Raymond F Guyette

US Patent:

46990275, Oct 13, 1987

Filed:

Jul 24, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/888745

Inventors:

Raymond F. Guyette - Hayesville NC
William T. Wright - Murphy NC

Assignee:

Litton Systems, Inc. - Murphy NC

International Classification:

H02G 112

US Classification:

81 951

Abstract:

A cable cutting and stripping machine has a primary and a secondary cable drive mechanism, both driven by stepper motors. The primary drive mechanism includes two driven gripper belts which contact the cable along the top and bottom surface to eliminate slippage between the belts and the cable. Stripper blades cut through the cable insulation and are driven in one direction along the cable length to strip the right end of a cable, and in the opposite direction to strip the left end of the cable. A programmable machine controller controls all operations of the machine including feeding preselected lengths of cable through the machine by controlling the stepper motors. The programmable machine controller also controls actuation of the stripper blades, a cutting blade, and various clamps by controlling a number of air cylinders.