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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2014
Titeflex Corporation, Springfield, MA (US);
Jordan Strunk, Portland, TN (US);
Titeflex Corporation, Springfield, MA (US);
Abstract
One aspect of the invention provides a jacket-stripping tool including: a reference stop adapted and configured to contact an end of corrugated stainless steel tubing; and one or more cutting blades arranged substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the tool and adapted and configured to create one or more cuts through one or more external jacket layers of the corrugated stainless steel tubing. At least one of the one or more cutting blades is positioned relative to the reference stop such that the at least one of the one or more cutting blades is a multiple of a distance between adjacent corrugation valleys of the corrugated stainless steel tubing.