carried out simply. The terminus processing method entails cutting an optical fiber 20 composed of a glass fiber 21 and a coating 24; and with the optical fiber 20 positioned relative to a terminus processing tool that is disposed contacting the coating at the end surface of the optical fiber 20 and that has a protruded-into space for accommodating inward protrusion of the glass fiber 21, and with the cut end surface of the glass fiber 21 facing the protruded-into space, pushing the optical fiber 20 to thereby strip the coating 24 from the glass fiber 21.

Abstract: A tool for cleaving a plastic optical fiber has a body with a cleaving aperture at the insertion face of the body and through which the termination end section of the plastic optical fiber is inserted and in which an operative section is positioned upon inserting the plastic optical fiber into the tool. A cutting blade has a cutting edge and is moveable along a cutting path between a first operative position at which the cutting edge is spaced from the cleaving axis and a second operative position at which the cutting edge intersects the cleaving axis to cleave the plastic optical fiber to create an optical finish on an end surface of the operative section of the plastic optical fiber. A clearance region is located at the termination face of the body and generally aligned with the cleaving aperture and in which the termination end section may deflect upon engagement of the cutting blade with the plastic optical fiber.

Abstract: Multifunctional stripping/cutting pliers are provided for stripping and cutting multi-wire and multi-core electrical cable. The stripping/cutting pliers have plate like bodies that are pivoted in an opposing manner and form in pivot disks thereof a receiving slot in which a spring is received in a concealed arrangement. A stepped hole is provided to extend through a middle portion of the pivoted bodies at a lower side of the insertion site of the spring for receiving a positioning pin to extend therein so as to provide an easy depression operation from the outside of the bides to realize locking. Through the concealed and position-returning arrangement of the spring of the stripping/cutting pliers and assisted by simple depression that achieves locking, the cutting operation of the stripping/cutting pliers can provides the effects of being easy, being practical, and operation and locking safety.

Abstract: A bladeless stripping device includes a body having a cutting zone across the body forming a living hinge to fold the body along a fold area. An aperture may be located through the body and may be associated with the fold area. The aperture may change dimension as the body is folded and unfolded. The fiber aperture may receive for example an optical fiber in an unfolded state and may close upon for example the optical fiber in a folded state such that, when the bladeless stripping device is translated along for example the optical fiber at least one coating of for example the optical fiber is caused to be stripped away, revealing for example a bare glass fiber suitable, for example, for connectorizing or splicing.

Abstract: A method and clamp system for use on an ion implanter system for aligning a cathode and filament relative to one another in-situ are disclosed. The invention includes a clamp system having a clamp including a first clamp member separably coupled to a second clamp member, and an opening to a mount portion of one of the cathode and the filament in at least one of the clamp members. Each clamp member includes a surface to engage a mount portion of one of the cathode and the filament. The opening is adapted to receive a positioning tool to position the cathode and the filament relative to one another by moving the mount portion when the clamp is released. The mount portion may include a tool receiving member to facilitate accurate positioning.

Abstract: A plier type stripper tool is provide for stripping sheathed cable of the type having a three spaced insulated power conducting wires, a ground wire disposed among the insulated wires and a sheath surrounding the wires. In one embodiment, the stripper tool includes a pair of levers having jaw, boss and handle portions. The stripper tool may further include a pivot joining the boss portions to enable relative movement of the levers about the pivot between open and closed portions. The jaw portions each have blade sections for coactively circumferentially cutting a cable sheath when the levers are moved from the open to the closed position.

Abstract: An extraction apparatus (40) for the removal of a riveted fastener (12) from a structure (10) includes a shaft (42) and a cutting element (62). The cutting element (62) is mechanically coupled to the shaft (42) and is configured to cut a portion of the riveted fastener (12). The shaft (42) and the cutting element (62) are configured for insertion through an inner channel (24) of the riveted fastener (12). A method of replacing the riveted fastener (12) from the structure (10) includes inserting the extraction apparatus (40) through the inner channel (24). The extraction apparatus (40) is rotated. A portion of the riveted fastener (12) that extends through the structure (10) is removed. A head (20) of the riveted fastener (12) is also removed from the structure (10).

