Formed wire inlay tool
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsRabih M. Al Ghossein, Adrian Beau Candelaria
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Abstract
A tool for wrapping a formed wire around a cable is provided. The tool includes a handle portion and a head portion. The handle portion has an elongated body and a hand grip portion attached to the elongated body. The head portion has a cover pivotably attached to a base. When the cover is pivoted into contact with the base a cable receiving opening is formed between the cover and the base. The head portion also includes a pusher member extending from the cover or the base into the cable receiving opening. The pusher member is adapted to contact and push strands of a formed wire when the tool is in use.
Claims25
A tool for wrapping a formed wire around a cable, the tool comprising:
- a handle portion having an elongated body and a hand grip portion attached to at least a portion of the elongated body;
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- a head portion having:
- a base attached to the elongated body of the handle portion and having a pusher member, the base having a wall forming an opening and the pusher member having an extension arm extending from the wall into the opening and a hook at an end of the extension arm;
- a cover removably coupled to the base by a pin, the pin forming a pivot point between the cover and the base such that the cover is movable relative to the base;
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- a locking system adapted to releasably hold the cover to the base.
A tool for wrapping a formed wire around a cable, the tool comprising:
- a handle portion having an elongated body and a hand grip portion attached to at least a portion of the elongated body;
- a head portion including a cover having an interior wall pivotably attached to a base having an interior wall, such that when the cover is pivoted into contact with the base a cable receiving opening is formed between the interior wall of the cover and the interior wall of the base;
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- a pusher member having an extension arm extending from the interior wall of the cover or the interior wall of the base into the cable receiving opening and a hook at an end of the extension arm.
A tool for wrapping a formed wire around a cable, the tool comprising:
- a handle portion having an elongated body and a hand grip portion attached to at least a portion of the elongated body;
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- a head portion having:
- a base attached to the elongated body of the handle portion, the base having an interior wall;
- a cover coupled to the base so that the cover is movable relative to the base, the cover having an interior wall;
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- a locking system used to releasably hold the cover in a closed position relative to the base;
- wherein the base or the cover includes a pusher member having an extension arm extending from the interior wall of the cover or the interior wall of the base into the cable receiving opening and a hook at an end of the extension arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.