Claims
- 1. A tool for trimming an end of a coaxial cable, comprising:
- cable-holding means having clamping means thereon for clamping an end of the coaxial cable to be trimmed in position thereby;
- cutter-holding means having cutter means secured thereto and being in axial alignment with a bore of said cutter-holding means in which the cable end to be trimmed is to be disposed for engagement by said cutter means to trim the same;
- section means of said cable-holding means and said cutter-holding means being slidably matable and including said bore;
- stop surfaces adjacent said section means for positioning said section means relative to each other according to an amount of trimming that is to be done to the cable end; and
- securing means to secure said section means at said amount of trimming, said securing means to be unsecured when the cable end to be trimmed is clamped in position along said bore and against said cutter means whereafter said cutter means is operated to trim the cable end until said stop surfaces engage.
- 2. A tool as set forth in claim 1 wherein said stop surfaces are part of said section means.
- 3. A tool as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cutter-holding means includes another bore in axial alignment with said first-mentioned bore and in which said cutter means is secured.
- 4. A tool as set forth in claim 3 wherein hole means are located in said cutter-holding means in communication with said other bore and in alignment with said cutter means.
- 5. A tool as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cutter means has a section extending outwardly from said cutter-holding means.
- 6. A tool as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cutter means includes another bore to accommodate an exposed end of the center conductor of the coaxial cable.
- 7. A tool for trimming an end of a coaxial cable, comprising:
- cable-holding means having a first bore and clamping means for clamping an end of the coaxial cable to be trimmed in position therein, said first bore being in axial alignment with said clamping means;
- cutter-holding means having cutter means secured thereto, said cutter-holding means having a section extending outwardly from a front end thereof, said section being slidably mateable within said first bore of said cable-holding means and having a second bore extending therethrough in axial alignment with said clamping means and said cutter means, said second bore receiving the end of the cable therein with an end surface of the end of the cable engaging said cutter means;
- stop surfaces provided by said section and said cable-holding means for positioning said section within said first bore of said cable-holding means according to an amount of trimming that has to be done to the cable end; and
- securing means provided by said cable-holding means and said section to secure said section within said first bore at the position representative of the distance between the stop surfaces at which the end of the cable is to be trimmed, said securing means being unsecured when the cable end to be trimmed is clamped in position along said second bore and against said cutter means whereafter said cutter means is operated to trim the cable end until said stop surfaces engage.
- 8. A tool according to claim 7, wherein said cutter means has a third bore in which an exposed end of a center conductor of the coaxial cable is disposed when the end surface of the cable end engages the cutter means.
- 9. A tool according to claim 7, wherein hole means are located in said cutter-holding means in alignment with said cutter means enabling trimmings that are trimmed from the cable end to be removed from the tool via said hole means.
- 10. A tool according to claim 7, wherein said cutter means is secured in a third bore of said cutter-holding means so that said cutter-holding means and said cutter means are rotated relative to said cable-holding means.
- 11. A tool according to the claim 7, wherein said cutter means is secured in bearing means in said cutter-holding means so that said cutter means is rotated relative to said cutter-holding means and said cable-holding means.
- 12. A tool for removing an end of an outer conductor of a coaxial cable, comprising:
- cable-holding means having a first cylindrical section and including clamping means for clamping the coaxial cable in position along the first cylindrical section so that a section of the cable extends outwardly therefrom;
- cutter-holding means having a second cylindrical section and including cutter means secured thereto;
- said first and second cylindrical sections being matable and being axially slidable and rotatable relative to one another; and
- stop surfaces associated with said first and second cylindrical sections, said cutter means being spaced a specified distance from the stop surface associated with said second cylindrical section, said stop surfaces adapted to engage each other when the cutter means has removed the end of the outer conductor of the coaxial cable as a result of the axial slidable and rotatable relative movement between said first and second cylindrical sections.
- 13. A tool according to claim 12, wherein securing means is provided between said first and second cylindrical sections to secure said cylindrical sections relative to each other at a position determined by a specified distance between said stop surfaces which will be according to an amount of the end of the outer conductor of the cable that is to be removed so that the cable has the required electrical length.
- 14. A tool according to claim 12, wherein said cutter-holding means has a bore in alignment with said second cylindrical section and said cutter means is secured in said bore.
- 15. A tool according to claim 14, wherein said cutter means has another bore in which an exposed end of a center conductor of the coaxial cable is to be disposed when the end of the outer conductor of the cable engages the cutter means.
- 16. A tool according to claim 12, wherein said clamping means includes a clamping member movable relative to said cable-holding means and extending traverse to a flat surface of said cable-holding means.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 408,959 filed Aug. 17, 1982, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (10)
Continuations (1)
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