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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. 25, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory F Deuel, Manheim, PA (US);
Kenneth F Folk, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
140147 ; 72211 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a hand operated tool for flattening a portion of a ribbon cable preparatory to installing a cable tap. The tool includes a set of rollers which are closeable upon the cable. The rollers are then rotated, first in one direction and then the other while varying the pressure on the rollers to effect removal of kinks and to generally flatten a portion of the cable.