US 12,355,220 B2
Outer sheath/buffer tube cable slitter
Will Eisele, Cromwell, CT (US); and Brian Bourgoin, Cromwell, CT (US)
Assigned to Hubbell Power Systems, INC., Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Power Systems, Inc., Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/149,363.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/960,928, filed on Jan. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0237295 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. H02G 1/12 (2006.01); B26D 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 1/12 (2013.01) [B26D 3/001 (2013.01); G02B 6/443 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable sheath slitting tool comprising:
first and second opposing tool frame members wherein at least a portion of the tool frame members are movable toward and away from one another;
a pair of opposing blades securable on the respective tool frame member, the blades having a blade tip with a fixed, non-adjustable height and extending toward each other, wherein the blades are fixed to the tool frame members so as to be movable toward and away from each other upon movement of the tool frame members; and
a first and second tray securable on the first and second tool frame member, respectively, each of the first and second trays including a tray cavity wherein a cable may be secured in the cavity with the blade positioned to slit the cable when the tool is in a closed position with the tool frame member portions toward one another, wherein the first and second trays define a first depth of cut of the blades.