Valve and wire cutting, skinning and wrapping tool employing the valve

A wire cutting, skinning and wrapping tool capable of performing two successive skinning and wrapping operations in order to interconnect two terminals with an insulated wire comprising:

• a hollow sleeve;
• a knife carried by said sleeve;
• and
• a bit provided with a longitudinal groove which is able to slide in a forward and backward direction in said sleeve, said bit and said knife skinning said wire over a predetermined length;
• means associated with said bit to move said bit from a backward position to a forward position during said skinning operation, the skinned wire portion being situated in said longitudinal groove during said two skinning operations;
• said sleeve being provided by normally closed sleeve halves, said insulated wire opening said sleeve halves longitudinally during said skinning operations and that said sleeve halves close again when said bit is in its forward position after each skinning operation, said predetermined skinned wire length being captured in said groove between said bit and said closed sleeve halves.