Rotary stripping device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018090918-A1
Application number	US-201615277032-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 27, 2016
Priority date	Sep 27, 2016
Publication date	Mar 29, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A rotary stripping device for a wire includes a support panel having a wire opening configured to receive an end of the wire and a wire stripper mounted to the support panel. The wire stripper includes an actuating wheel and a blade wheel independently movable relative to the actuating wheel. The wheels have wire openings aligned with the wire opening of the support panel to receive the wire. The wire stripper has a stripper blade held by the blade wheel having a cutting edge configured to engage the wire. The wire stripper has an actuator associated with the actuating wheel operably coupled to the stripper blade to move the stripper blade. The actuator causes the stripper blade to move as the actuating wheel is moved relative to the blade wheel to move the cutting edge of the stripper blade relative to the wire opening in the blade wheel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A rotary stripping device for a wire comprising:
a support panel having a wire opening configured to receive an end of the wire; and a wire stripper mounted to the support panel, the wire stripper comprising an actuating wheel and a blade wheel independently movable relative to the actuating wheel, the actuating wheel having a wire opening aligned with the wire opening of the support panel to receive the wire, the blade wheel having a wire opening aligned with the wire opening of the support panel to receive the wire, the wire stripper having a stripper blade held by the blade wheel having a cutting edge configured to engage the wire, the wire stripper having an actuator associated with the actuating wheel operably coupled to the stripper blade to move the stripper blade, the actuator causing the stripper blade to move as the actuating wheel is moved relative to the blade wheel to move the cutting edge of the stripper blade relative to the wire opening in the blade wheel.

2 . The rotary stripping device of claim 1 , wherein the actuating wheel and the blade wheel are axially aligned and in close proximity to each other.

3 . The rotary stripping device of claim 1 , wherein the actuating wheel and the blade wheel are rotated at different speeds.

4 . The rotary stripping device of claim 1 , wherein the actuating wheel has a different diameter than the blade wheel to rotate at a different rate than the blade wheel.

5 . The rotary stripping device of claim 1 , wherein the actuating wheel and the blade wheel are rotated by a common drive wheel.

6 . The rotary stripping device of claim 5 , wherein the drive wheel includes gear teeth, the actuating wheel includes gear teeth interacting with the gear teeth of the drive wheel, and the blade wheel includes gear teeth interacting with the gear teeth of the drive wheel, the actuating wheel having a different number of teeth than the blade wheel causing the actuating wheel and the blade wheel to rotate at a different rate resulting in relative motion between the actuating wheel and the blade wheel.

7 . The rotary stripping device of claim 1 , further comprising an actuator belt between a drive wheel and the actuating wheel driving the actuating wheel and a blade belt between the drive wheel and the blade wheel driving the blade wheel, wherein the actuating wheel has a different diameter than the blade wheel to rotate at a different rate than the blade wheel.

8 . The rotary stripping device of claim 1 , wherein the actuator is a link fixed at a first end to the actuating wheel and fixed at a second end to the stripper blade, wherein relative movement between the actuating wheel and the blade wheel causes relative movement of the stripper blade relative to the blade wheel.

9 . The rotary stripping device of claim 1 , wherein the blade wheel includes a blade slot receiving the stripper blade and confining movement of the stripper blade in a linear direction.

10 . The rotary stripping device of claim 1 , wherein the actuating wheel includes a cam slot, the stripper blade having a cam follower extending into the cam slot, the cam follower moving in the cam slot as the actuating wheel is moved relative to the blade wheel to move the cutting edge of the stripper blade relative to the wire opening in the blade wheel.

11 . The rotary stripping device of claim 10 , wherein the cam slot is non-concentric with an axis of rotation of the actuating wheel.

12 . The rotary stripping device of claim 10 , wherein the cam slot extends along an arcuate path between an inner end and an outer end, the inner end being a first radial distance from an axis of rotation of the actuating wheel, the outer end being a second radial distance from the axis of rotation of the actuating wheel greater than the first radial distance.

13 . The rotary stripping device of claim 10 , wherein the cam slot extends along an arcuate path between an inner end and an outer end, the cam slot having an inner cam surface and an outer cam surface, the inner cam surface engaging the cam follower when the actuating wheel is rotated in a first direction to drive the cutting edge toward the wire, the outer cam surface engaging the cam follower when the actuating wheel is rotated in a second direction to drive the cutting edge away from the wire.

14 . The rotary stripping device of claim 1 , wherein the stripper blade is a first stripper blade and the actuator is a first actuator, the wire stripper further comprising a second stripper blade on an opposite side of the wire opening from the first stripper blade, the second stripper blade being operably coupled to the second actuator, the first and second stripper blades being driven in opposite directions by rotation of the actuating wheel relative to the first and second stripper blades.

15 . The rotary stripping device of claim 1 , further comprising a driver supported by a frame of the rotary stripping device, the driver having a motor, a drive shaft driven by the motor, and a drive wheel driven by the drive shaft, the drive wheel engaging and driving both the actuating wheel and the blade wheel.

16 . The rotary stripping device of claim 1 , further comprising a first driver supported by a frame of the rotary stripping device, and a second driver supported by the frame, the first driver having a first motor, a first drive shaft driven by the first motor, and a first drive wheel driven by the first drive shaft, the second driver having a second motor, a second drive shaft driven by the second motor, and a second drive wheel driven by the second drive shaft, the second driver being operated independently from the first driver, the actuating wheel engaging and driven by the first drive wheel, the blade wheel engaging and driven by the second drive wheel.

17 . The rotary stripping device of claim 1 , further comprising a frame having a front panel and a rear panel, the rotary stripping device having a carriage including the support panel supporting the wire stripper, the carriage being movable between the front panel and the rear panel to move the wire stripper relative to the wire.

18 . The rotary stripping device of claim 1 , wherein the actuating wheel is rotated in a first direction to move a depth of the stripper blade in a driving direction and the actuating wheel is rotated in a second direction to move the depth of the stripper blade in a retracting direction, and wherein the stripper blade is rotatable about the wire without changing the depth as the actuating wheel transitions rotation from the first direction to the second direction.

19 . A rotary stripping device for a wire comprising:
a frame; a support panel supported by the frame, the support panel having a wire opening configured to receive an end of the wire; a driver supported by the frame, the driver having a motor, a drive shaft driven by the motor, and a drive wheel driven by the drive shaft; a wire stripper supported by the support panel, the wire stripper comprising an actuating wheel engaging and driven by the drive wheel and a blade wheel engaging and driven by the drive wheel, the actuating wheel having a wire opening aligned with the wire opening of the support panel to receive the wire, the blade wheel having a wire opening aligned with the wire opening of the support panel to receive the wire, the wire stripper having a stripper blade held by the blade wheel having a cutting edge configured to engage the wire, the wire stripper having an actuator associated with the actuating wheel op

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Corp

Inventors

• Houser Matthew Steven
• Karrasch Christopher John

Classifications

• H02G1/1265 Primary

  the cutting element rotating about the wire or cable (making longitudinal and transverse or helical cut H02G1/1268) · CPC title

• H02G1/127

  Features relating to cutting elements · CPC title