Abstract: A rotary blade wire insulation cutting and stripping machine includes a pair of linear actuators respectively controlling the length and the depth of cuts in accordance with keyboard inputs to a microprocessor. The cutter blades are initially positioned with their cutting edges in mutual contact and provide the stop for wire insertion. The gripping jaws which hold the wire are relatively movable in a single horizontal plane to maintain the axis of the wire at a fixed point irrespective of its diameter. The rotatable elements include a yoke structure extending forwardly of the blades and holding a bushing through which the wire is inserted closely adjacent the blades to provide an accurate guide and centering device for the wire.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating conductors of a ribbon cable comprising a pair of fixed rollers having a plurality of radial intermeshing teeth spaced to engage the conductors.

Abstract: A ribbon cable splitting device is described in which an opposing pair of splitting elements having a number of equally spaced specially shaped teeth are brought together in an interlaced fashion to separate the individual conductors of a similarly spaced ribbon cable. The shape, spacing and quantity of teeth on each of the splitting elements and the basic device may be varied to accommodate various sizes of ribbon cable for splitting or subsequent connection to cable connectors, circuit boards or terminals. This invention is directed to a device for separating insulated ends of parallel multiwire electrical cables of the so-called ribbon type. More particularly the invention is that of an apparatus capable of separating each individual insulation covered electrical wire from those adjacent by means of separating and spacing elements having cutting elements shaped to engage the wires, cut the material joining them together and space the cut sections.