Abstract: A wire stripping knife comprises a handle having one end provided with a hanging portion to be hung to a desired position, and the other end fixed with a blade. The end of the handle, which is fixed with the blade, is pivoted with a clamping member. One end of the clamping member, which is adjacent to the blade, is provided with different-sized stripping notches. The handle and the clamping member each are provided with engaging portions for mutual engagement. The distal end of the blade is formed with a cutting surface vertical to the cutting edge for cooperating with a guiding plate at one end of the clamping member to strip off the insulation more quickly with high safety.

Abstract: A stripper tool is provided for cutting an outer sheath of an electrical cable. Inside the sheath is parallel spaced apart insulation covered wires and a core member containing an uncovered ground wire between the insulation covered wires. The sheath has spaced apart curved sides conforming to the covered wires. The tool has spaced apart first and second jaw members adapted to be pressed together. The jaw members have cutting edges that receive a portion of the cable along its length. The cutting edges define an opening configured to cut the sheath and the core without significantly cutting the insulation on the wires or the unsheathed ground wire when the jaw members are pressed together to form the opening. The portion of the sheath is then removed in one continuous process.

Abstract: A compact dispensing tube opener for accessing contents of a dispensing tube having a dispensing tip and an inner seal. The opener includes a housing with first and second passageways therein meeting at an angle at an intersection. A blade carriage is movable in the second passageway and across the intersection at one end thereof, a manually accessible portion at an opposite end thereof extending from the housing. A cooperative guide structure at the housing and the blade carriage maintains carriage slidability within the housing during use without binding. Return springs are maintained in the housing for returning the carriage after use. A dispenser tube tip locator is slidably maintained at the housing adjacent to an opening to the first passageway and has plurality of angled passages therethrough each with a different diameter. A lance is mounted at the housing for puncturing the seal, and is pivotable into and out of a channel defined crosswise in the housing.

Abstract: A cable stripping pliers has facingly disposed arcuate cutting edges formed at the ends of transversely oppositely disposed arcuate surfaces. The pliers are adjustable to two positions for the jaws to engage differently sized cables. The resilient insulation is disposed away from the arcuate surfaces when the cutting edges cut the resilient insulation for readily removing the insulation from the core material.

Abstract: Provided is a device for removing coating on an optical fiber. The device has a cutting depth limiting surface disposed on a receiver body and a cutting blade attached between a pusher body and a fixing block. The cutting blade is made from plastics and has a specified bending elasticity. An optical fiber is inserted between the cutting blade and the limiting surface. During operation, the cutting blade cuts into a covering on the optical fiber. A high precision in arranging the cutting blade is not required.

Abstract: A stripper tool is provided for cutting an outer sheath of an electrical cable. Inside the sheath is parallel spaced apart insulation covered wires and a core member containing an uncovered ground wire between the insulation covered wires. The sheath has spaced apart curved sides conforming to the covered wires. The tool has spaced apart first and second jaw members adapted to be pressed together. The jaw members have cutting edges that receive a portion of the cable along its length. The cutting edges define an opening configured to cut the sheath and the core without significantly cutting the insulation on the wires or the unsheathed ground wire when the jaw members are pressed together to form the opening. The portion of the sheath is then removed in one continuous process.

Abstract: A hand-held system adapted to assist stripping of an undulating outer jacket of a twisted pair wire. The system incorporates cutters to provide two longitudinal cuts through the outer jacket of the twisted shielded pair wire. The cutters are removable and replaceable.

Abstract: A multi-function pliers for installing various hanging light fixtures and electrical connections needed for the installation of the hanging light fixtures. The multi-function pliers includes a pivot pin member; first and second movable jaw members rotatably mounted about the pivot pin member; and a pair of first and second movable handles detachably connected to the first and second movable jaw members, respectively, for pivotal movement of the first and second handles relative to the pivot pin member. Each of the first and second movable jaw members includes an interior side wall and an exterior side wall. Each of the interior side walls includes a recess aperture therein; each of the recess apertures are for detachably receiving a wire cutter member therein; and the wire cutter members cooperate to form a wire cutter assembly. Each of the wire cutter members includes a plurality of different sized cutters, respectively, for cutting and stripping electrical wire.

Abstract: The present invention presents a pliers-like hand tool with special shaped cutting edges and grooved guides in the jaws of the tool so that when used to cut off the unwanted ends of cable ties the cable tie can be guided into the tool and positioned for cuffing the end of the cable tie leaving a smooth rounded end on the cable tie.

