Patent ID: 7017448

Claim:
A set of cutting blades for use in a wire stripper of the type having a pair of jaws, the cutting blades being mounted on at least one of the jaws for movement relative to one another along a blade movement axis, the set of cutting blades including: a movable blade mountable on one of the jaws for reciprocating movement along the blade movement axis, the movable blade having a body with a cutting edge defined thereon and a leg extending therefrom beyond the cutting edge, the leg having a gauge surface on a side thereof closest to the cutting edge, the cutting edge having a plurality of apertures formed therein at controlled locations relative to the gauge surface; and a floating blade mountable on said one of the jaws for movement in a direction toward the leg's gauge surface, the floating blade having a body with a cutting edge defined thereon which is in facing relation with the cutting edge of the movable blade, the floating blade's body further including a floating gauge surface adjoining the cutting edge and in facing relation with the gauge surface of the leg, the cutting edge having a plurality of apertures formed therein at controlled locations relative to the floating gauge surface, movement of the floating blade toward the leg causing the gauge surfaces of the blades to engage one another and thereby assure alignment of the apertures on the respective cutting edges.