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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1975
Edwyn H Petree, Burlington, NC (US);
Western Electric Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
To prepare insulated conductors of a cable for termination to a connector of the type including a planar member through which a plurality of conductor receiving passageways extend in a predetermined multiplanar array, the conductors are gripped, at a point spaced from the ends thereof, between a pair of conductor holders. The conductor holders each have a plurality of teeth which intermesh when urged together to grip the conductors in an array which spatially corresponds with the predetermined array of the conductor receiving passageways. The conductor holders position the ends of the conductors between a pair of stripping blades each of which has a plurality of insulation cutting teeth which intermesh when urged together to sever the insulation on the conductors at a point between the ends thereof and the conductor holders, and to capture the conductors in the predetermined array. A cutting blade severs the conductors at a point between the ends thereof and the stripping blades, and the stripping blades are then moved parallel to the conductors and away from the conductor holders to strip the insulation from the ends of the conductors. While the conductors are still held by the conductor holders in the predetermined array, the connector may be positioned on the conductors with the stripped ends thereof extending through the connector passageways.