Dicorotron wire assembly removal and storage tool

A device to remove a previously used wire assembly from a dicorotron unit comprising in operative cooperation a storage box and a removal tool, said storage box having on its top portion an opening large enough to permit a released wire assembly to pass therethrough, said removal tool located and fixed immediately above said opening, said removal tool having a shape with side sections, end sections, a top portion and a bottom portion, said top portion and said bottom portion being open, at least one of said side sections having flexible levers with adjacent slots, said levers having projections that will pass through said slots when said levers are pushed-activated, said slots in operative alignment with apertures in said dicorotron unit, said apertures adjacent to anchors in said dicorotron unit, said anchors removably holding said wire assembly in place, said projections enabled to contact and dislodge said anchors during a wire assembly removal operation.

A device to remove old non-usable wire assemblies from dicorotron units which comprises in an operative relationship a collection box and a removal tool, said removal tool located and fixed on a top portion of said box and positioned above an opening in said box, said removal tool having a configuration conforming generally to a shape of said dicorotron unit but having dimensions at least larger than corresponding dimensions of said dicorotron unit to allow for said dicorotron unit to fit and nest therein, said removal tool having flexible levers and slots on each of its end portions adapted to align with apertures and anchors holding said wire assembly in place;

• said slots being in alignment with projections in said flexible levers, said flexible levers adapted when pushed to move said projections through said slots and apertures to contact and dislodge said anchors to release said wire assembly from said dicorotron unit.