Wire stripping tool
OwnerNeal W. Hudsoninventor
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Abstract
A tool for cutting insulation from electrical wire including a housing; an insert receivable by the housing, said insert including a wire guide opening and a grooved shoulder approximating the size of the wire to support the wire during the cutting operation; and one or more blades adjustably and transversely mounted to the longitudinal axis of the shoulder groove for cutting the insulation from the wire as the wire is pulled through the wire guide opening and along the groove of the insert. The insert is readily removable, being locked in place during use. In this manner, inserts having varying diameters of openings and grooves approximating the diameter of the insulated wire to be stripped may be employed.
Claims7
A wire stripper for cutting insulation from a wire, said cutter comprising:
- a stationary housing defining an opening for receiving and holding an insert;
- a wire guide insert received by the opening of said housing, said insert including a body portion and a shoulder portion, said body portion provided with a wire guide opening and having an exterior wall engageable with the interior wall of the opening of said housing and said shoulder portion including a longitudinally extending groove of equal size and concentric with the opening of said body portion for supporting an insulated wire placed therein;
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- at least one cutting blade mounted on said housing, each of said blades transversely mounted relative to the groove of said shoulder portion of said insert and each blade adjustably and reciprocally movable to and from the longitudinal axis of the groove for cutting insulation from wire drawn through the wire guide opening of said body portion and groove of said insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.