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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1985
James D Dewey, Plymouth, MN (US);
Matthew G Pedersen, Mound, MN (US);
Larry W Gonier, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A wire insertion tool for use with split cylinder terminals includes a shaft having a wire insertion post sized to fit within a split cylinder terminal and a sleeve fixed to the shaft with the tip of the sleeve sized to fit around the outside of the wire insertion terminal. A spring biased sliding sleeve is concentrically disposed between the tip of the shaft and the tip of the fixed sleeve. The sliding sleeve is displaceable by the walls of the split cylinder as a wire is inserted, and is spring biased outwardly to eject wire debris as the tool is extracted. Jamming of the tool by wire insertion debris is thereby avoided. A member is provided for removably interlocking the tool and a handle. A cam follower is secured to the handle and a cam surface is provided on an end of the tool for the tool to be locked into the handle when forced in one direction and released when forced in another.