Abstract: This is concerned with a power operated wire stripper and is more specifically concerned with the power adaptation or conversion of a known type of hand operated wire stripper.

Abstract: A powered wire stripper in the form of a precision end stripper includes a housing with a wire-receiving opening at one end. An air cylinder and valve are connected to the housing and arranged to drive the stripper components back and forth. Those components include a pair of blade holders pivotable about a pivot pin between open and closed conditions and slidable within the housing between ready and retract positions. A set of precision cutting blades is mounted on the blade holders in opposing relation. A pair of puller plates are slidable in the housing and include a pair of slots disposed at an angle to the axis of motion. Slide pins slidably mounted in the slots pivotally engage the blade holders such that motion of the puller plate causes the blade holders to pivot about the pivot pin.