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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1999
Hiroshi Furuya, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for stripping a section,of insulation covering from an insulation-covered wire at a predetermined location along an insulation-covered wire,. The apparatus includes a circumferential cutting portion,for circumferentially cutting the predetermined insulation-covering section,at both ends thereof, a slitting portion,for slitting the predetermined insulation-covering section,in the axial direction, and a stripping portion,for stripping the predetermined insulation-covering section,from the core,of the wire,. The slitting portion,includes a twin-blade cutter device,located in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the insulation-covered wire, and an ultrasonic vibration horn portion,located above the twin-blade cutter device,. An insulation-covered wire,is placed between the ultrasonic vibration horn portion,and the twin-blade cutter device,, and is vibrated at the frequency of an ultrasonic wave generated by the ultrasonic vibration horn portion,. A distance “d” between two blades of the twin-blade cutter device,is longer than the width of the core,of the insulation-covered wire