Wire strip, wrap and unwrap tool

Claim 1

A tool for stripping insulation from a wire end, for making a wrapped wire connection to an electrical terminal, and for unwrapping a wrapped wire connection, comprising a handle portion, a wrapping bit extending from one end of the handle and comprising an elongated shaft provided at one end with a recessed structure including an end face having a central terminal-receiving bore and, offset and spaced from the bore, means providing a hole substantially parallel to the bore for receiving the straight wire end and further including means providing a single wall extending completely across said end face and having a wire-engaging surface extending in a plane which is substantially parallel to but offset from the shaft axis and adjacent the bore edge, an unwrapping bit extending from the opposite end of the handle and comprising an elongated shaft provided at one end with a recessed structure having a central terminal-receiving bore dimensioned to receive the bare terminal but not a wire-wrapped terminal and, adjacent said bore, structure providing a knife edge extending transversely completely across the shaft end and adapted to fit under the first wrapped wire coil and engage with a surface thereof the adjacent coil surface for unwrapping the coil upon rotation of the tool, said knife edge surface being oriented substantially parallel to the orientation of the said adjacent facing surface of the coil end, and stripper means for removing insulation from electrical wire and comprising opposed insulation-cutting edges forming a stripping slot dimensioned to receive the bare wire but cut through any insulation thereon, said handle having a through-aperture therein located between the wrapping bit and unwrapping bit, said stripper means being mounted on said handle over the through-aperture such that a wire when positioned in the stripper slot will extend through the handle aperture.