Tool for inserting and extracting printed circuit cards

A manipulator for facilitating the insertion of a printed circuit card into a holder and subsequent extraction of said card from the holder, the latter having top and bottom parallel card guides each card guide including at least one transversely oriented guide track having respective lateral card edges resting therein, said circuit card including a handle mounted perpendicular to a transverse edge of said circuit card said manipulator comprising:

• a first member having a shaft rotatably mounted projecting outwardly and perpendicular to said first member said shaft terminating in a hooked end and said shaft manually rotatable into an insertion position with said hooked end engaging said bottom card guide adjacent said circuit card and alternatively an extraction position with said hooked end engaging said circuit card handle;
• plunger means slideably mounted to said shaft and moveable along said shaft, said plunger including a front face arranged to rest against a transverse edge of said circuit card when said shaft is in said insertion position and alternatively said plunger means including a retainer member manually moveable to extend outward from said plunger means to rest against said bottom card guide when said shaft is rotated into said extraction position;
• lever means rotatably mounted to said first member and including first and second sections said first section in communication with said plunger means and said second section disposed to have manual pressure applied thereto, urging said second section toward first member and said first section in response to said pressure moving said plunger means away from said first member, thereby applying a force to said printed circuit card inserting said board into said holder when said shaft is in said insertion position and alternatively extracting said printed circuit card from said holder when said shaft is in said extraction position.