Wire stripper

In a wire stripper tool having a pair of arms connected at a pivot intermediate the ends thereof, one arm having an anvil at one end and the other arm having an opposed cutting head which supports a blade at the front of the head for slitting the wire insulation longitudinally, and a blade at each side of the head for slitting the insulation circumferentially, and wherein the anvil has a seat extending normal to the second-named blades for positioning the wire while being slit:

• spring means located between the pivot and the cutting blades and normally biasing the cutting head to a closed position relative to the anvil;
• said arms having opposed inner surfaces which are divergent rearward of said pivot to enable the arms to be squeezed together rearward of the pivot thereby to move the cutting head to an open position relative to the anvil which allows a wire to be positioned in the seat for slitting;
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• said inner surface of one arm being slotted and the inner surface of the arm opposed thereto having a guide rib with one end disposed in both the slot in the open and closed position of the cutting head.