Patent ID: 6588302
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: H02G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for cutting and stripping portions of covering layers from a filamentary workpiece having a central axis, said apparatus comprising:a) clamping jaws for axially fixing the position of said workpiece; b) a single blade with an opening surrounded by a circular cutting edge; c) first motive means for moving said blade to cause said cutting edge to orbit said central axis; d) a pair of gripping members having spaced, opposed, end portions at substantially equal distances on laterally opposite sides of said workpiece on the axially opposite side of said blade from said clamping jaws; e) second motive means comprising first and second linear stepper motors respectively connected to said pair of gripping members for moving said gripping members radially of said workpiece between a first position, wherein said end portions are spaced from one another by a distance greater than the diameter of said workpiece, and a second position, wherein said end portions forcibly engage said covering layer; and f) third motive means for moving said blade and said gripping members axially of said workpiece to strip the severed slug of said coating layer from said workpiece.