Pin cutoff tool
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorBruce L. Burgholzer
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Abstract
A pin cutoff tool employs shears to sever pins. The pin cutoff tool is formed in a pliers-like configuration, with working surfaces formed within the jaws, and a pair of handles situated in working arrangement opposite a pivot point to provide leveraging advantage to the shearing surfaces. Stops may be formed within the jaws to limit the amount of closing travel, and to limit the amount of opening travel. The closing stops also may be formed such that, when closed, the inner surfaces of the jaws are substantially equal to the width of a pin being cut. Grooves may be formed in the jaws to accommodate neighboring, closely situated pins, and the jaws may be relatively narrow, so that neighboring pins in a direction orthogonal to the axis of the channels are not disturbed by the tool when shearing a pin.
Claims16
A pin cutoff tool comprising:
- jaws having inner surfaces with lateral shears formed on the inner surfaces at a predetermined distance from the tip of the jaws, the axis of the shears lateral shears are formed being in a direction that is orthogonal to the lengthwise axis of the cutoff tool,
- a pivot, and
- handles in working arrangement opposite the pivot from the jaws.
A method of manufacturing a pin cutoff tool comprising the step of:
- A) machining lateral shears on the interior surfaces of the jaws of pair of pliers composed of hardened steel, the shears located at a predetermined distance from the tip of the jaws corresponding to the targeted length of a pin stub left intact after operation of the shears.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.