Patent ID: 8839695

Claim:
An apparatus for removing an insulation jacket from a wire core of an insulated wire or cable, comprising: a frame; a first roller rotationally engaged with said frame, said first roller having a plurality of annular cutting blades in an engagement therewith, spaced along a length of said roller; said cutting blades extending to distal edges from said engagement with said first roller; a second roller rotationally engaged with said frame; a plurality of annular recessed channels connected to said second roller; central portions of said plurality of channels substantially aligned with respective said distal edges of said cutting blades; said insulated wire positionable for a frictional engagement between a said distal edge of a respective said blade and a respective said channel aligned with said blade; said frictional engagement concurrently providing means to impart a cutting of said insulation jacket by said distal edge of said blade; whereby a length of said insulated wire in said frictional engagement is communicated through said apparatus by a powered rotation of one of said first roller or said blade forming said compressed engagement therewith, and said insulation jacket of said insulated wire is imparted with said cutting along said length, thereby allowing a removal of said insulation jacket from said wire core by a peeling therefrom subsequent to a traverse of said length of said wire through said apparatus; said first roller in a translational rotational engagement with said frame for a substantially parallel movement along a first direction toward said second roller and a first opposite direction away from said roller; means for imparting a biasing force of said first roller and said blades engaged therewith, toward said second roller; said biasing force providing means to impart a compression of said insulated wire in said frictional engagement; said compression providing an enhancement of said frictional engagement; and said first roller in a translational engagement with said frame for a substantially parallel movement along a second direction substantially parallel to said second roller.