United States Patent [19] [li] Patent Number: 4,656,725
Knickerbocker [45] Date of Patent: Apr. 14, 1987
[54] CONDUCTOR INSERTION TOOL
[75] Inventor: Robert H. Knickerbocker, Cheshire, Conn.
[73] Assignee: The Siemon Company, Watertown, Conn.
[21] Appl. No.: 753,724
[22] Filed: Jul. 10, 1985
[51] Int. CI." B23P 23/00
[52] U.S. CI 29/566.4; 29/751;
29/758
[58] Field of Search 29/278, 566.4, 748,
29/751, 752, 758; 30/124, 337, 339; 7/107
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
3,883,316 5/1975 Mason 30/124 X
3,896,534 7/1975 Kaufman et al 29/752 X
4,161,061 7/1979 Mason et al 29/278 X
4,194,256 3/1980 Knickerbocker 7/107
4,408,391 10/1983 Pohl 30/124 X
4,425,019 1/1984 Pohl 339/198 R
4,567,639 2/1986 Fasano 29/751 X
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
964443 3/1975 Canada 29/751
Primary Examiner—John Sipos
Assistant Examiner—Steven P. Weihrouch
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Fishman & Dionne
[57] ABSTRACT
A tool for inserting a wire between resilient contact portions of a connector is presented. The tool has a handle portion and a reversible stem portion and the stem portion includes a body portion having a pair of blades extending from opposite sides thereof. The blades are generally in the form of I-beams and, in use, the channels at either side of the beam engage the connector contact portions while the web portion of the beam serves as anvil which supports the wire in the region between the contacts during insertion. The blades each comprise a pair of spatially displaced flanged members interconnected by a web member. Each flange member has width substantially equal to the width of the body portion.
14 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures
