Wirestripping device with opening adjustment means

Claim 1

MEANS TO STRIP A WIRE COMPRISING, A TOOL HAVING HAND GRIP MEANS IN ONE END PORTION AND A CUTTER HEAD ON THE OTHER END PORTION, TRIGGER MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID TOOL, SAID TRIGGER MEANS HAVING MEANS IN ONE END PORTION ENGAGEABLE TO OPERATE SAME AND BLADE MEANS MOUNTED ON AN OPPOSITE END PORTION, OPPOSING BLADE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID CUTTER HEAD, TRIGGER ABUTMENT MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TOOL IN SLIDABLE RELATIONSHIP THERETO, SAID TRIGGER ABUTMENT MEANS HAVING A PORTION ABUTTING SAID TRIGGER MEANS ON SAID ONE END PORTION AND ADAPTED TO CAM SAID TRIGGER MEANS TO THEREBY OPEN SAID BLADE MEANS, TRIGGER ADJUSTMENT MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TOOL, SAID TRIGGER ADJUSTMENT MEANS HAVING ENGAGEMENT MEANS, ENGAGEMENT MEANS ON SAID ABUTMENT MEANS IN ENENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ENGAGEMENT MEANS ON SAID ADJUSTMENT MEANS, AND RESILIENT MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TOOL AND HAVING ONE END PORTION SECURED THERETO IN SAID ONE END PORTION OF SAID TOOL AND THE OTHER END PORTION OF SAID RESILIENT MEANS SECURED TO SAID TRIGGER ABUTMENT MEANS, SAID MEANS TO STRIP WIRE ADAPTED IN USE TO REMOVE INSULATION COVERING FROM A WIRE BY OPENING THE BLADES THEREOF BY MOVING THE TRIGGER ABUTMENT MEANS, INSERTING THE COVERED WIRE BETWEEN THE BLADES, RELEASING THE TRIGGER ABUTMENT MEANS, THEREBY GRASPING THE INSULATION COVERING, AND MOVING THE TOOL LONGITUDINALLY RELATIVE TO THE WIRE THEREBY REMOVING THE INSULATION COVERING THRERFROM.