Automatic wire stripping device

Claim 1

A WIRE STRIPPING DEVICE FOR REMOVING INSULATION FROM AN INSULATED WIRE, SAID DEVICE INCLUDING A BASE, A STRIPING UNIT MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE ROTATABLY MOUNTED STRIPPING WHEEL, CONTROL MEANS MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE FOR ROTATING SAID STRIPPING WHEEL, DRIVE MEANS MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE TO MOVE SAID INSULATED WIRE IN A DIRECTION ALONG ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS PAST SAID WHEEL, SUPPORT MEANS ON SAID STRIPPING UNIT FOR SUPPORTING SAID INSULATED WIRE, SAID STRIPPING UNIT BEING MOVABLE TO A FIRST POSITON WHEREIN SAID INSULATED WIRE AND SAID STRIPPING WHEEL ARE IN ENGAGING RELATIONSHIP, RESILIENT MEANS FOR NORMALLY HOLDING SAID STRIPPING WHEEL AND SAID WIRE SEPARATED, AN ADJUSTABLE STOP MEMBER MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE LIMITING THE ENGAGEMENT OF SAID WIRE AND SAID WHEEL, ACTUATING MEANS MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BASE FOR MOVING SAID STRIPPING UNIT TO SAID FIRST POSITION, AND CONTROL MEANS TO CAUSE SAID ACTUATING MEANS TO MOVE SAID STRIPPING UNIT TO SAID FIRST POSITION AT PREDETERMINED INTERVALS.