Wrapping of insulated wire
AssigneeWestern Electric Company, Inc.
InventorWillard E. Rapp
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Abstract
A wire wrapping tool (10) includes a gun (20), a bit (24) for cutting, stripping and wrapping a wire (21), a sleeve (25) for receiving the bit and a wire softening device (26). The device (26) includes a pair of opposed rollers (28,30) for softening the wire (21) pulled therethrough.
Claims8
Apparatus for wire wrapping insulated wire, comprising:
- a wire wrapping tool;
- and
- means coupled to the tool for softening the insulation of an insulated wire to be wrapped by the tool prior to wrapping thereof.
An apparatus for wire wrapping insulated wire, comprising a wire wrapping tool having a trigger for activating the gun, and means coupled to the gun for softening the insulation of an insulated wire to be wrapped by the gun prior to wrapping thereof, said means comprising:
- a frame;
- a spring biased arm pivotally mounted on the frame, said arm being gun-shaped and including a trigger end positioned in alignment with the trigger of the gun for efficient change in operation from softening the wire insulation to wrapping the wire;
- and
- a pair of opposed rollers, one of the rollers being rotatably mounted on the frame and the other of the rollers being rotatably mounted on the arm, said pair of opposed rollers being relatively movable away from one another by upwards movement of the trigger end of the arm and relatively movable toward each other by releasing the trigger end of the arm.
A method of wire wrapping an insulated wire comprising the step of softening the wire insulation prior to wrapping of the wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.