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Wire cutting tool

US4513503A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 22, 1983
Grant dateApr 30, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 22, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02G1/005
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is concerned with a tool for cutting wires that have portions embedded in a connector block, the tool comprising an elongated hollow housing in which a plunger is reciprocatingly mounted; the housing includes an anvil at one end thereof which is so shaped as to receive thereon the connector block from which extends one or more wires to be cut; the extremity of the plunger has a wedge-shaped cutting end which may be forced into the connector in the area of a wire so as to effect a cutting of the wire leaving the cut extremity of the wire recessed with respect to the sidewall of the block.

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