CN207251087U - A kind of cable sheath apparatus for peeling off - Google Patents

A kind of cable sheath apparatus for peeling off Download PDF

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CN207251087U
CN207251087U CN201721198274.1U CN201721198274U CN207251087U CN 207251087 U CN207251087 U CN 207251087U CN 201721198274 U CN201721198274 U CN 201721198274U CN 207251087 U CN207251087 U CN 207251087U
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The utility model belongs to cable peeling appliance technology, there is provided a kind of cable sheath apparatus for peeling off, including rack and the apparatus for peeling off that is installed in rack;Rack is with an open U-shaped structure, including the first mounting portion, the second mounting portion and connecting portion;Apparatus for peeling off includes slip blade, cutter and holds line roller, slip blade is slidably mounted on the first mounting portion by dovetail groove panel structure, and adjusting mechanism and detent mechanism are equipped between the first mounting portion, cutter rotational installation is in slip blade close to one end of the second mounting portion, line roller is held equipped with two, two hold the rotational installation of line roller in the upper surface of the second mounting portion, and two hold line roller and are correspondingly arranged with cutter, and an adjustable for height clamp space is enclosed with cutter.The utility model is simple in structure, easy to operate, and barking depth is uniform, and cable internal structure will not be caused to damage, and improves the peeling efficiency of cable sheath with peeling result.

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A kind of cable sheath apparatus for peeling off
Technical field
It the utility model is related to cable peeling appliance technology, and in particular to a kind of cable sheath apparatus for peeling off.
Background technology
Cable is made of the conductor and outsourcing insulating protective layer of one or more mutually insulated, by electric power or information from one Place is transferred to the conducting wire at another place, and with the continuous development of electronics technology, mechanical technique, cable is used in more and more fields Line, electrician is when installing or overhauling power cable, it is necessary to the cable such as insulating layer and metal screen layer that cable appearance is covered Crust is peeled off with into the connection of row line, but since cable insulation layer segment is thicker harder, the more difficult behaviour therefore the peeling of cable works Make, directly affect the work efficiency of electrician operating personnel.
At present, divesting for cable appearance insulating layer, is realized using wire stripper more, and wire stripper includes being hinged up and down Two clamp handles, upper plier handle be provided with stripping cable sheath cutter, lower plier handle form place cable groove, need to shell outside cable Cable is placed in groove during skin, the stripping opened a conjunction by operating two hinged clamp handles one and realize cable sheath, the structure Simply, conveniently, but we have found in routine use, it still suffers from following defect:1st, solidus mode is unstable, and wire stripper are difficult To cut cable sheath and peel off cable sheath;2nd, barking depth is difficult to control, and cable internal structure is easily damaged during peeling; 3rd, since the operation level of operating personnel differs, easily there is the section out-of-flatness of cable insulation protective layer and the peeling depth is non-uniform Problem.
Therefore, a kind of cable sheath apparatus for peeling off is developed, not only with urgent researching value, it may have good economy Benefit and commercial application potentiality, this is exactly where the power that the utility model is accomplished and basis.
Utility model content
For in the prior art the defects of, the utility model provides a kind of cable sheath apparatus for peeling off, simple in structure, operation Convenient, barking depth is uniform, will not be to cable internal junction while realizing that high quality and high efficiency cable insulation protective layer is peeled off It is configured to damage.
The utility model provides a kind of cable sheath apparatus for peeling off, including rack and the peeling that is installed in the rack Device;
The rack is to include the first mounting portion, the second mounting portion and connection with an open U-shaped structure, the rack The connecting portion of first mounting portion and second mounting portion;
The apparatus for peeling off includes slip blade, cutter and holds line roller, and the slip blade passes through dovetail groove panel structure It is slidably mounted on first mounting portion, and adjusting mechanism is equipped between the slip blade and first mounting portion and is determined Position mechanism, cutter rotational installation is in the slip blade close to one end of second mounting portion, and the cutter is cut The lower face that sword is cut less than the slip blade is set, and the line roller that holds holds the rotational installation of line roller in institute equipped with two described in two The upper surface of the second mounting portion is stated, and line roller is held described in two and is correspondingly arranged with the cutter, a height is enclosed with the cutter Adjustable clamp space.
