Vein stripper

Claim 1

IN A VEIN STRIPPER HAVING A STRIPPING HEAD FOR DETACHABLE MOUNTING ON A FLEXIBLE TRACTION CABLE WITH AN ENLARGED TIP REPRESENTING AN ANNULAR SHOULDER AT ITS INNER END, SAID STRIPPING HEAD COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE HEAD MEMBER HAVING A GENERALLY CIRCULAR FRONT END PRESENTING A CONTINUOUS PERIPHERAL STRIPPING EDGE, SAID HEAD MEMBER HAVING A PASSAGE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THERETHROUGH, SAID PASSAGE INCLUDING A CABLE-RECEIVING GROOVE EXTENDING ALONG THE AXIAL REGION OF THE HEAD MEMBER AND COMMUNICATING AT ITS REAR END WITH AN AXIALLY DISPOSED TIP-RECEIVING SOCKETFORMING BORE OPENING AT THE REAR END OF SAID MEMBER, SAID SOCKET-FORMING BORE HAVING A REARWARDLY FACING SHOULDER AT ITS FRONT END ENGAGEABLE BY THE ANNUALR CABLE TIP SHOULDER, SAID PASSAGE ALSO INCLUDING AN INCLINED CABLEINTRODUCING BORE ADAPTED TO ADMIT THE TIP-CARRYING CABLE, THERETHROUGH FROM THE FRONT END OF SAID HEAD MEMBER, THE DIAMETER OF SAID INCLINED BORE BEING AS LARGE AS THE DIAMETER OF THE SOCKET-FORMING BORE, THE OPEN FRONG END OF SAID INCLINED BORE BEING DISPOSED APPROXIMATELY CENTRALLY OF SAID HEAD MEMBER, AND THE OPEN REAR END OF SAID INCLINED BORE BEING RADIALLY OFFSET FROM THE OPEN REAR END OF SAID SOCKET-FORMING BORE, THE FRONT END OF SAID CABLERECEIVING GROOVE INTERSECTING THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID INCLINED BORE, AND SAID PASSAGE FURTHER INCLUDING A RADIAL CABLE-ADMITTING SLOT CONNECTING SAID INCLINED BORE WITH SAID GROOVE AND SOCKET-FORMING BORE, THE WIDTH OF SAID CABLERECEIVING GROOVE AND SLOT BEING SMALLER THAN THE DAIMETER OF SIAD INCLINED BORE AND SAID SOCKET-FORMING BORE.