Abstract: A wire wrapping tool comprises a head which is formed integrally with a shaft. The head includes a frusto-conical portion which has a chordally extending portion cut away to define a cutting edge. A blade portion is formed on the head, the blade having a slot through which a wire can pass. The head also has an axially extending bore into which a wire wrapping post can be inserted. In use the shaft is attached to a pistol gun to rotate the head. Wire from which the insulation is to be stripped is passed over the edge, through the slot and around a wrapping post. As the wire passes over the edge a longitudinal slit is formed in the insulation which is then stripped away from the conductive core as the wire passes through the slot.

Abstract: A combination bit for cutting and stripping insulation from a solid flexible conductor wire and wrapping a stripped end portion of the wire on a terminal in a series of helical convolutions includes a cooperable sleeve having a wall portion forming a guide surface for permitting insertion of the wire into a groove formed on the periphery of the bit. A cutting blade disposed in the groove includes opposed straight cutting edge portions one of which is proportioned such that it engages the insulation of the conductor wire initially in a position which places said edge parallel to a cooperative flat surface portion on said sleeve and tangent to the circumference of the wire insulation. The bit and sleeve are proportioned so as to provide for initial engagement of the insulation by the conductor wire within approximately five degrees of angular rotation of the bit from its starting point.

Abstract: The wire cutting, skinning and wrapping tool includes a hollow sleeve, a knife carried by the sleeve, a bit provided with a longitudinal groove which is able to slide in a forward and backward direction in the sleeve, the bit and the knife skinning an insulated wire over a predetermined length and a means to move the bit from a backward to a forward position during the skinning operation. The sleeve is provided by normally closed sleeve halves with the insulated wire opening the sleeve halves during the skinning operation and with the sleeve halves closing again when the bit is in the forward position after each skinning operation. The length of skinned wire is captured between the bit groove and the closed sleeve halves.

Abstract: A tool for attaching a wire dropper or batten to the wires of a fence line comprises a body having first and second wire engagement devices which are located at substantially right angles to one another. The body includes a lever mounting device which can receive a lever for operating the tool. The tool is used by engaging a fence wire in the first wire engagement device and the wire dropper or batten in the second wire engagement device. The body is then rotated about an axis which is coaxial or parallel with the longitudinal axis of the fence wire so as to wind the wire dropper or batten onto the fence wire.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a dressing finger assembly of advanced design for use on automatic wiring machines. Such machines make solderless wrapped electrical connections on pluralities of planar disposed terminals. A dressing finger is employed to form predetermined wire patterns in conjunction with a wrap tool which makes the actual connection. It has been observed that the design of dressing fingers used in present day machines is such that the insulation of the wire being wrapped may be pinched and cut, thereby necessitating its replacement to avoid electrical shorting. In accordance with the present invention, the assembly comprised of a newly designed finger and supporting guide, provide the required retention and support of the wire during wrapping while eliminating the aforementioned damage to the wire.

Abstract: An improved tool for wrapping wire around an electrical terminal to make an electrical connection. The tool includes a bit and a sleeve for receiving the bit. One end of the bit has a connecting member for coupling the bit to the chuck of a hand-held drive motor. The opposite end of the bit is provided with a tip having a recess axially aligned with an axially extending groove formed in one side of the main body of the bit. A discontinuity between the recess and the groove is defined by a ridge having a pair of relatively convergent edges which extend toward the axis of the bit and terminate at a notch axially aligned with the bottom of the groove in the bit body. A crescent-shaped projection extends axially outwardly from one side of the tip to wrap the end of the wire against the terminal. The sleeve has an enlargement at the end near the tip for receiving one end of a wire and guiding it to the groove and outwardly through a side window in the sleeve before rotating the bit.

Abstract: In the wire-wrapping of terminals which extend from a terminal block, an operator uses a hand tool which includes a housing having a bit that wraps a wire-like conductor about each terminal, and a handle which allows the tool to be held in a modified prehensile manner. The handle is configured to include a laterally disposed thumb rest which is effective to support the thumb in a relaxed position. The surface of the rest which supports the thumb includes a port which is covered and uncovered repetitively by relatively slight movements of portions of the thumb to control the operation of a fluidic circuit to turn the bit and cause the conductor to be about the terminal. This arrangement results in a substantial reduction in the movement of particular joints of the thumb and of particular muscles which control the movement of the thumb so that worker fatigue is substantially reduced.

