COATED WIRE STRIPPER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coated wire stripper that reduces the operation force of an operation lever required when cutting and peeling off insulation coating. SOLUTION: An auxiliary drive means is provided on a connecting mechanism 4 that links the operation lever 3, which swings up and down centering a shaft 10 within the range of an operation angle θ between the start point S and the end point E, to a grip portion 5 that grips the coated wire W via a conversion mechanism 20 and cuts and peels off the insulation coatings C1, C2 of the wire. The auxiliary drive means changes a distance between the shaft 10 and a shaft 15 according to the angle at which the operation lever 3 is operated. By transmitting the force strongly in a process in which the grip portion 5 cuts the insulation coatings C1, C2 of the wire W, and by giving priority to displacement in a process in which the cut coatings are removed, the operation force of the operation lever 3 is configured to work effectively. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT