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US3241407A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Adjustable collet wire guide for a wire stripper

Assignee: Ideal Industries Inc
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Filing: 1964-10-05
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Granted: 1966-03-22
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Expires: 1984-10-05
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Oehlerking Dean

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 16:42
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02G; H02G1/00; H02G1/12; H02G1/1202; H02G1/1248; H02G1/1265; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T279/00; Y10T279/17; Y10T279/17666; Y10T279/17692; Y10T279/17717

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 217 words
A WIRE STRIPPER WITH AN ADJUSTABLE COLLET TYPE WIRE GUIDE WHICH INCLUDES, IN COMBINATION, A BODY SECTION, A CAM ELEMENT WITHIN THE BODY SECTION, OPPOSED CAM SURFACES ON THE CAM ELEMENT, A PLURALITY OF OPPOSED COLLET PAIRS, EACH COLLET HAVING OPPOSED ENDS, EACH COLLET POSITIONED SO THAT ONE OF THE ENDS CONTACTS THE CAM SURFACES IN THE CAM ELEMENT, THE OTHER END OF THE COLLET PAIRS HAVING A LATERAL ARM WITH A TROUGH DEFINED THEREIN, THE PLURALITY OF TROUGHS IN THE PLURALITY OF LATERAL ARMS ADAPTED TO FORM AN ENTRY GUIDE FOR A WIRE, MEANS TO URGE THE COLLETS AGAINST THE CAM SURFACES, MEANS TO INDUCE RELATIVE MOVEMENTS BETWEEN THE COLLECT PAIRS AND THE CAM ELEMENT SO THAT THE COLLECT PAIRS MOVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER WHEN RELATIVE MOVEMENT OCCURS BETWEEN SAID CAM ELEMENT AND SAID COLLETS, AND THE PAIRS OF COLLETS BEING MOVED THE SAME RADIAL DISTANCE UPON RELATIVE MOVEMENT SO THAT A SELECTED ENTRY GUIDE FOR A WIRE OF GIVEN DIMENSION IS FORMED IN SAID PLURALITY OF TROUGHS, AND YIELDABLY CUTTING MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED WITH THE TROUGH FORMED IN THE LATERAL ARMS, AND SAID CUTTING MEANS ADAPTED TO CUT THE INSULATION COVER FROM THE WIRE WHICH IS INSERTED THROUGHT THE ENTRY FORMED BY THE PLURALITY OF TROUGHS IN THE LATERAL ARMS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 217 words
A WIRE STRIPPER WITH AN ADJUSTABLE COLLET TYPE WIRE GUIDE WHICH INCLUDES, IN COMBINATION, A BODY SECTION, A CAM ELEMENT WITHIN THE BODY SECTION, OPPOSED CAM SURFACES ON THE CAM ELEMENT, A PLURALITY OF OPPOSED COLLET PAIRS, EACH COLLET HAVING OPPOSED ENDS, EACH COLLET POSITIONED SO THAT ONE OF THE ENDS CONTACTS THE CAM SURFACES IN THE CAM ELEMENT, THE OTHER END OF THE COLLET PAIRS HAVING A LATERAL ARM WITH A TROUGH DEFINED THEREIN, THE PLURALITY OF TROUGHS IN THE PLURALITY OF LATERAL ARMS ADAPTED TO FORM AN ENTRY GUIDE FOR A WIRE, MEANS TO URGE THE COLLETS AGAINST THE CAM SURFACES, MEANS TO INDUCE RELATIVE MOVEMENTS BETWEEN THE COLLECT PAIRS AND THE CAM ELEMENT SO THAT THE COLLECT PAIRS MOVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER WHEN RELATIVE MOVEMENT OCCURS BETWEEN SAID CAM ELEMENT AND SAID COLLETS, AND THE PAIRS OF COLLETS BEING MOVED THE SAME RADIAL DISTANCE UPON RELATIVE MOVEMENT SO THAT A SELECTED ENTRY GUIDE FOR A WIRE OF GIVEN DIMENSION IS FORMED IN SAID PLURALITY OF TROUGHS, AND YIELDABLY CUTTING MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED WITH THE TROUGH FORMED IN THE LATERAL ARMS, AND SAID CUTTING MEANS ADAPTED TO CUT THE INSULATION COVER FROM THE WIRE WHICH IS INSERTED THROUGHT THE ENTRY FORMED BY THE PLURALITY OF TROUGHS IN THE LATERAL ARMS.

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