Load break tool having rotational flexibility
AssigneeUtility Solutions, Inc.
InventorsPeter Shirilla, Eugene H. Wood, Matthew Nolte, Jonathon S. Spencer, Thomas Beane, Zachary Greer
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Abstract
A load break tool is disclosed. The load break tool includes a main housing; a sleeve having a first end and a second end coaxially mounted in the main housing and slidable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the second end of the sleeve remains in the main housing in the extended position; a clip assembly connected to the main housing for engaging a pull ring of a circuit isolating device; and a hook engaging terminal rotatably connected to the first end of the sleeve, such that the hook engaging terminal rotates relative to the clip assembly.
Claims18
A load break tool, comprising:
- a main housing;
- a clip assembly connected to the main housing for engaging a pull ring of a circuit isolating device;
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- a hook engaging terminal rotatably connected to a first end of a sleeve, such that the hook engaging terminal rotates relative to the clip assembly, the hook engaging terminal including a hub rotatably mounted to a hub mount, the hub including an interior bore and the hub mount including a cylindrical portion positioned inside of the interior bore.
A load break tool, comprising:
- a tubular main housing extending between a first end and a second end;
- a sleeve having a first end and a second end, the sleeve being coaxially mounted in the main housing and slidable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the second end of the sleeve remains in the main housing proximate the first end of the main housing when in the extended position;
- a clip assembly connected to the main housing and including a clip post for engaging a pull ring of a circuit isolating device;
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- a hook engaging terminal rotatably connected to the first end of the sleeve, such that the hook engaging terminal rotates relative to the clip assembly, the hook engaging terminal including:
- a hub rotatably mounted to a hub mount, the hub mount being rigidly connected to the first end of the sleeve, the hub including an interior bore and the hub mount including a cylindrical portion positioned inside of the interior bore,
- first and second arms extending outwardly from the hub, and
- an arcuate portion pivotally connected between the first and second arms.
A load break tool, comprising:
- a tubular main housing extending between a first end and a second end;
- a sleeve having a first end and a second end, the sleeve being coaxially mounted in the main housing and slidable between a retracted position and an extended position;
- a clip assembly connected to the main housing and including a clip post for engaging a pull ring of a circuit isolating device;
- a hook engaging terminal rotatably connected to the sleeve, such that the hook engaging terminal rotates relative to the clip assembly, the hook engaging terminal including a hub having an interior bore, first and second arms extending outwardly from the hub, and an arcuate portion pivotally connected between the first and second arms;
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- a hub mount connected to the first end of the sleeve, the hub being rotatably connected to the hub mount such that a cylindrical portion of the hub mount is positioned inside of the interior bore of the hub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.