Claims
- 1. Apparatus for processing wire having a wire core and a sheathing to sever the wire into sections and to cut the sheathing and strip it from the sections adjacent to their severed ends, comprising,a) a support structure; b) first and second pairs of endless belt conveyors mounted on said structure and axially spaced from each other; c) said belt conveyors in each pair comprising endless belts having parallel portions which grip opposite sides of the wire; d) at least one electrical conveyor drive motor connected to one of said belt conveyors in each pair selectively energizable to drive the associated belt conveyor in at least one direction; e) multiple blades movably supported by said structure for movement between one or more open positions in which the blades are separated from the wire, a wire severing position in which at least a pair of said blades severs the wire, and a sheathing cutting position in which at least a pair of said blades cuts the sheathing but not the wire core; f) at least one blade actuator connected to said blades and selectively energizable to relatively move said blades between their open, wire severing, and sheathing cutting positions; and g) an electrical controller connected to said at least one conveyor drive motor and to said at least one blade actuator to operate them in a controlled sequence to sever the wire into two sections, and to cut the sheathing at locations spaced from section severed ends, and to cause said first and second pairs of endless belt conveyors to displace said two sections so as to strip the sheathing from the two sections adjacent to their severed ends.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 09/320,096 filed May 26, 1999, which is a continuation of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 08/845,065 filed Apr. 21, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,937,511, which is a continuation of prior U.S. Ser. No. 08/353,352 filed Dec. 2, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,664,324, which is a continuation in part of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 08/022,981 filed Feb. 25, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,375,485, which is a continuation in part of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 07/857,972 filed Mar. 26, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,293,683, which is a divisional of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 07/765,986 filed Sep. 26, 1991 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,253,555 which is a continuation in part of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 07/659,557 filed Feb. 22, 1991, abandoned, which is a continuation in part of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 07/611,057 filed Nov. 9, 1990 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,146,673 and a continuation in part of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 08/148,568 filed Nov. 8, 1993 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,469,763, which is a continuation in part of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 08/022,981 filed Feb. 25, 1993 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,375,485, which is a continuation in part of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 07/857,972 filed Mar. 26, 1992 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,293,683, which is a divisional of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 07/765,986 filed Sep. 26, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,253,555, which is a continuation in part of prior U.S. Ser. No. 07/659,557 filed Feb. 22, 1991 now abandoned, which is a continuation in part of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 07/611,057 filed Nov. 9, 1990 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,146,673 incorporated herein by reference.
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