Insulation remover for electrical conductors

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SEVERING THE INSULATION ON AN INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR COMPRISING A SHAFT HAVING AN AXIAL BORE OPEN TO ONE END OF THE SHAFT, MEANS COUPLED TO THE SHAFT FOR ROTATING THE SHAFT ADJACENT THE ONE END THEREOF DEFINING A RECESS WHICH OPENS RADIALLY OF THE SHAFT FROM THE BORE, AN ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE HEATER STRIP, MEANS DISPOSED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OF AND PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO THE SHAFT AND CARRYING THE HEATER STRIP SO THAT THE HEATER STRIP IS DISPOSED ADJACENT THE RECESS, ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FORMING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS FOR DEFINING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PATH THROUGH THE HEATER STRIP FOR ANY ANGULAR POSITION OF THE SHAFT, AND SELECTIVELY OPERABLE MEANS ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION TO A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER AND OPERABLE TO COMPLETE A CIRCUIT THROUGH THE CIRCUIT FORMING MEANS AND TO ENERGIZE THE MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SHAFT, THE CIRCUIT FORMING MEANS INCLUDING A RESILIENT MEMBER WHICH BIASES THE PIVOTALY MOUNTED MEANS SO THAT THE HEATER STRIP IS DISPOSED OUT OF THE RECESS WHEN THE SHAFT IS STATIONARY, THE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED MEANS PIVOTING RELATIVE TO THE SHAFT IN RESPONSE TO CENTRIFUGAL FORCE UPON ROTATION OF THE SHAFT TO MOVE THE HEATER STRIP INTO THE RECESS.