Electrical device shield tool and method of using same
AssigneeNonconductive Tool Company, LLC
InventorWarren Tarbell
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein include devices and methods for shielding an electrical device. The electrical device shield tool may include an expanding and contracting mechanism; and a body coupled to the expanding and contracting mechanism. The body can include a first half slidably coupled to a second half that are capable of movement, as the body expands to increase an opening with respect to a movement of the expanding and contracting mechanism. Furthermore, the electrical device shield tool can include grooves, that receive protruding edges of the metal enclosure to affix the body to the metal enclosure and form a barrier for the electrical device from the metal enclosure.
Claims19
An electrical device shield tool comprising:
- an expanding and contracting mechanism;
- and
- a body coupled to the expanding and contracting mechanism, the body comprising a first body half slidably coupled to a second body half such that the first body half and the second body half are separable to form a space a between the first body half and the second body half along a front surface of the body, wherein the first body half comprises a first lateral member and the second body half comprises a second lateral member, the first and second lateral members configured to be inserted between sides of the electrical device and an enclosure in which the electrical device is mounted, and wherein the first and second lateral members move towards each other as the body contracts to reduce the opening and move away from each other as the body expands to increase the opening with respect to a movement of the expanding and contracting mechanism.
A method for handling an electrical device shield tool comprising:
- obtaining the electrical device shield tool;
- inserting the electrical device shield tool over an existing electrical device and between sides of the electrical device and a metal enclosure housing the electrical device, forming a barrier for the electrical device from the metal enclosure;
- expanding a body of the electrical device shield outward with respect to a movement of an expanding and contracting mechanism, such that a first half and a second half of the body are moved away from each other to form a space, wherein the electric device is accessible in the space between the first half and the second half of the body;
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- wherein expanding the body of the electrical device shield outward causes a protruding edge of the metal enclosure to slide into a respective groove on a side surface of the body to affix the body to the metal enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.