As an improvement technical solution, the mother of the dovetail groove panel structure is offered on first mounting portion Head, the slip blade are equipped with the male connector being adapted with the female.
As an improvement technical solution, the adjusting mechanism includes leading screw, feed screw nut, cover board, dial and hand Wheel, on the slip blade, the side of the slip blade towards first mounting portion opens up for the leading screw rotational installation Fluted, the leading screw is located in the groove, and the feed screw nut thread set is on the leading screw, and the feed screw nut It is fixedly installed on first mounting portion, the cover board is installed on the upper surface of the slip blade, the dial installation In the upper surface of the cover board, one end of the leading screw sequentially passes through the cover board and the dial, and key connection has handwheel.
As a kind of further improved technical solution, feed screw nut mounting groove, institute are offered on first mounting portion Feed screw nut is stated to be installed in feed screw nut mounting groove.
As a kind of further improved technical solution, the handwheel is equipped with handle, the handle and the handwheel spiral shell Line detachable is installed, and the handle is set close to the edge of the handwheel.
As an improvement technical solution, the detent mechanism includes positioning bolt, opened up on first mounting portion There are bolt mounting holes, the long sliding hole being adapted with the positioning bolt is offered on the slip blade, the positioning bolt leads to The long sliding hole screw thread is crossed to be installed in the bolt mounting holes.
As an improvement technical solution, the slip blade turns respectively close to one end both sides of second mounting portion Dynamic to be provided with limit roller, the lower face of the limit roller is higher than the cutting edge of the cutter, and less than under the slip blade End face is set.
As an improvement technical solution, line roller is held described in two and is located in same level, and line roller phase is held described in two Adjacent spread configuration.
Due to being had the advantages that using above technical scheme, the utility model;
A kind of cable sheath apparatus for peeling off, including rack and the apparatus for peeling off that is installed in rack;Rack is spacious with one The U-shaped structure of mouth, rack include the connection of the first mounting portion, the second mounting portion and the first mounting portion of connection and the second mounting portion Portion;Apparatus for peeling off includes slip blade, cutter and holds line roller, and slip blade is slidably mounted on first by dovetail groove panel structure On mounting portion, and adjusting mechanism and detent mechanism are equipped between slip blade and the first mounting portion, cutter is rotatablely installed in slip Supporting plate is close to one end of the second mounting portion, and the cutting edge of cutter is set less than the lower face of slip blade, holds line roller equipped with two A, two hold the rotational installation of line roller in the upper surface of the second mounting portion, and two hold line roller and are correspondingly arranged with cutter, are enclosed with cutter One adjustable for height clamp space.Improved based on more than, the utility model is simple in structure, real by adjustment structure and detent mechanism Existing slip blade moves up and down, so as to drive cutter to be moved, in use, first passing through adjusting mechanism and detent mechanism adjusting The size in clamp space so that cutter and two holds line roller and will be fixedly clamped with peeling cable, then adjusts cutter by adjusting mechanism With two relative motions for holding line roller so that cutter along cable radial direction cut cable sheath, finally along the week of cable To cable or the device is rotated, realize cable sheath it is circumferentially cutting after, extract cable out, you can complete to protect skin to cable insulation Peeling;The wire stripping mode of traditional wire stripper is compared, it is not only easy to operate, and the steady solidus to cable is realized, peeling is deep Degree is uniform, and the internal structure of cable will not be caused to damage while wire stripping, improves the peeling efficiency of cable sheath with stripping Cortex amount, provides convenience for the wiring work of staff.
Slip blade is slidably installed by dovetail groove panel structure on the first mounting portion, is not required in addition add spacing slip Structure, and slide the guiding steadily, improved between slip blade and the first mounting portion and slide precision, it is that slip blade is pacified in first Smooth sliding in dress portion provides reliable guarantee.
