Wire stripping machine

Claim 1

A WIRE STRIPPING MACHINE FOR REMOVING A SECTION OF INSULATION SHEATH FROM AN ELONGATED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR COMPRISING: (A) A PAIR OF PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED CUTTING JAW MEMBERS EACH OF SAID CUTTING JAW MEMBERS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED PLANAR GUIDE SURFACE AND AN INSULATION CUTTING EDGE; (B) A PAIR OF PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED INTERCONNECTED INSULATION GRIPPING JAW MWMBERS, EACH OF SAID GRIPPING JAW MEMBERS BEING SUPPORTED FOR SLIDING MOVEMENT ALONG SAID PLANAR GUIDE SURFACE OF A CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID CUTTING JAW MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY; (C) SAID CUTTING JAW MEMBERS BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN AN OPEN POSITION IN WHICH SAID PLANAR GUIDE SURFACES CONVERGE IN A FIRST DIRECTION AND A CLOSED POSITION IN WHICH SAID PLANAR GUIDE SURFACE EXTEND PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER; (D) ACTUATING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CUTTING JAW MEMBERS BETWEEN SAID OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS AND (E) ACTUATING MEANS FOR SLIDING SAID INSULATION GRIPPING JAWS ALONG SAID PLANAR GUIDE SURFACES IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION WHEN SAID CUTTING JAWS ARE IN SAID CLOSED POSITION, TO REMOVE SAID SECTION OF INSULATION FOLLOWING CUTTING OF SAID INSULATION BY SAID CUTTING JAW MEMBERS, (F) SAID GRIPPING JAW MEMBERS BEING PREVENTED FROM MOVING IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION BY SAID PLANAR GUIDE SURFACES OF SAID GRIPPING JAW MEMBERS AT ALL TIMES EXCEPT WHEN SAID CUTTING JAW MEMBERS ARE IN SAID CLOSED POSITION.