Information
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Patent Grant
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6477776
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Patent Number
6,477,776
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Date Filed
Friday, August 4, 200024 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, November 12, 200222 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
- Ashley; Boyer D.
- Druan, Jr.; Thomas J
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 030 901
- 030 2796
- 030 278
- 030 146
- 030 912
- 081 94
- 081 944
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International Classifications
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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.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to improvement of a pair of rotational peeling pliers, and especially to improvement of a pair of rotational peeling pliers of which the distance between a cutting knife and wire recesses can be adjusted to suit wires of various sizes, so that peeling of the wire pliers can be more perfect.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Referring to
FIG. 1
, it is depicted therein a pair of conventional peeling pliers with a left half part
1
and a right half part
2
of the pliers having long handles. The left and right half parts
1
,
2
of the pliers have therebetween a pivot
3
with the handles
4
,
5
behind it and clamping arms
6
,
7
in front of it. The corresponding sharp edges of the clamping arms
6
,
7
facing to each other are provided thereon with corresponding semi-circle recesses
8
for peeling and cutting sections
9
.
The clamping arms
6
,
7
form circles from the mutual opposite semi-circle recesses
8
, while the cutting sections
9
are parallel to these circles in a line. When a wire is placed in the recesses
8
on one of the clamping arms
6
,
7
, and the handles
4
,
5
are pressed to get close, the outer insulation layer of the wire can be cut in by the recesses
8
of the clamping arms
6
,
7
, then the peeling pliers are pulled axially, the insulation layer of the wire can thus be peeled and the inner core of the wire can thus be revealed.
Although the stated peeling pliers can get the basic function of peeling the insulation layer of an electric wire, the peeling pliers must be provided on the clamping arms
6
,
7
thereof with recesses
8
of various sizes to suit wires of various specifications and coarseness. In this way, the clamping arms
6
,
7
will be overly long, thereby, length of the handles
4
,
5
must be longer than those of the clamping arms
6
,
7
to get the object of saving operating force, these render the whole pliers to be overly long, and overly bulky and unfavorable to operation and storage.
Therefore, before the present invention, the inventor of the present invention had developed a pair of rotational peeling pliers with an upper half part
10
and a lower half part
20
(as shown in FIG.
2
). The middle sections of the upper and the lower half parts
10
,
20
are connected with each other, and form an upper clamping arm
11
and a lower clamping arm
21
on the front section of the pliers as well as an upper handle
12
and a lower handle
22
on the rear section of the pliers. The upper and the lower handles
12
,
22
are mounted therebetween an elastic member
13
to maintain the normal close state of the upper and the lower clamping arms
11
,
21
.
One of the upper and lower clamping arms
11
,
21
is provided with a knife
14
, while the other is provided with “V” and “U” shaped recesses
23
. When the upper and lower clamping arms
11
,
21
get close to each other, distance between the knife
14
and the recesses
23
is controlled by an adjustment member
24
, (as shown in
FIG. 3
,
4
).
When one of the recesses
23
is given an electric wire to lie therein, and the upper and lower clamping arms
11
,
21
are pressed to get close to each other, the knife
14
cuts into the outer insulation layer of the wire to make peeling of the outer insulation layer easy by rotational cutting of the peeling pliers, and to suit wires of various specifications and coarseness.
The above stated structure has been highly appraised in the art. According to investigation of the inventor who is the same inventor as that of the present invention, if the distance between the knife
14
and the recesses
23
is too large by control of the adjustment member
24
, as is shown in
FIG. 4
, a quite large gap will be obtained between the upper and lower clamping arms
11
,
21
, and a user may have the pliers carried therewith wrangled by hooking some thing, this may create inconvenience.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Thereby, the inventor of the present invention further developed a pair of rotational peeling pliers, in order to get rid of such inconvenience, so that peeling of the wire pliers can be more perfect.
In particular, the rotational peeling pliers of the present invention is comprised mainly of an upper half part, a lower half part and an adjustment member, wherein, the middle sections of the upper and the lower half parts are connected with each other to form an upper and a lower clamping arm on the front section of the pliers as well as an upper and a lower handle on the rear section of the pliers. The upper clamping arm is provided with a knife, the lower clamping arm is provided with wire recesses. When one of the recesses is given an electric wire to lie therein, and the upper and lower clamping arms are pressed to get close to each other, the knife cuts into the outer insulation layer of the wire to peel the outer insulation layer. The present invention is characterized by: the upper clamping arm is provided with a receiving groove which is further provided on the upper portion thereof with a positioning groove. The adjustment member includes a fixing seat, the above mentioned knife and an adjustment portion, wherein, the fixing seat is inserted in the receiving groove with the bottom thereof fixedly clamping the knife. The blade of the knife is revealed at the lower edge of the upper clamping arm, a rod is extended from the fixing seat to the positioning groove. The adjustment portion is provided above the positioning groove, the bottom thereof is provided with a connecting slot to connect with the rod by means of threads. When in rotating the adjustment portion, the rod of the fixing seat can be moved up and down in the connecting slot to adjust the distance between the knife and the wire recesses. In this way, the peeling pliers can suit wires of various sizes, and can protect the hands of a user from damage.
Additionally, when the present invention adjusts in pursuance of coarseness of the wires, it adjusts directly the distance between the knife and the wire recesses. There will be no gap generated between the upper and lower clamping arms, so that the present invention will not have inconvenience such as being wrangled by hooking something, thereby, peeling of the wire pliers can be more perfect.
