Patent ID: 7947921

Claim:
A device for stripping insulation from an insulated electric wire, comprising: longitudinally spaced coaxial mandrels that are supported on columns attached to a machine bed; two reflecting mirrors that are pivotally mounted on laterally spaced supports and that are secured to the machine bed so that the reflecting mirrors and pivot on axes that are below and on opposite sides of a vertical center plane P through the axis of the mandrel inserts; adjustors attached to the respective mirrors and the laterally spaced supports and to adjust the tilt of the mirrors; and a laser beam generator above the coaxial mandrels positioned to reflect a focused laser beam off one of the two reflecting mirrors onto the insulation jacket to cut through the insulation jacket on one side of the insulated electric wire and reflect the focused laser beam off the other one of the two reflecting mirrors onto the insulation jacket to cut through the insulation jacket on an opposite side of the insulated electric wire.