Wire stripper

A wire stripper device comprising:

• a support member having a flat back surface,
• a guide member mounted on the upper end of said support member, said guide member having a guide hole therethrough with a square corner on the rear upper edge thereofl,
• an elongated flat flexible blade having a V-shaped cutting edge on the upper end thereof, and
• clamping means for clamping the lower end of the blade to the back surface of said support member with the upper cutting edge of the blade spaced from the upper edge of the guide hole to provide an opening on the back of the guide hole which is of a size to pass the bare wire but not the insulation coating of a conductor to be stripped,
• whereby when the free end of the coated conductor is pushed into the front end of the guide hole the blade is caused to be swung back as the coated conductor slides along the cutting edge thereof;
• and
• whereby when the coated conductor is pulled out of the guide hole the cutting edge of the blade digs into the coated conductor as the blade straightens out against the back surface of the support member causing the upper portion of the coating on the conductor to be crushed against the rear upper edge of the guide hole while severing the lower and side portions of the coating, the continued pulling on the coated conductor causing the coating to be separated such that the bare wire can be longitudinally slid out of the severed free end of the coating.