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US 11,842,859 B2Granted
Tool for fuse removal and installation
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorChang J. Yee
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Abstract
A tool for the removal or installation of a fuse includes a first tool arm and a second tool arm pivotally mounted to the first tool arm about an axis. A second fuse holder spreader finger section is movable away from a first fuse holder spreader finger section and a second fuse pusher finger section is movable toward a first fuse pusher finger section in response to a first handle section being moved toward a second handle section.
Claims10
A tool, comprising:
- a first tool arm comprising a first handle section, a first fuse holder spreader finger section and first fuse pusher finger section;
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- a second tool arm pivotally mounted to the first tool arm about an axis, the second tool arm comprising a second handle section, a second fuse holder spreader finger section and a second fuse pusher finger section, the second fuse holder spreader finger section movable away from the first fuse holder spreader finger section and the second fuse pusher finger section movable toward the first fuse pusher finger section in response to the first handle section being moved relative to the second handle section;
- wherein the first fuse holder spreader finger section and the second fuse holder spreader finger section each comprise two fingers and the first fuse pusher finger section and the second fuse pusher finger section each comprise two fingers and wherein the first fuse holder spreader finger section and the second fuse holder spreader finger section are outboard of the first fuse pusher finger section and the second fuse pusher finger section.
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A tool for the removal or installation of a fuse, comprising:
- a first tool arm comprising a first handle section from which extends a first tool arm first fuse holder spreader finger, a first tool arm first fuse pusher finger, a first tool arm second fuse pusher finger and a first tool arm second fuse holder spreader finger, and a second tool arm pivotally mounted to the first tool arm about an axis with a single hinge-pin fastener that passes through the first tool arm and the second tool arm along the axis, the second tool arm comprising a second handle section from which extends a second tool arm first fuse holder spreader finger, a second tool arm first fuse pusher finger, a second tool arm second fuse pusher finger and a second tool arm second fuse holder spreader finger, the second tool arm first fuse holder spreader finger adjacent to the first tool arm first fuse holder spreader finger, the second tool arm first fuse pusher finger adjacent to the first tool arm first fuse pusher finger, the second tool arm second fuse pusher finger adjacent to the first tool arm second fuse pusher finger, the second tool arm second fuse holder spreader finger adjacent to the first tool arm second fuse holder spreader finger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.