Abstract: Wire processing apparatus (10). The apparatus (10) includes an electronic memory for storing values commensurate with the lengths from a terminal end of the wire (21) to the positions of cuts to be made through the plurality of coating layers (X,Y,Z), and a mechanical store for controlling the depths of each cut. Threaded shafts (84, 84, 84) are mounted upon a turret which is movable both rotationally and axially with respect to the wire being processed. The electronic memory is preferably adapted to receive inputs representing parameters of sequential steps in each of two processing operations, and to perform such operations alternately, upon different wire ends, upon successive actuation's of the apparatus (10). A further feature of the apparatus is an arrangement permitting the force exerted on the wire (21) by a pair of gripping members (32, 32) to remain substantially constant over a range of different wire diameters.

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 laminated blade assembly for cutting the insulation of a wire to permit removal of the insulation from the wire. The blade assembly includes a stationary member and a movable member which are formed to contact each other when moved together to support and cut the insulation of the wire. Each of the members includes a blade sandwiched between a pair of wire insulation supports. A number of grooves of different transverse cross-sectional sizes are formed in each support and are spaced apart from one another in a direction longitudinally of the edge of the support. One of the stationary and one of the movable members is a lower member and the other is an upper member with these members encircling the insulated wire when the members are moved together. Each of the grooves of the lower portion encircle more than one half of the cross-section of the insulated wire.

Abstract: A hand held wire stripper has ergonomic handles and special cutting blades on two pivotally connected lever members defining the handles and offset jaws having working edges adjacent each other when the wire stripper is in a closed position. The jaws have aligned cutting blade sections at the working edges that taper from the edges in at least two oblique angles with respect to the edges. In addition or alternatively, the cutting blade section defines a plurality of serrations aligned with the serrations of the other lever member. The elongated handles each have a rear grip and a forward grip separated by an outward extension. The forward grips extend forward from the outward extensions toward the hinge point so as to receive a thumb and forefinger of a user and allow gripping of the handles adjacent the hinge point.

Abstract: A wire stripper capable of automatically grasping a coated wire, cutting the coating with cutters, rotating the cutters and stripping the cut coating away with only one electric motor. The wire stripper is provided with a reversible main spindle which is supported on a machine frame and allowed to slide crosswise so as to enable gripping operation of the grippers as well as nipping and cutting operation of the cutters. The main spindle is provided with a lead-screw shaft with which a nut block is coupled so that the lead-screw shaft advances by forward rotation of the main spindle to close the grippers and the cutters as well as to rotate the cutters. The nut block is then moved backward by the lead screw of the lead-screw shaft after the main spindle has stopped advancing and the cutters are then withdrawn to strip the cut coating away from the core.

Abstract: A coaxial cable stripper includes an upper lid, a base, a blade seat, a lower lid, and a blade rotation rod. In use, the user's finger presses the upper lid to open the front end of the stripper. The cable is placed on the recess of the base. Then, the upper lid is released and the front end of the stripper close and grip the cable. Next, the screw at the bottom of the base is adjusted to control the spring force of the spring so as to force the blade to cut deep into the inner insulation layer to the central conductive core. Next, the screw at the blade body hole is adjusted to control the cutting depth of the blade body so as to force the blade to cut into the outer sheath of the cable. Then the inner insulation layer and the outer sheath can be cut.

Abstract: The present invention is a hand-held stripping tool. The tool is adapted for cutting an outer sheath of a first electrical cable. Inside the sheath is parallel spaced apart insulation covered wires and a core member containing an uncovered ground wire between the insulation covered wires. The sheath has spaced apart curved sides conforming to the covered wires. The tool has spaced apart first and second jaw members adapted to be pressed together. The jaw members have cutting edges that receive a portion of the first cable along its length. The cutting edges define an opening configured to cut the sheath and the core without significantly cutting the insulation on the wires or the unsheathed ground wire when the jaw members are pressed together to form the opening. The portion of the sheath is then removed in one continuous process.

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 versatile hand-held scissors-type cutting and stripping tool includes a pair of pivotally connected handle members, a cutting and stripping blade carried by one of the handle members for cutting flat and round insulated conductors, and for stripping insulation from round insulated conductors, and a pair of flat stripping blades for stripping the outer insulation layer from a flat thin multi-conductor cable.

