Apparatus for stripping coverings from wire

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR REMOVING AN OUTER COVERING FROM A WIRE AND THE LIKE AND COMPRISING A HOUSING, A GUIDEWAY FORMED IN SAID HOUSING, A PAIR OF SPACED SLIDE BLOCKS SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER, CLAMPING MEANS MOUNTED ON EACH SLIDE BLOCK FOR TRANSVERSE MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO, CAM SURFACES FORMED ON SAID CLAMPING MEANS, CAM CONTROL SURFACES FORMED IN SAID GUIDEWAY AND BEING ENGAGED WITH THE CAM SURFACES OF SAID CLAMPING MEANS DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID SLIDE BLOCKS TO CONTROL TRANSVERSE DISPLACEMENT OF SAID CLAMPING MEANS, ACTUATING MEANS TO MOVE SAID SLIDE BLOCKS FROM A FIRST POSITION HAVING A SPACING INTERVAL THEREBETWEEN TO A SECOND POSITION SPACED CLOSELY ADJACENT ONE ANOTHER, A WIRE RECEIVING OPENING EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID HOUSING AND BEING DEFINED BY COAXIALLY ALIGNED GROOVES FORMED BETWEEN SAID SLIDE BLOCKS AND SAID CLAMPING MEANS, MEANS TO POSITION SAID WIRE AND SAID COVERING IN SAID GROOVES, GRIPPER MEANS PROVIDED