Tool for separating end cap sections of telephone cable splice cases

Abstract

The end cap separating tool of this invention comprises a pair of spreader blocks, generally U-shaped in plan, the projecting ends of which clamp by means of anchor screws to adjoining end cap halves adjacent their outside edges. A T-handled actuator screw is threaded through a tapped opening in one block and the end of the screw opposite the handle is attached rotatably to the second block, whereby rotation of the screw in one direction moves the one spreader block away from the second, thereby separating one end cap half from the other and from the telephone cable. The other end cap half is separated from the cable by a cord extended across the cap diameter, under the telephone cable and up the opposite side of the cable to the one block where it is secured. Rotation of the screw in the direction to move the one block away from the second block engaging the end cap half results in lifting and rolling the cable away from the end cap half.

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