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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
May. 20, 2021
Te Connectivity Services Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Matthew Steven Houser, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Michael Morris, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Christopher John Gavlak, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Joseph Francis Stachura, Lebanon, PA (US);
Gary Lee Deck, Bethel, PA (US);
Abstract
A cable preparation machine includes a frame forming a cable cutting zone, the frame having a cable opening along a cable axis at the cable cutting zone receiving an end of a cable. The cable preparation machine includes a pulley assembly rotatably coupled to the frame about the cable axis and a drive assembly operably coupled to the pulley assembly to rotate the pulley assembly about the cable axis. The cable preparation machine includes a blade assembly operably coupled to the pulley assembly and rotated with the pulley assembly about the cable axis. The blade assembly includes a blade having an arcuate cutting edge configured for cutting an insulator from the end of the cable.