Wire untwisting tool
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsMatthew Steven Houser, Richard Lloyd Schaeffer
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Abstract
A wire untwisting tool includes a housing having a wire gripping end, an actuation end and a cavity. A plunger is received in the cavity. The plunger is movable between a retracted position and an actuated position and includes a gripping head movable with the plunger between the retracted position and the actuated position. The gripping head is configured to hold the twisted pair of wires in the retracted position, wherein rotation of the housing in an untwisting direction untwists the wires. Optionally, the wire may be fixedly held remote from the gripping end, and the housing may be rotated about the location at which the wire is fixedly held.
Claims20
A wire untwisting tool comprising:
- a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between a wire gripping end and an actuation end, the housing having a cavity;
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- a plunger received in the cavity, the plunger being movable between a retracted position and an actuated position, the plunger having a gripping head movable with the plunger between the retracted position and the actuated position, the gripping head being configured to hold the twisted pair of wires in the retracted position such that the wires are pinched between the wire gripping end and the gripping head to restrict relative movement of the wires with respect to the housing;
- wherein rotation of the housing in an untwisting direction about an axis not coincident with the longitudinal axis untwists the wires.
A wire untwisting tool comprising:
- a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between a wire gripping end and an actuation end, the housing having a cavity;
- a plunger received in the cavity, the plunger being movable between a retracted position and an actuated position, the plunger having a gripping head movable with the plunger between the retracted position and the actuated position, the gripping head being configured to hold the twisted pair of wires in the retracted position such that the wires are pinched between the wire gripping end and the gripping head to restrict relative movement of the wires with respect to the housing;
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- a finger ring positioned outward of the actuation end of the housing, the finger ring being configured to receive an operator's finger, the finger ring being configured to spin about the operator's finger when the housing is rotated in an untwisting direction, wherein rotation of the housing in the untwisting direction about an axis not coincident with the longitudinal axis untwists the wires.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.