The present invention will be apparent in its practical structure after reading the detailed description of the preferred embodiment thereof in reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a front view showing a pair of conventional peeling pliers with long handles;
FIG. 2
is an analytical perspective view of a pair of earlier rotational peeling pliers;
FIG. 3
is a schematic view showing use of the earlier rotational peeling pliers of
FIG. 2
;
FIG. 4
is another schematic view showing use of the earlier rotational peeling pliers of
FIG. 2
;
FIG. 5
is an analytical perspective view of a pair of rotational peeling pliers of the present invention;
FIG. 6
is a schematic sectional view showing use of the rotational peeling pliers of the present invention with the blade retracted in the upper clamping arm;
FIG. 7
is another schematic sectional view showing use of the rotational peeling pliers of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring to
FIGS. 5-7
, the drawings are depicted to disclose the rotational peeling pliers of the present invention that is characterized
An upper half part
30
thereof is provided with an upper clamping arm
31
on the front section of the pliers, and is provided with an upper handle
32
on the rear section of the pliers. The upper clamping arm
31
is provided with a receiving groove
33
which is further provided on the upper portion thereof with a positioning groove.
A lower half part
40
thereof is provided with a lower clamping arm
41
on the front section of the pliers, and is provided with a lower handle
42
on the rear section of the pliers. The lower clamping arm
41
is provided with a plurality of “V” and “U” shaped wire recesses
43
in opposition to the receiving groove
33
on the upper clamping arm
31
.
An adjustment member
50
thereof includes a fixing seat
51
, a knife
52
and an adjustment portion
53
. Wherein, the fixing seat
51
is inserted in the receiving groove
33
having a space for moving up and down and to fixedly clamp the knife
52
. The blade of the knife
52
is revealed at the lower edge of the fixing seat
51
, a rod
54
having thereon an external thread is extended from the fixing seat
51
to the positioning groove
34
.
The adjustment portion
53
is provided above the positioning groove
34
, the bottom thereof is provided with a rotation axle
55
with a recessed annular neck. The rotation axle
55
is placed downwards in the positioning groove
34
from above, a pin
56
is inserted into the lateral side of the upper clamping arm
31
to engaged in the recessed annular neck of the rotation axle
55
, therefore, the rotation axle
55
and the adjustment portion
53
are limited to only rotation but are restrained from up and down displacement. The center of the adjustment portion
53
is provided with a connecting slot
57
to connect with the rod
54
by means of an inner thread which is provided on the inner wall of the connecting slot
57
and is in corresponding to the external thread provided on the rod
54
.
By providing the above structure, when a user rotates the adjustment portion
53
, the rotation axle
55
is limited by the pin
56
to not displacing up and down; while the fixing seat
51
is inserted in the receiving groove
33
having a space only for moving up and down; therefore, when the adjustment portion
53
is rotated, by thread connection of the connecting slot
57
and the rod
54
, the fixing seat
51
and the knife
52
will move up and down relative to the wire recesses
43
to thereby adjust the distance between the knife
52
and the wire recesses
43
. In this way, the peeling pliers can suit wires of various sizes.
In
FIG. 7
, when the adjustment member
50
is rotated to send knife
52
into the lower clamping arm
41
, the knife
52
enters the cavity formed between and below recesses
43
, as shown in
FIGS. 6 and 7
, but not shown in FIG.
5
.
The above contents and the embodiment are only for illustrating a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in this art that various modifications or changes can be made to the elements of the present invention without departing from the spirit, scope and characteristic of this invention. Accordingly, all such modifications and changes also fall within the scope of the appended claims and are intended to form part of this invention.
Claims
- 1. A pair of rotational peeling pliers comprising:an upper half part; a lower half part; an adjustment member; middle sections of said upper and said lower half parts are connected with each other to form upper and lower clamping arms on front sections of said pliers as well as an upper and lower handle on rear section of said pliers; said upper clamping arm is provided with a knife including a blade, said lower clamping arm is provided with one or more wire recesses; when one of said recesses receives an electric wire to lie therein, and said upper and lower clamping arms are pressed towards each other, said knife cuts into an outer insulation layer of the wire to peel the outer insulation layer, the blade includes a linear cutting edge perpendicular to the longitudinal length of the wire positioned in one of the wire recesses; said upper clamping arm is provided with a receiving groove which is further provided on an upper portion thereof with a positioning groove; said adjustment member includes a fixing seat, said knife and an adjustment portion, wherein, said fixing seat is inserted in said receiving groove to fixedly clamp said knife; the blade of said knife is extended at a lower edge of said upper clamping arm; a threaded rod is extended from said fixing seat to said positioning groove; said adjustment portion is provided above said positioning groove, the adjustment portion is provided with a threaded connecting slot which receives said threaded rod; when rotating said adjustment portion, said rod of said fixing seat is adapted to be movable up and down in said connecting slot to adjust the distance between said knife and said wire recesses; and wherein, said adjustment portion is provided on the bottom thereof with a rotation axle having a recessed annular neck, said rotation axle is placed downwards in said positioning groove, a pin is inserted into a lateral side of said upper clamping arm to engage in said recessed annular neck of said rotation axle, and said rotation axle and said adjustment portion are restrained from up and down displacement.
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