Straight line wire stripper

Claim 1

AN IN-LINE WIRE STRIPPER ADAPTED TO BE ORIENTED IN GENERAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE WIRE TO BE STRIPPED INCLUDING A PAIR OF MOVABLE GRIPPER PADS, A PAIR OF PIVOTAL ARMS, ONE FOR MOUNTING EACH OF SAID PADS, SAID ARMS HAVING A COMMON PIVOT POINT SPACED FROM SAID GRIPPER PADS, A PAIR OF PIVOTAL HANDLES EXTENDING IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION AS THE WIRE TO BE STRIPPED, ONE OF SAID HANDLES BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID ARMS, SAID HANDLES BEING EFFECTIVE TO MOVE SAID ARMS AND PADS TO A CLOSED WIRE GRIPPING POSITION, A PAIR OF MOVABLE STRIPPER BLADES, A PAIR OF MOVABLE STRIPPER BLADE ARMS, ONE FOR MOUNTING EACH BLADE, A LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN EACH HANDLE AND A STRIPPER BLADE ARM, SAID HANDLES BEING EFFECTIVE TO MOVE SAID ARMS AND BLADES TO A CLOSED WIRE STRIPPING POSITION AND THEN TO MOVE SAID BLADES ALONG SAID WIRE, IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE HANDLES, TO STRIP THE WIRE AND A LATCH MEMBER PIVOTAL ON A STRIPPER BLADE ARM, A SPRING BIASING SAID LATCH MEMBER TOWARD SAID GRIPPER ARM PIVOT POINT, SAID LATCH MEMBER BEING IN LATCHING CONTACT WITH SAID GRIPPER ARM PIVOT POINT WHEN THE STRIPPER IS IN THE CLOSED WIRE STRIPPING POSITION, SAID LATCH MEMBER PREVENTING MOVEMENT OF SAID STRIPPER BLADE ARMS ALONG THE WIRE, AFTER STRIPPING, UNTIL THE GRIPPER PADS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE WIRE.