Patent ID: 6018873
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: H01B,Y02W

Abstract:
A wire stripper device for stripping insulation from a wire comprising:a housing, said housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end surface, a second end surface, a front side surface, a back side surface, a wire guide insert channel, a threaded set screw channel, a threaded knife guide channel;a wire guide insert positioned in said wire guide insert channel and extending from said front side surface to said back side surface, said wire guide insert having a wire guide bore which extends from said front side surface to said back side surface, said wire guide insert having a first leg and a second leg, said second leg having a slot which extends longitudinally from a back end of said second leg to a groove on said second leg, said second leg having an indented guide surface postioned along said slot;a knife assembly, said knife assembly having an elongated knife bar, said elongated knife bar having a cylindrical section and a tapered flat cutting section, said cylindrical section having a stop portion, a coiled spring mounted on said cylindrical section and a threaded adjusting nut for adjusting the depth of said knife bar, said knife bar adjustably mounted in said threaded knife guide channel, said knife bar extending into said indented guide surface and through said slot into said wire guide bore, said tapered flat cutting section having a thickness which is less than said slot so said wire insert can be removed from said housing without retracting said knife bar.