Conductor wrapping bit
AssigneeGardner-Denver Company
InventorsWilliam J. Baker, Clifford L. Galloup
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Abstract
A wrapping bit for insulated conductor wire includes a transverse end face having a shelf projecting from the surface of the end face adjacent the longitudinal wire receiving groove. An insulation slitting knife edge is formed on the shelf and extends along the surface of the shelf in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the wrapping bit. A conductor guide channel intersects the wire receiving groove for guiding the insulated conductor onto the shelf and over the knife edge for slitting the conductor insulation longitudinally and just prior to wrapping the wire onto a terminal.
Claims8
A bit rotatable about a longitudinal axis for wrapping a flexible insulated conductor wire about a terminal in a series of helical convolutions comprising:
- an end face;
- a terminal receiving bore in said end face;
- a longitudinal conductor wire receiving groove in said bit and opening at one end to said end face;
- means forming a surface extending substantially transversely with respect to said axis across the opening of said groove to said end face for guiding and supporting said conductor wire after it is withdrawn from said groove;
- and,
- means forming a cutting edge disposed along said surface and extending in a substantially transverse direction with respect to said axis for continuously slitting the insulation of said conductor wire in a substantially longitudinal direction with respect to said conductor wire after said conductor wire is withdrawn from said groove and before said conductor wire is wrapped on a terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.