Cable sheath cutting device

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR REMOVING AND BEVELING CABLE COVERING MATERIALS WHICH APPARATUS COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION; (A) A FRAME HAVING AN OPENING ADAPTED TO FIT AROUND A CABLE; (B) A FIRST ROLLER ASSEMBLY ON SAID FRAME HAVING A ROLLER JOURNAL SELECTABLY MOVEABLE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH ROLLERS THEREON ARE DISPOSED TO ROTATE AND REVOLVE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ON THE CABLE''S PERIPHERAL SURFACE WHEN THE FRAME IS MOVED ROTATABLY ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CABLE AND A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH SAID ROLLERS ARE DISPOSED TO ROTATE AND MOVE LONGITUDINALLY ON THE CABLE''S OUTER SURFACE WHEN THE FRAME IS MOVED LONGITUDINALLY ALONG THE CABLE; (C) A SECOND ROLLER ASSEMBLY ON SAID FRAME SUBSTANTIALLY DIAMETRICALLY DISPLACED FROM SAID FIRST ROLLER ASSEMBLY WITH RESPECT TO THE CABLE CROSS SECTION, HAVING ROLLERS ON A JOURNAL MOVEABLE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS CORRESPONDING RESPECTIVELY TO THE FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS OF THE FIRST ROLLER ASSEMBLY; (D) A FIRST BLADE ASSEMBLY ON SAID FRAME HAVING A BEVELING BLADE ARRANGED AND DISPOSED TO CUT THE CABLE COVERING MATERIAL TO DEFINE A GENERALLY CONICAL SURFACE THEREON WHEN THE FRAME IS MOVED ROTATABLY ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CABLE AND (E) A SECOND BLADE ASSEMBLY HAVING A CUTTING BLADE SELECTABLY MOVEABLE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID CUTTING BLADE IS DISPOSED TO CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SLIT THE CABLE COVERING MATERIAL WHEN SAID FRAME IS MOVED ROTATABLY ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CABLE AND A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH SAID CUTTING BLADE IS DISPOSED TO LONGITUDINALLY SLIT THE CABLE COVERING MATERIAL WHEN SAID FRAME IS MOVED LONGITUDINALLY ALONG THE CABLE.