Adjusting mechanism includes leading screw, feed screw nut, cover board, dial and handwheel, leading screw rotational installation on slip blade, The side of slip blade towards the first mounting portion opens up fluted, and leading screw is located in groove, and feed screw nut thread set is in leading screw On, and feed screw nut is fixedly installed on the first mounting portion, cover board is installed on the upper surface of slip blade, and dial is installed on lid The upper surface of plate, one end of leading screw sequentially passes through cover board and dial, and key connection has handwheel;Improved based on more than, slide support The groove offered on plate, is easy to implement leading screw in the rotational installation on slip blade, saves installation space, structure connection is tight Gather, the cover board being equipped with realizes the protection to each internals, the dial and handwheel being equipped with, and turns according to the scale on dial Start to take turns, realize the rotation of leading screw, since feed screw nut is fixedly installed on the first mounting portion, leading screw connects with feed screw nut screw thread Connect, so leading screw rotates and then drives slip blade to be slided in the displacement on the first mounting portion, slide accuracy height, and easy to behaviour Make the control accurate, it can be achieved that to slide displacement distance, to adjust the accurate stripping that cutter cuts cable sheath and realizes cable sheath From providing reliable guarantee.
Detent mechanism includes positioning bolt, and bolt mounting holes are offered on the first mounting portion, offered on slip blade with The long sliding hole that positioning bolt is adapted, positioning bolt are installed in bolt mounting holes by long sliding hole screw thread;Improved based on more than, The detent mechanism being equipped with, positioning bolt can slide up and down in long sliding hole, when cutter is adjusted, only need to unclamp positioning spiral shell Bolt rotates handwheel, after adjusting, screws positioning bolt, can realize that positioning of the slip blade with respect to rack is fixed, keep away It is mobile and then the generation of cut wound phenomenon is caused to cable internal structure to exempt from peeling process the cutter location caused by extraneous factor.
Slip blade is rotatablely equipped with limit roller respectively close to one end both sides of the second mounting portion, and the lower face of limit roller is high Set in the cutting edge of cutter, and less than the lower face of slip blade;Improved based on more than, the limit roller being equipped with is realized to electricity The auxiliary stopper of cable is fixed, it is achieved thereby that the steady solidus of cable, the skinning operations for follow-up cable provide quality assurance.
In conclusion the utility model is simple in structure, it is easy to operate, and barking depth is uniform, will not be to cable internal junction It is configured to damage, improves the peeling efficiency of cable sheath with peeling result, meet use demand of the people to cable peeling.
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, below will be right in order to illustrate more clearly of the utility model embodiment or technical solution of the prior art Embodiment or attached drawing needed to be used in the description of the prior art are briefly described.In all of the figs, it is similar Element or part are generally identified by similar reference numeral.In attached drawing, each element or part might not be according to actual ratios Draw.
Fig. 1 is the structure diagram of the utility model;
Fig. 2 is the structure diagram of the first mounting portion of the utility model;
Fig. 3 is the structure diagram of the utility model slip blade;
Reference numeral:1- racks;The first mounting portions of 101-;1011- females;1012- feed screw nut mounting grooves;1013- spiral shells Bolt mounting hole;The second mounting portions of 102-;103- connecting portions;2- slip blades;201- male connectors;202- grooves;203- long sliding holes;3- Cutter;4- holds line roller;5- leading screws;6- feed screw nuts;7- cover boards;8- dials;9- handwheels;10- handles;11- positioning bolts; 12- limit rollers.
Embodiment
The embodiment of technical solutions of the utility model is described in detail below in conjunction with attached drawing.Following embodiments are only For clearly illustrating the technical solution of the utility model, therefore example is only used as, and this practicality cannot be limited with this New protection domain.
As shown in Figure 1 to Figure 3, the utility model provides a kind of cable sheath apparatus for peeling off, including rack 1 and is installed on Apparatus for peeling off in rack 1;Rack 1 is to be installed with an open U-shaped structure, rack 1 including the first mounting portion 101, second Portion 102 and the connecting portion 103 of the first mounting portion 101 of connection and the second mounting portion 102;Apparatus for peeling off includes slip blade 2, cutter 3 and line roller 4 being held, slip blade 2 is slidably mounted on the first mounting portion 101 by dovetail groove panel structure, in the present embodiment, the The female 1011 of dovetail groove panel structure is offered on one mounting portion 101, slip blade 2 is equipped with what is be adapted with female 1011 Male connector 201, slip blade 2 are slidably installed on the first mounting portion 101 by dovetail groove panel structure, are not required in addition add spacing Slide construction, and slide the guiding steadily, improved between 2 and first mounting portion 101 of slip blade and slide precision, it is slip blade 2 provide reliable guarantee in the smooth sliding on the first mounting portion 101, are equipped with and adjust between 2 and first mounting portion 101 of slip blade Save mechanism and detent mechanism, cutter 3 is rotatablely installed in slip blade 2 close to one end of the second mounting portion 102, and cutter 3 is cut The lower face that sword is cut less than slip blade 2 is set, and holds line roller 4 equipped with two, two, which hold line roller 4, is rotatablely installed in the second mounting portion 102 upper surface, two, which hold line roller 4, is located in same level, and two hold the setting of 4 arranged adjacent of line roller, and two hold line roller 4 and cutter 3 are correspondingly arranged, and an adjustable for height clamp space is enclosed with cutter 3.
