US 12,555,986 B2 · Powered wire skinner

Abstract

A powered wire skinner is configured with a skinner assembly that circumferentially attaches to a wire and a drive assembly that engages with a gear on the skinner to cause a portion of the skinner to rotate about the wire while cutting its exterior skin. The drive includes a drive shaft that engages with an electric drill's chuck. The rotation of the electric drill at the drive shaft translates to the rotational movement of the skinner assembly, thereby cutting the wire's skin to ultimately remove a portion of the wire's skin and expose the wire's metallic portion. The skinner's blade is spring-loaded to cause downward pressure against any surface that engages with the wire, namely the wire's skin. Thus, the rotational movement initiated by the power drill causes the spring-loaded blade to cut the skin and ultimately remove a desired portion of it.

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Dependent claims

A powered wire skinner, comprising:

a stripper assembly, comprising:
a worm gear;
bearings positioned adjacent to the worm gear;
a tube connected to the bearings, the tube having an opening;
a hinge frame at least partially surrounding the tube, wherein the hinge frame opens and closes about a hinge;
and
a blade, wherein the blade at least partially overlaps with the tube's opening;
a drive assembly, comprising:
a base;
a worm shaft positioned within the base, wherein the worm shaft engages with the worm gear to facilitate rotational movement of the worm gear;
a closure connected to the base that opens and closes about a hinge;
and
a drive shaft extending outward from the base.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Powered wire skinner

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Powered wire skinner

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Abstract

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