Cable sheath cutting device

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CUTTING FOR REMOVAL AND BEVELING CABLE COVERING MATERIALS WHICH APPARTUS COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION; (A) AT LEAST TWO ROLLER JOURNALS EACH HAVING AT LEAST TWO ROLLERS ARRANGED TO ROTATE AND REVOLVE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ON THE CABLE''S PERIPHERAL SURFACE AS THEIR RESPECTIVE JOURNAL IS REVOLVED ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CABLE; (B) A FIRST BLADE ASSEMBLY ON ONE OF SAID ROLLER JOURNALS HAVCING A BEVELING BLADE ARRANGED AND DISPOSED TO CUT THE CABLE COVERING MATERIAL IN A MANNER TO DEFINE A GENERALLY CONICAL SURFACE THEREON WHEN THE JOURNAL ON WHICH SAID FIRST BLADE ASSEMBLY IS MOUNTED IS REVOLVED ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CABLE; (C) A SECOND BLADE ASSEMBLY ON ONE OF SAID ROLLER JOURNALS HAVING A CUTTING BLADE SELECTABLY MOVEABLE TO AND THROUGH A MULTIPLICITY OF POSITIONS INCLUDING AND FROM A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID CUTTING BLADE IS DISPOSED TO CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SLIT THE CABLE COVERING MATERIAL WHEN THE JOURNAL ON WHICH SAID SECOND BLADE ASSEMBLY IS MOUNTED IS REVOLVED ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CABLE TO AND INCLUDING A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH SAID CUTTING BLADE IS DISPOSED TO LONGITUDINALLY SLIT THE CABLE COVERING MATERIAL WHEN THE JOURNAL ON WHICH SAID SECOND BLADE ASSEMBLY IS MOUNTED IS MOVED LONGITUDINALLY ALONG THE CABLE AND (D) A MEMBER CONNECTING SAID ROLLER JOURNALS IN A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ARRAY AROUND THE CABLE WITH ALL ROLLERS IN CONTACT WITH THE CABLE OUTER COVERING SURFACE.