Wire wrap removing tool

A tool for removing a helically wrapped wire from about a terminal pin without damaging the pin, said tool comprising in combination:

• (a) a pair of jaws positionable toward and away from one another;
• (b) a first jaw of said pair of jaws having a wedge shape tapering longitudinally and terminated by a flat end portion, said first jaw including a first planar working surface for contactingly engaging the wire wrap on a first side of the terminal pin;
• (c) a second jaw of said pair of jaws including a second working surface having planar elements for contactingly engaging the wire wrap on a second side of the terminal pin diametrically opposed from the first side, said first and second working surfaces being oriented to effect positioning of said first and second working surfaces parallel to one another on contact with the wire wrap to apply uniformly distributed opposing forces to the wire wrap to squeeze it in one axis;
• (d) a foot protruding perpendicularly from the terminal end of said second jaw toward said first jaw and extending beneath said end portion of said first jaw on closure of said pair of jaws, said foot being insertable beneath the wire wrap for lifting the wire wrap off the terminal pin on application of an upward force to said tool, said foot including a slot for receiving the terminal pin;
• (e) a recess having parallel sides disposed within said second working surface and extending longitudinally along said second jaw for partially receiving the engaged side of the wire wrap, said recess being interconnected and aligned with said slot of said foot and extending therefrom along said second jaw;
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• (f) means for actuating said pair of jaws to squeeze the opposed first and second sides of the wire wrap toward one another whereby the configuration of the wire wrap is distorted to reduce frictional contact of the wire wrap with the terminal pin and permit sliding disengagement of the wire wrap from the terminal pin on application of the upward force of said tool.