Cable bend radius gauge
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJonathan Oswaldo Lara Dominguez, Oscar Eduardo Flores Pantoja, Victor Arturo Tapia Jimenez, Luis Cruz Mejia, Jesus Ernesto Ibarra Hernandez
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Abstract
A tool for bending cable comprising a web forming a base having an upper surface, a lower surface, first edge, second edge, a first area of the base defining a bend member portion and a second area of the base defining a hand hold portion. The tool further comprising a set of wire gauge measuring intervals is integral with the first edge in the second area. The tool further comprising a set of bend members is arranged in a raised diminishing hierarchy on the upper surface in the first area, forming a cable bend radius gauge.
Claims17
A tool for bending cable, comprising:
- a web forming a base having an upper surface, a lower surface, first edge, second edge, a first area of the base defining a bend member portion and a second area of the base defining a hand hold portion;
- a set of wire gauge measuring intervals integral with the first edge in the second area;
- a set of bend members arranged in a raised diminishing hierarchy on the upper surface in the first area forming a cable bend radius gauge;
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- a void in the second area forming the hand hold portion dimensioned to permit portions of a hand of a user to slip through the upper surface and the lower surface enabling the user to grasp the base.
A tool for bending cable, comprising:
- a web forming a base having an upper surface, a lower surface, first edge, second edge, a first area of the base defining a bend member portion and a second area of the base defining a hand hold portion;
- a set of wire gauge measuring intervals integral with the first edge in the second area;
- a set of bend members forming a cable bend radius gauge arranged in a raised diminishing hierarchy adjacent the upper surface in the first area, each bend member comprising:
- a concave portion dimensioned to receive a curved sidewall of a predetermined cable corresponding to a respective wire gauge from the set of wire gauges;
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- a void in the second area forming the hand hold portion dimensioned to permit portions of a hand of a user to slip through the upper surface and the lower surface of the base enabling the user to grasp the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.