Tools – Wire stripper – Bench tools
Patent
1997-10-23
2000-02-15
Meislin, D. S.
Tools
Wire stripper
Bench tools
81 941, H02G 112
Patent
active
060239964
ABSTRACT:
A device and process for stripping the coating from a coated fiber. The device comprises a base and a coated fiber retaining member coupled to the base. The coated fiber retaining member includes a fiber holding portion for retaining a portion of the coated fiber along a longitudinal axis so that the fiber does not bend or kink. The device also comprises a stripping tool mounted to the base which can be operated with a single hand. The stripping tool includes a plurality of stripping blades which are each coupled to a respective gripping handle and moveable toward and away from the coated fiber retaining member. The stripping blades include a notch therein with a beveled side facing the coated fiber retaining member. Also, the stripping blades extend entirely around the coated fiber when the handles are placed in a stripping position. A heating element is disposed on the side of the stripping blades opposite from the coated fiber retaining member. The heating element is sized so as to remain spaced from a coated fiber inserted into the stripping tool to be stripped of its coating. The process comprises the steps of inserting a free end of a coated fiber into a stripping tool and heating the free end without contacting the free end. The process also comprises cutting into the coating of the coated fiber with a stripping member and translating the coated fiber relative to the stripping member to remove the coating between the stripping member and the free end of the fiber in a single piece.
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Dodge Shawn W.
Ware Scot K.
Amherst International, Inc.
Meislin D. S.
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