Adjusting mechanism includes leading screw 5, feed screw nut 6, cover board 7, dial 8 and handwheel 9, and leading screw 5 is rotatablely installed in slip On supporting plate 2, the side of slip blade 2 towards the first mounting portion 101 opens up fluted 202, and leading screw 5 is located in groove 202, leading screw 6 thread set of nut is on leading screw 5, and feed screw nut 6 is fixedly installed on the first mounting portion 101, for ease of realizing leading screw spiral shell The installation of mother 6, in the present embodiment, offers feed screw nut mounting groove 1012, feed screw nut 6 is installed on the first mounting portion 101 In feed screw nut mounting groove 1012, cover board 7 is installed on the upper surface of slip blade 2, and dial 8 is installed on the upper surface of cover board 7, One end of leading screw 5 sequentially passes through cover board 7 and dial 8, and key connection has a handwheel 9, and handwheel 9 is equipped with handle 10, handle 10 with 9 screw thread detachable of handwheel is installed, and handle 10 is set close to the edge of handwheel 9, certainly, to reduce pivoting friction, leading screw 5 with it is each Bearing is respectively mounted at the rotation connection of component;The groove 202 offered on slip blade 2, is easy to implement leading screw 5 in slip blade Rotational installation on 2, saves installation space, structure connection is compact, and the cover board 7 being equipped with realizes the guarantor to each internals Shield, the dial 8 and handwheel 9 being equipped with, rotate handwheel 9 according to the scale on dial 8, the rotation of leading screw 5 are realized, due to leading screw Nut 6 is fixedly installed on the first mounting portion 101, and leading screw 5 is threadedly coupled with feed screw nut 6, so leading screw 5 is rotated and then driven Slip blade 2 is slided in the displacement on the first mounting portion 101, and it is high and easy to operation, it can be achieved that to slide displacement to slide accuracy The control accurate of distance, realizes that accurate peel off of cable sheath provides reliable guarantee to adjust the incision cable sheath of cutter 3.
Detent mechanism includes positioning bolt 11, and bolt mounting holes 1013, slip blade 2 are offered on the first mounting portion 101 On offer the long sliding hole 203 being adapted with positioning bolt 11, positioning bolt 11 is installed on bolt by 203 screw thread of long sliding hole pacifies Fill in hole 1013;The detent mechanism being equipped with, positioning bolt 11 can slide up and down in long sliding hole 203, cutter 3 are adjusted When, it need to only unclamp positioning bolt 11 and rotate handwheel 9, after adjusting, screw positioning bolt 11, can realize slip blade The positioning of 2 opposite racks 1 is fixed, and avoids in peeling process that 3 position of cutter is mobile and then in cable caused by extraneous factor Portion's structure causes the generation of cut wound phenomenon.
Make it that to the fixing effect of cable more preferably slip blade 2 turns respectively close to one end both sides of the second mounting portion 102 Dynamic to be provided with limit roller 12, the lower face of limit roller 12 is higher than the cutting edge of cutter 3, and is set less than the lower face of slip blade 2 Put;The limit roller 12 being equipped with, which realizes, fixes the auxiliary stopper of cable, it is achieved thereby that the steady solidus of cable, for follow-up electricity The skinning operations of cable provide quality assurance.
