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Explosively-operated tool

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5401649

Tool for use in assembling an electrical connector, which connector consists of a clamp and a wedge, is described comprising: (a) a base having an anvil at one end to engage the clamp and an abutment at the other end having a threaded bore aligned with the anvil, (b) an adjusting member having a threaded portion carried in the threaded bore, the member having a primary bore which is coaxial of the threaded bore, the adjusting member having a cylindrical head that is non-coextensive with the threaded portion, (c) a driving rod slidably carried in the primary bore, (d) a tubular housing slidably and rotatably carried on the cylindrical head, (e) a striker carried by the housing in alignment with the driving rod, and (f) a detent mounted on the housing and engageable with a recess formed on the cylindrical head to lock the housing in a selected firing position on the head.

Assignee:
Burndy Corp., Norwalk, CT
Patent Number(s):
US 4722189
OSTI ID:
5401649
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English