Wiring pens
AssigneeVero Electronics GmbH
InventorDenyer Edward Hedger
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Abstract
A wiring pen including an elongate pen-shaped body. A bore extends through the body from one end of the body to a tip at the other end of the body for the passage of a wire to the tip. A slot is formed in the body so that the bore leads to one end of the slot and continues from an opposite end of the slot to the tip. A slider is slidable in and along the slot. A tongue is formed on the slider and, in a separated position of the tongue and the slider in which the tongue is spaced from the slider, providing a path between the tongue and the slider for wire to pass to the tip. The slider and the tongue are relatively movable from the spaced position towards one another to close the path and grip the wire therebetween. The slider, in its closed position, is slidable in the slot to move the gripped wire towards the tip.
Claims12
A wiring pen for use in connecting electrical components on a circuit board with electrically conductive wire and comprising:
- an elongated pen-shaped body having a bore longitudinally extending along the entire length of said body and a slot with said bore passing through said slot;
- means for holding a supply of electrically conductive wire at one end of the body;
- a tip at the other end of the body from which wire emerges after passing from the supply through said bore;
- a slider slideably arranged within said slot;
- a tongue spaced from said slider to define therebetween a path for the wire which when open allows free passage of the wire along the bore during the connection of electrical components with the wire;
- a connecting member between said tongue and said slider, said connecting member tending to maintain said tongue and said slider spaced apart to define said path but permitting said tongue and said slider to be manually moved together to grip a wire passing along said path;
- and,
- said slider being slideable along said slot for moving a gripped wire along said bore towards said tip of said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.