Wire and cable cutting and stripping using adjacent blades

In wire processing apparatus wherein wire is moved endwise along a travel path, the combination comprising:

• a) blade pair means including two blade structures each extending at opposite sides of the wire travel path, each of said two structures comprising at least two sections having first and second cutting edges on one said structure and third and fourth cutting edges on another said structure,
• b) at least one drive means,
• c) and other means operatively connected between said drive means and said blade structures, and responsive to operation of the drive means for causing one blade structure to be relatively displaced in direction A toward said path as the other blade structure is relatively displaced in direction -A, to process the wire by cutting of the first and third edges into the wire, and subsequently to cause said one blade structure to be relatively displaced in direction -A, as said other blade structure is relatively displaced in direction A, to process the wire by cutting of the second and fourth edges into the wire.

In the method of processing wire wherein the wire is moved endwise along a travel path, the steps that include

• a) providing blade pair means including two blade structures each extending at opposite sides of the wire travel path, each of said structures provided to comprise at least two sections having first and second cutting edges on one said structure and third and fourth cutting edges on another said structure,
• b) providing at least one drive means, and other means operatively connected between the drive means and the blade structures,
• c) and operating said drive means to cause one blade structure to be relatively displaced in direction A toward said path as the other blade structure is relatively displaced in direction -A, to process the wire by cutting of the first and third edges into the wire, and subsequently to cause said one blade structure to be relatively displaced in direction -A, as said other blade structure is relatively displaced in direction A, to process the wire by cutting of the second and fourth edges into the wire.