Device for stripping the sheathing from the ends of insulated electrical conductors

A device for stripping the sheathing from an insulated electrical conductor, comprising a pair of cutting and stripping jaws for receiving the conductor, each jaw comprising a stack of blades ;

• each blade having at least one resiliently biased leg which, at the outer periphery of its front end, is provided with a cutting projection defined by two flanks meeting at an angle in a common top, the tops of all the cutting projections in the stack aligning into one cutting edge, wherein the jaws form an inner pair of jaws which are located within two clamping jaws forming an outer pair of jaws, the inner pair of jaws being arranged for displacement therein in the axial direction of an inserted conductor, and wherein each cutting and stripping jaw is substantially box-shaped and has side walls and, at the outer portion, at least a partial bottom wall, the stack of blades being arranged therein so that its peripheral blades are guided by the inner faces of the side walls, the inner face of the bottom wall being adapted to support means for biasing the blades, and the outer face of the bottom wall being adapted to be guided by an inner face of the juxtaposed outer clamping jaw during the displacement of the inner jaws in the outer jaws.