Patent ID: 6272740
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of processing wire having a sheathing to sever the wire thereby to form severed wire ends and to remove sheathing from each severed wire end, the method using two spaced apart pairs of endless belt conveyors gripping the wire on opposite sides to impart movement selectively to the wire to feed it in a forward direction and a rearward direction, each pair of endless belt conveyors being separately driveable in the forward and rearward directions by at least one reversible conveyor motor, a blade assembly having two or more blades positioned between the spaced apart pairs of conveyors and relatively movable to sever the wire and to cut the sheathing on each severed wire end, and at least one actuator connected to the blades, the method comprising the steps of,a) operating the endless belt conveyor pairs to position the wire for at least two of said blades to sever the wire;b) actuating at least two of said blades to sever the wire;c) operating at least one motor to drive the endless belt conveyor pairs, at least one pair at a time, to position the two severed wire ends axially, at least one end at a time, for at least two of said blades to cut the sheathing on the two severed wire ends, at least one end at a time;d) actuating at least two of said blades to cut the sheathing on the two severed wire ends, at least one end at a time; ande) operating at least one motor to drive the endless belt conveyor pairs, at least one pair at a time, to move the two severed wire ends axially, at least one end at a time, so that the blades that cut the sheathing strip the cut sheathing from each severed wire end, at least one end at a time.