Installation tool for irrigation emitter barbs

A tool for installing irrigation barb emitters in irrigation tubing, the tool comprising:

• a cradle member having a cradle handle and a cradle jaw on opposing ends thereof, and a barb holder member having a barb holder handle and a barb holder jaw on opposing ends thereof, the cradle member and the barb holder member being arranged in crossed relation and connected intermediate the opposing ends at a pivot such that the cradle handle opposes the barb holder handle and the cradle jaw opposes the barb holder jaw;
• a cradle mounted on the cradle jaw suitable for receiving a peripheral portion of an irrigation tubing;
• a barb holder mounted on the barb holder jaw, the barb holder being a hollow cylinder having an axis aligned with the cradle when the cradle jaw and the barb holder jaw are brought together, the hollow cylinder releasably receiving a barb emitter, a shoulder within the hollow cylinder suitable for acting against an annular disk shoulder on a barb emitter to force a piercing point on the barb emitter to penetrate a periphery of an irrigation tubing held within the cradle when the cradle jaw and the barb holder jaw are brought together, a barb emitter being released from the barb holder and retained within the irrigation tubing upon movement of the barb holder away from the cradle, and
• a cavity having a slot opening, the cavity being formed by two opposing jaw members extending laterally from the hollow cylindrical cavity.

A tool for installing irrigation barb emitters in irrigation tubing, the tool comprising:

• a cradle member having a cradle handle and a cradle jaw on opposing ends thereof, and a barb holder member having a barb holder handle and a barb holder jaw on opposing ends thereof, the cradle member and the barb holder member being arranged in crossed relation and connected intermediate the opposing ends at a pivot such that the cradle handle opposes the barb holder handle and the cradle jaw opposes the barb holder jaw;
• a cradle opening upwardly and extending widthwise mounted on the cradle jaw adapted to receive a peripheral portion of an irrigation tubing;
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• a barb holder mounted on the barb holder jaw, the barb holder being a hollow cylinder having an axis aligned with the cradle when the cradle jaw and the barb holder jaw are brought together, the hollow cylinder releasably receiving a barb emitter, a shoulder within the hollow cylinder suitable for acting against an annular disk shoulder on a barb emitter to force a piercing point on the barb emitter to penetrate a periphery of an irrigation tubing held within the cradle when the cradle jaw and the barb holder jaw are brought together, a barb emitter being released from the barb holder and retained within the irrigation tubing upon movement of the barb holder away from the cradle.