Explosively-operated tool
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
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DESIGN
ELECTRIC CONTACTS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
EXPLOSIONS
FABRICATION
FASTENERS
JOINTS
OPERATION
THREADED JOINTS
TOOLS