Abstract: A wire storage and wrapping tool for making wrapped wire connections on wrapping posts incorporates a portable housing having a front end and a rear end, a hollow open-ended sleeve shaft extending through the housing and rotatably mounted therein with its open ends exposed, and a drive motor mounted in the housing and connected to rotate the sleeve shaft. A hollow wrapping bit is removably engaged in the front end of the sleeve shaft with a wrapping post-engaging axial bore and an eccentric axial wire-delivery portal with an insulation-slitting axial edge. A hollow wire storage container encloses an extended length of wire wound in a succession of uniform layers concentric about a central axis, and has a wire exit portal disengageably secured to the rear open end of the sleeve shaft.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a side-loading wire wrapping assembly comprised of a specially configured bit and sleeve, for use on semi-automatic wiring machines. Such machines are used to make solderless wrapped connections on terminals emanating from a common plane. The wire wrapping assembly in present use on many of such machines consists of a fixed sleeve substantially enclosing a spring-loaded bit. The arrangement necessitates front-loading of the bit by the operator--a procedure which is tedious and time consuming. The present invention obviates these difficulties by converting the fixed-sleeve assembly from front-loading to side-loading. This is accomplished by providing in the sleeve, a wire feed aperture in contiguity with a longitudinal slot and of orienting the former with a widened portion of the slit formed in the bit periphery by the wire receiving bore.

Abstract: In a hand-held power tool (10) for wrapping conductor around an electrical terminal, a drive means (14, 34 and 42) is selectively engaged with a clutch (58) mounted on a drive shaft (44) journaled within index means (62) in axial arrangement within a case (12). The drive means (14, 34 and 42) and index means (62) are secured to the case (12) by means of circular tongue and groove structure of radially stepped configuration. Resilient ring members (60) are frictionally engaged between the drive means (14, 34 and 42) and the drive shaft (44) to provide for gradual arrest of the drive means after disengagement of the clutch means (58) and stoppage of the drive shaft by the index means (62). A trigger (22) within the case (12) controls actuation of the drive means (14, 34 and 42) and engagement of the clutch means (58) therewith.

Abstract: A spring winder includes a base and a mandrel rotatably held against the base by a pair of mounting blocks which include aligned grooves in which the mandrel is seated. Each block is connected to the base by a pair of mounting screws which cooperate with associated compression springs for resiliently holding the mandrel between the mounting blocks and the base with a variable force. A length of spring wire is fed between a cam and washer rotatably mounted on the side of the base by means of an adjustment screw, the wire then being fed through an aperture in the adjacent end of the mandrel. The cam and washer are resiliently urged together by a compression spring for applying a drag to the wire which is variable by adjustment of the associated screw. A pin on the washer rides in a complementary groove in the cam for retaining the wire in position. As the mandrel is rotated the wire is wound thereon against the drag of the cam and washer to form a series of helical coils.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an improved side-loading wrap tool or wire wrapping bit for use on semiautomatic wiring machines. The latter are employed to make solderless wrapped connections on terminals emanating from a common plane. In contrast to the wire wrapping bits presently used on the aforementioned machines, the wrapping bit of the present invention retains the wire to be wrapped in a section of the bit which is completely separated from the terminal-receiving aperture thereof. Additionally, the configuration of the wire holding section provides a positive insulation stop and ensures the entrapment of the insulated portion of the wire within the bit in preparation for the wrap cycle.

Abstract: An unwrapping bit for solderless wrapped connections of flexible conductor wire comprising a tubular member having a conical recess in one end face and a terminal receiving bore coaxial with the conical recess. Opposed longitudinal slots as well as transverse slots in the bit intersect the recess and form ledges for engaging the coiled end of a flexible conductor wire. The conical recess may have a reentrant shoulder portion adjacent the bit end face for retaining the conductor wire coils in the recess as they are unwound from the terminal.

Abstract: A portable battery-powered wire wrapping tool is described capable of using standard batteries. Battery contact is effected via a conductive cap, a conductive housing retaining ring, and a specially configured contact strip. A novel construction allows easy interchangeability of a spring loaded wrapping bit. A novel sleeve-less wrapping bit is also described which enables the production of modified wraps.

Abstract: Several wire wrapping device embodiments are disclosed, each of which incorporates a releasable bit-locking mechanism associated with the bit-sleeve assembly thereof. The locking mechanism is mounted on the stationary sleeve of the device, and is actuated to responsively effect the release of the bit for rotation, prior to each successive wire wrap operation, only upon a terminal to be wire wrapped being inserted to a predetermined, but adjustable, depth within a terminal-receiving recess formed in the forward end of the bit. Such a mode of operation insures that each wire wrap is accurately positioned on each successive terminal. The bit-locking mechanism also may be optionally employed to responsively actuate an associated switch to either directly, or conditionally (i.e., in conjunction with the actuation of a power source-connected trigger switch), effect the energization of the drive motor coupled to the bit of a wire wrapping device.

Abstract: A tool for wrapping insulated wire without first stripping or slitting the insulation is obtained by means of a novel bit configuration which crushes the insulation during the wrapping process causing the terminal corners to pierce and contact the wire core. Additional features include means for breaking the wire after wrapping, and means providing a continuous supply of fresh wire.

Abstract: An improved tool for wrapping wire around an electrical terminal to make an electrical connection. The tool includes a bit and a sleeve for receiving the bit. One end of the bit has a connecting member for coupling the bit to the chuck of a hand-held drive motor. The opposite end of the bit is provided with a tip having a recess axially aligned with an axially extending groove formed in one side of the main body of the bit. A discontinuity between the recess and the groove is defined by a ridge having a pair of relatively convergent edges which extend toward the axis of the bit and terminate at a notch axially aligned with the bottom of the groove in the bit body. A crescent shaped projection extends axially outwardly from one side of the tip to wrap the end of the wire against the terminal at the end of a wire wrapping tool.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power tool of pen hold type which comprises, within a substantially tubular case having a tip tapered end, a prime mover, a power transmission mechanism connected to the prime mover, a clutch mechanism connected to the power transmission mechanism, a driven section connected to the clutch mechanism when it is made "on", a collet extending from the driven section axially of the case and exteriorly of the tip tapered end thereof, an index mechanism, a switch operating mechanism, and a power input switch, and in which when an operator depresses the switch operating mechanism with his finger while holding the case just as he holds a writing pen with his hand, the switch is closed and simultaneously the index mechanism is brought to a disengaged condition to permit the clutch mechanism to be brought to an engaged condition to permit a transmission of a rotation force from the prime mover to the collet to make the power tool ready for application to operations, and in which when the operator releases

Abstract: A tool for wrapping wire on a terminal post which includes a rod-like member having an axial end face with a terminal pin receiving bore therein. A configuration on the axial end face is provided to cause wire to wrap around the terminal when the rod is rotated. A slot open to the periphery of the rod is provided communicating with the axial end face, the slot lying on an angle to the axis. The slot extends partway through the rod forming a periphery which is axially spaced from the end face and which is axially arcuate on a radius having a center point at or spaced outward from the axial end face. The slot is adapted to receive the wire. The rod is axially movable with respect to a cut-off formed as an axial open end of a tubular member receiving the rod.

Abstract: An improved wire pot hanger and method of manufacturing the same, which hanger comprises a large-diameter wire-supporting element having a hook-like shape at the one end and a shank portion extending therefrom at the other end, a plurality of smaller-diameter wires, each of the wires having a one and another end, the wires at the one end formed into hook-like shapes adapted to be secured to or to support a pot-like planter or a similar container, the other end of the wires forming a helical coil about at least the shank portion of the larger-diameter hook-like supporting element, the helical coil wrapped about the shank element to prevent the helical coil of the smaller-diameter wires from slipping from such element in use.

Abstract: A wire wrapping device for connecting an insulated electrical wire to an electrical contact pin. The device includes a wrapping sleeve and a rotatable cylindrical wrapping spindle disposed within the wrapping sleeve which has an axially-disposed aperture opening at one end thereof for receiving the contact pin and a continuous wire guiding canal disposed in the surface of the spindle. Curved, U-shaped stripping knives are disposed in the canal and open towards the surface of the spindle for receiving and cutting the insulation from the wire. Specifically, the knives define a first cutting opening having a width which corresponds to the cross-sectional dimension of the insulated electrical wire and a second cutting opening which has a width which is at least the same as the diameter of the core of the wire. The improvement of the invention comprises the disposition of the stripping knives in the wire guiding canal so that the longitudinal axes thereof are disposed at an angle ranging between about 30.degree.

Abstract: Wire wrapping apparatus for use such as in the wrapping of an insulated single strand electrical wire around a rectangular cross-section terminal tag or post is disclosed. The present apparatus provides for the insulation to be cut or severed by an interaction between a cutting edge on the tool and a corner or ridge on the terminal tag.

