US 6,474,197 B1Granted

Cutout fuse tube installation tool

AssigneeHastings Fiber Glass Products, Inc.

InventorsTroy Browen, Lewis A. Shaw, Mark Kaiser

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Abstract

A cutout fuse tube assembly installation tool includes a body member having first and second ends. A longitudinal axis passes through the body member. A protrusion extends outward from the first end of the body member and includes a head end spaced apart from the body member. The second end of the body member includes a bracket that has first and second arms spaced apart by an opening. A bracket axis passes through the opening. The bracket, the bracket axis and the protrusion are configured such that the bracket axis passes between the head end of the protrusion and the body member. A movable gate device is mounted on one or both of the first and second arms. The gate device facilitates opening and closing of an access to the opening through the ends of the first and second arms.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A cutout fuse tube installation tool, comprising:

a body member having a longitudinal axis and including a first end and a second end;
a protrusion extending from said first end of said body member and having a head end spaced apart from said body member;
said second end of said body member including a bracket having a first arm spaced apart from a second arm to define an opening therebetween, said first and second arms being connected to one another at one end thereof and free of connection to one another at another end thereof;
said bracket having a bracket axis that passes through said opening;
said bracket, said protrusion and said bracket axis being configured such that a plane containing said bracket axis passes between said head end of said protrusion and said body member;
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a movable gate device mounted on at least one of said first and second arms to facilitate opening and closing an access to said opening through said another end.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.