Abstract: A cable sheathing slitter attachment for a wire stripper tool. The cable sheathing slitter attachment is preferably integrally formed of sheet metal and a blade member and a guard member. The blade member includes a blade portion having first and second oppositely facing knife-edges and a mounting portion having an opening that facilitates the mounting of the blade member to a jaw of the wire slitter tool. The guard member includes a mounting portion with a hole therethrough and a U-shaped guard portion. A fastener passes through the hole in the mounting portion of the guard member, the elongated opening in the mounting portion of the blade member and through the hole in the respective jaw to mount the guard and blade members to the jaw of the wire stripper tool. The guard is rotatable with respect to the knife-edges to expose the knife-edges when it is desired to use the same for the slitting of non-metallic sheathed cables.

Abstract: A wire stripper capable of automatically grasping a coated wire, cutting the coating with cutters, rotating the cutters and stripping the cut coating away with only one electric motor. The wire stripper is provided with a reversible main spindle which is supported on a machine frame and allowed to slide crosswise so as to enable gripping operation of the grippers as well as nipping and cutting operation of the cutters. The main spindle is provided with a lead-screw shaft with which a nut block is coupled so that the lead-screw shaft advances by forward rotation of the main spindle to close the grippers and the cutters as well as to rotate the cutters. The nut block is then moved backward by the lead screw of the lead-screw shaft after the main spindle has stopped advancing and the cutters are then withdrawn to strip the cut coating away from the core.

Abstract: A shellfish cutting utensil which has first and second elongated members pivotally connected together, each of the members having a jaw and a handle, one of the jaws having a recess or notch formed on an edge thereof and having a cutting edge. The cutting edge formed on the notch or recess can be utilized with a cutting edge on the other member in a scissors like movement for opening the shell of a shellfish.

Abstract: A tool for stripping the outer layer of insulation on a multi-wire cable such as romex, comprises a jaw and a claw, each being mounted to the rotating members of a plier-like apparatus. The claw has a sharp cutting edge, and the jaw holds the cable in position while it is being pierced by the sharp cutting edge of the claw. The plier-like apparatus closes the claw and jaw together, thus causing the claw to pierce the cable's outer insulation layer as it is held in the jaw. A user then pulls the cable through the jaw, causing the outer insulation layer to be slit as it moves past the claw. The jaw that holds the cable is in an offset position relative to the plier-like apparatus, such that the cable lies off to the side of the plier-like apparatus while a user pulls the cable through the jaw.

Abstract: Simple skinning pliers including: a clamping mechanism having a first clamping member formed with a first clamping section and a second clamping member formed with a second clamping section and pivotally connected with the first clamping member, whereby the first and second clamping members can be operated to move the first and second clamping sections toward each other; and a cutting member having a predetermined length and axially reciprocally movably disposed on the first clamping section. A first adjustment section is disposed at outer end of the cutting member and positioned on outer side of the first clamping member. A blade is disposed at inner end of the cutting member and extends between the first and second clamping sections. A wire or a cable is clamped between the first and second clamping sections. By means of the first adjustment section, the depth of the blade thrusting into the insulating layer of the wire or cable can be varied.

Abstract: A pair of rotational peeling pliers. The pliers include an upper and lower half part and an adjustment member, wherein, the middle sections of the upper and lower half parts are connected to form an upper and a lower clamping arm on the front section as well as an upper and lower handle on the rear section of the pliers. The upper clamping arm has a knife, and the lower clamping arm has wire recesses. When one of the recesses is filled by a wire, and the upper and lower clamping arms are pressed to get close to each other, the knife cuts into an outer insulation layer on the wire to peel it. The adjustment member includes a fixing seat, the knife and an adjustment portion. The fixing seat is inserted in the receiving groove with the bottom thereof fixedly clamping the knife.

