Wirenut driver
OwnerDaniel T. Lassiterinventor
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Abstract
A wirenut driver includes a ratchet ball which drives a socket. The ratchet ball is formed with a center opening which allows the ratchet ball to receive a stem of the socket in either end thereof for rotation in either the clockwise or counterclockwise direction. The socket is formed with a center bore. The center bore is formed by a plurality of alternating channels and ribs which engage complementary shaped channels and ribs of a wirenut. Rotation of the ratchet ball produces rotation of the socket and wirenut for attaching the wirenut to a plurality of wires for electrically connecting the wires together. A pair of slots are formed in an open end of the socket adjacent the center bore for receiving a wingnut-type wirenut. The inner surface of the center bore may be stepped or tapered to receive various sizes of wirenuts.
Claims17
A wirenut driver system for connecting a wirenut to at least one wire, said system including:
- a socket having a sidewall which forms a center bore, an open first end and a second end, said center bore having a diameter which is larger adjacent the open first end of the socket than adjacent the second end of the socket;
- a stem connected to the socket;
- the stem extending out from the second end of the socket;
- the stem having a through bore that communicates with the center bore of the socket;
- and
- ratchet means attached to the socket for rotating the socket;
- the ratchet means having a center opening extending through the ratchet means and communicating with the through bore of the stem thus providing a passageway entirely through the wirenut driver assembly.
In combination, a socket for receiving and installing a wirenut, a wirenut, and a wire;
- said socket including:
- a tubular member having a wall, an open first end and a second end;
- a center bore formed in the tubular member by an inner surface of the wall, said center bore having a diameter which is larger adjacent the first open end of the socket than adjacent the second end of the socket;
- the inner surface of the wall being formed with a plurality of ribs and channels that extend longitudinally along the tubular member;
- and
- a stem extending outwardly from the second end of the socket, the stem having a through bore that is in communication with the center bore;
- the wirenut disposed in the center bore of the tubular member and the wire extending through the wirenut and through the through bore of the stem.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.