Wire installation tool
OwnerEnrico Pettiinventor
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Abstract
A wire installation tool having a handle with a first opening for receiving a wire attached to a tube having a second opening for evacuating the wire. In one embodiment, the handle has a lip with external radius larger than that of the tube allowing the tube to be inserted in the drill hole of a structure with the handle engaging the structure. This configuration allows a technician to easily feed cabling through the drill hole in the inner wall of an existing structure. The tool is particularly useful for safely feeding wiring through a drill created through the first and second wallboards of an inside wall.
Claims17
A wire installation tool, comprising:
- a handle having a first opening for receiving a wire;
- and
- a tube connected with the handle, the tube having an annular portion that defines a second opening for evacuating the wire, the annular portion defining the second opening being substantially normal to a proximal-distal axis of the tube
- wherein the first opening of the handle opens into a handle passageway, the handle passageway extending through the handle to a portion of the handle that defines a wider passageway, the wider passageway having a radius larger than the handle passageway where the wider passageway meets the handle passageway, the handle substantially press fit with the tube at the wider passageway whereby the tube is secured to the handle.
A wire installation apparatus, comprising:
- a tubular handle;
- a rigid tubular shaft connected to the handle, the handle and shaft forming a substantially cylindrical passageway terminating in an annular portion, the passageway adapted to guide a wire through a wall;
- wherein the annular portion defines an opening and the annular portion is substantially normal to a proximal-distal axis of the tube and
- wherein a first opening of the tubular handle opens into a handle passageway, the handle passageway extending through the handle to a portion of the handle that defines a wider passageway, the wider passageway having a radius larger than the handle passageway where the wider passageway meets the handle passageway, the handle substantially press fit with the tube at the wider passageway whereby the tube is secured to the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.