The cable sheath apparatus for peeling off based on said structure, it is simple in structure, realized by adjustment structure and detent mechanism Slip blade 2 moves up and down, so as to drive cutter 3 to be moved, in use, first passing through adjusting mechanism and detent mechanism adjusting The size in clamp space so that cutter 3 and two holds line roller 4 and will be fixedly clamped with peeling cable, then is adjusted and cut by adjusting mechanism Knife 3 and two holds the relative motion of line roller 4, so that cutter 3 cuts cable sheath along the radial direction of cable, finally along cable Circumferentially rotate cable or the device, realize cable sheath it is circumferentially cutting after, extract out cable, you can complete to cable insulation protect The peeling of sheath;The wire stripping mode of traditional wire stripper is compared, it is not only easy to operate, and the steady solidus to cable is realized, shell Skin uniform depth, will not cause to damage, improve the peeling efficiency of cable sheath while wire stripping to the internal structure of cable With peeling result, provide convenience for the wiring work of staff.
Finally it should be noted that:Various embodiments above is only to illustrate the technical solution of the utility model, rather than it is limited System;Although the utility model is described in detail with reference to foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should Understand:It can still modify the technical solution described in foregoing embodiments, either to which part or whole Technical characteristic carries out equivalent substitution;And these modifications or replacement, the essence of appropriate technical solution is departed from this practicality newly The scope of each embodiment technical solution of type, it should all cover among the claim of the utility model and the scope of specification.

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  1. A kind of 1. cable sheath apparatus for peeling off, it is characterised in that:Including rack and the apparatus for peeling off being installed in the rack;
    The rack is to include with an open U-shaped structure, the rack described in the first mounting portion, the second mounting portion and connection The connecting portion of first mounting portion and second mounting portion;
    The apparatus for peeling off includes slip blade, cutter and holds line roller, and the slip blade is slided by dovetail groove panel structure It is installed on first mounting portion, and adjusting mechanism and localization machine is equipped between the slip blade and first mounting portion Structure, cutter rotational installation in the slip blade close to one end of second mounting portion, and the cutting edge of the cutter Lower face less than the slip blade is set, and the line roller that holds holds the rotational installation of line roller in described the equipped with two described in two The upper surface of two mounting portions, and line roller is held described in two and is correspondingly arranged with the cutter, it is highly adjustable to enclose one with the cutter Clamp space.
  2. A kind of 2. cable sheath apparatus for peeling off according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:Opened up on first mounting portion There is the female of the dovetail groove panel structure, the slip blade is equipped with the male connector being adapted with the female.
  3. A kind of 3. cable sheath apparatus for peeling off according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The adjusting mechanism includes silk Thick stick, feed screw nut, cover board, dial and handwheel, leading screw rotational installation is on the slip blade, the slip blade court Opened up to the side of first mounting portion fluted, the leading screw is located in the groove, the feed screw nut thread set In on the leading screw, and the feed screw nut is fixedly installed on first mounting portion, and the cover board is installed on the slip The upper surface of supporting plate, the dial are installed on the upper surface of the cover board, and one end of the leading screw sequentially passes through the cover board With the dial, and key connection has handwheel.
  4. A kind of 4. cable sheath apparatus for peeling off according to claim 3, it is characterised in that:Opened up on first mounting portion There is feed screw nut mounting groove, the feed screw nut is installed in feed screw nut mounting groove.
  5. A kind of 5. cable sheath apparatus for peeling off according to claim 3, it is characterised in that:The handwheel is equipped with handle, The handle is installed with the handwheel screw thread detachable, and the handle is set close to the edge of the handwheel.
  6. A kind of 6. cable sheath apparatus for peeling off according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The detent mechanism includes positioning Bolt, offers bolt mounting holes on first mounting portion, offers on the slip blade and mutually fitted with the positioning bolt The long sliding hole matched somebody with somebody, the positioning bolt are installed in the bolt mounting holes by the long sliding hole screw thread.
  7. A kind of 7. cable sheath apparatus for peeling off according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The slip blade is close to described One end both sides of second mounting portion are rotatablely equipped with limit roller respectively, and the lower face of the limit roller is higher than the cutting of the cutter Sword, and set less than the lower face of the slip blade.
  8. A kind of 8. cable sheath apparatus for peeling off according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:Line roller is held described in two positioned at same The setting of line roller arranged adjacent is held on horizontal plane, and described in two.
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