Tongs for dressing conductor ends

US5500998A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH · DE

Inventors

• Hartmut Schmode · Blomberg, DE
• Siegfried Storm · Schlangen, DE
• Helmut Thiele · Essen, DE
• Ulrich Wiebe · Dörentrup, DE
• Bernd David · Detmold, DE
• Detley Hetland · Detmold, DE
• Hans-Joachim Kornfeld · Vlotho, DE
• Johann-Georg Salten · Hagen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 15, 1994
• Grant date: Mar 26, 1996
• Expiry date: Aug 15, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53226
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Tongs for dressing conductor ends have two handles (3, 11) which can move relative to one another, at least two dressing stations (4, 8), and a drive device (10, 12, 20), via which the dressing stations can be driven during operation of the handles. At least one (18, 19) of the dressing stations (4, 8; 18, 19) can be coupled to the drive device (10, 12, 20) with the aid of the conductor end (28) which is to be dressed. The dressing station which can be coupled to the drive device is thus driven only when this is also actually required.