Abstract: A hand-held wire stripper comprising a first elongated member, a second elongated member and a spacer. The first elongated member has a handle portion and a jaw portion. The second elongated member has a handle portion and a jaw portion. The second elongated member is pivotably connected to the first elongated member which allows the jaw portion of the first elongated member and the jaw portion of the second elongated member to move between an opened position and a closed position. The jaw portion of the first elongated member has a cutting surface for cutting an electrical wire, at least one semi-circular notch for stripping an electrical wire and a gripping surface for gripping an electrical wire. The jaw portion of the second elongated member has a gripping surface for gripping an electrical wire. The spacer has a gripping surface for gripping an electrical wire. The spacer is attached to the end of the jaw portion of the first elongated member or the end of the jaw portion of the second elongated member.

Abstract: A laminated blade assembly including a stationary blade and a pair of insulation supports and a movable blade and a pair of insulation supports with each blade sandwiched between a pair of supports. Semi-circular grooves formed in the insulation supports and smaller semi-circular grooves formed in blades in alignment with the insulation support grooves creating circular grooves to support and cut the insulation when the stationary and movable blades come together. The support semi-circular grooves of one of the stationary and movable insulation supports are located with their peripheries tangent to a straight line which is not parallel to the center lines of the blade semi-circular grooves.

Abstract: The device is provided with a heating jaw, which softens the protective layers of optical fibers in order to be able to cut them more easily and to pull them off. For particularly thick optical fibers, the heating jaw is provided with a longitudinal groove with which the contact surface to the optical fiber is enlarged and the heating of the protective layer is accelerated.

Abstract: An adjustment mechanism for a wire stripper that sets the initial minimum opening between cutter jaws so that the jaws close snugly around a wire, and then adjusts the opening to provide a clearance distance so that the wire is not damaged when the jaws cut through the insulation.

Abstract: A wire stripper capable of automatically grasping a coated wire, cutting the coating with cutters, rotating the cutters and stripping the cut coating away with only one electric motor. The wire stripper is provided with a reversible main spindle which is supported on a machine frame and allowed to slide crosswise so as to enable gripping operation of the grippers as well as nipping and cutting operation of the cutters. The main spindle is provided with a lead-screw shaft with which a nut block is coupled so that the lead-screw shaft advances by forward rotation of the main spindle to close the grippers and the cutters as well as to rotate the cutters. The nut block is then moved backward by the lead screw of the lead-screw shaft after the main spindle has stopped advancing and the cutters are then withdrawn to strip the cut coating away from the core.

Abstract: A wire stripper capable of automatically grasping a coated wire, cutting the coating with cutters, rotating the cutters and stripping the cut coating away with only one electric motor. The wire stripper is provided with a reversible main spindle which is supported on a machine frame and allowed to slide crosswise so as to enable gripping operation of the grippers as well as nipping and cutting operation of the cutters. The main spindle is provided with a lead-screw shaft with which a nut block is coupled so that the lead-screw shaft advances by forward rotation of the main spindle to close the grippers and the cutters as well as to rotate the cutters. The nut block is then moved backward by the lead screw of the lead-screw shaft after the main spindle has stopped advancing and the cutters are then withdrawn to strip the cut coating away from the core.

Abstract: The present invention is a hand tool incorporating a wire stripper, a wire cutter, and a punch-down tool all in a single unit. The punch-down tool is retractable and is located at one extremity of the body of the tool. The wire cutting apparatus, using a basic scissoring motion to cut wires, is mounted along either side of the tool body, or within the tool body, depending upon the particular embodiment of the invention in question. The wire stripping apparatus utilizes the pressure of the user's fingers to press a wire or set of wires against a razor blade.

Abstract: An improved cable preparation tool and an accompanying method which, when utilized concurrently, prepare fully shielded cables for termination into connecting devices. A preferred embodiment of the tool has hinged first and second tool handles biased together about a hinge by a resilient member. One end of a tool handle is fitted with a receptacle to receive and mount a detachable blade cartridge assembly which cuts the cable jacket and shielding metallic foils wrapped around individual pairs of insulated wires. A second receptacle is provided in either tool handle to receive a detachable template cartridge assembly which is used to properly position wires for termination into a connector. An exemplary method of cable preparation using the tool includes removing a cutting a cable jacket, cutting a plurality of foils and aligning wires using a single cable preparation tool.

Abstract: A handheld coaxial cable trimmer tool has a removable and replaceable blade cartridge. The blade cartridge snaps into the tool with a hook engagement and is easily removed from the tool by pressing on a flexible lever on the top of the tool. The flexible lever has limited motion to protect it and the cartridge from being overstressed.