Wire sleeve hand application tool
AssigneeBrady Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsSohail Anwar, Michael Radford, Terrance Adams
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Abstract
A wire sleeve hand application tool includes a handle and a plurality of mandrels received in the handle and being selectively extendable from an axial end of the handle. Each of the mandrels are biased into a retracted position in which an entirety of the respective mandrel is received in the handle. Each of the mandrels are further axially extendable to an extended position in which an axial tip and a portion of the respective mandrel extends from the axial end of the handle while an opposite axial end of the respective mandrel remains supported within the handle. An extended mandrel may be used to insert a wire sleeve or tubular marker onto a wire or other elongate member.
Claims16
A wire sleeve hand application tool comprising:
- a handle having a central axis;
- a plurality of mandrels received in the handle and being selectively extendable from an axial end of the handle, each of the plurality of mandrels being a tube having a hollow central opening extending to a respective axial tip of a respective mandrel, and each of the plurality of mandrels being biased into a retracted position in which an entirety of the respective mandrel is received in the handle and being axially extendable to an extended position in which the respective axial tip and a portion of the respective mandrel extends from the axial end of the handle while an opposite axial end of the respective mandrel remains supported within the handle.
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