Patent ID: 7325764

Claim:
A wire stripper for stripping wire as it travels to a winding machine including a feed mechanism for drawing wire through said wire stripper and feeding it to a winding tool for winding the wire on a stator stack for a dynamo-electric machine, said wire stripper comprising an actuation assembly for actuating a movable blade member, said wire stripper further comprising: said movable blade member being located within said actuation assembly; said stripper includes a saddle member located adjacent said blade member and defining a pocket for receiving a wire; said actuation assembly supported for rotational movement about a rotational axis as the wire is conveyed along said rotational axis past said movable blade member and said saddle member; said actuation assembly defining opposing first and second ends and an opening at each end for passage of wire along said rotational axis from said first end to said second end; said saddle member being stationary, in a radial direction, relative to said rotational axis; and said movable blade member being movable in a radial direction, relative to said rotational axis, to engage the wire located in said pocket of said saddle member.