Abstract: A wrapping bit for insulated conductor wire includes a transverse end face having a shelf projecting from the surface of the end face adjacent the longitudinal wire receiving groove. An insulation slitting knife edge is formed on the shelf and extends along the surface of the shelf in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the wrapping bit. A conductor guide channel intersects the wire receiving groove for guiding the insulated conductor onto the shelf and over the knife edge for slitting the conductor insulation longitudinally and just prior to wrapping the wire onto a terminal.

Abstract: A tool for stripping an insulated wire and/or wrapping the wire around a terminal tag in which a sleeve member has a bit member axially slidable therein and the bit includes a longitudinal aperature adapted to receive a terminal tag; the bit member including an intermediate recess and a groove or channel in the side of the bit member between a free end and said recess; a shearing edge or face substantially adjacent the junction of said groove or channel with said recess; the sleeve member having a second insulating shearing edge or face within the sleeve member, axially at a predetermined distance from the free end of the sleeve member so that the bit member when axially advanced a portion of the recess protrudes beyond the free end of the sleeve member and an insulated wire inserted between the sleeve and the bit stripped of its insulation when the bit is withdrawn axially into the sleeve due to coaction between the shearing edges; the axial movement of the bit partially stripping a predetermined length of i

Abstract: A low cost, lightweight, helically preformed line tie is disclosed which is configured for yieldably securing an elongated conductor or the like to various standard sizes of conventional, grooved insulative supports without the need for specialized ties by provision of a unitary, substantially shape-retaining resilient metallic wire tie which includes a central, generally U-shaped, line-receiving bight and a pair of legs extending therefrom which have intermediate sections adjacent the bight and helically formed line-gripping terminal sections; in preferred forms, the intermediate sections include a pair of interconnected, generally straight segments disposed at an angle relative to each other, and the intermediate sections are wrapped under tension about the support body with the helical leg sections secured about the line for yieldably securing the latter to the support without creation of localized, rigidly held stress areas at the line support points which can lead to premature line failure by virtue of b

Abstract: A wire wrap bit has a rotatable drive member with an axial bore to receive a terminal to be wrapped, and a ridge extending longitudinally along the outer periphery thereof. A hollow rotatable outer member having a longitudinal opening therein to receive the ridge is positioned circumferentially of the drive member. A wire is inserted in a channel formed by the ridge and an edge of the longitudinal opening and is releasably clamped therebetween upon rotation of the drive member. Continued rotation of the drive member causes the wire to be withdrawn from the channel and tightly wrapped on the terminal due to the tension on the wire resulting from the rotational clamping action.

Abstract: Lead wires from the field coils of a two-coil, two-pole stator for a motor of the universal type are wound about posts projecting outwardly from a wire retainer mounted to the stator by means of cannulas encircling said posts and having hook portions for engaging the coil lead wires. Lead support means support leads emanating from already wound field coils at positions adjacent said posts, there being four posts and four cannulas, each telescopically encircling one of said posts. Drive means simultaneously rotate all four cannulas in directions appropriate to cause the hook portions thereon to engage the four leads emanating from the two coils and continued rotation of the cannulas causes the hook portions thereon to wind the lead wires about the posts as the lead support means permits the lead wires to be drawn therethrough while maintaining the lead wires under tension as they are wound about the posts.

Abstract: A hand tool for loosening and removing coil wire wrap electrical connections by engaging the end of the wire wrap, rotating the tool under the coil and then lifting the loosened coil with the tool off the terminal pin. The tool has a helical groove at one end of a first tubular member and a second tubular member concentric with the first having a guide pin in the end of the tube adjacent to the helical groove. The end or entire second tubular member concentrically fitted over the first tubular member is adjustable to vary the spacing between the pin and the side wall of the helical groove. The end of the helical groove is tapered to slide under the end of a coil wire wrap thus allowing it to slip easily into the tool without damaging the wire. The second tubular member is retained concentric with the first by a pin through the first tubular member engaging a slot in the second tubular member and a collar and spring biasing the second tubular member against the pin.

Abstract: A manual operated insulated wire, cutting, stripping and wrapping tool comprises an elongated, generally cylindrical body comprising at a working end a stripping and wrapping head and at the opposite end a handle on which is mounted a wire cutter operated by rotating an intermediate sleeve against a restoring force over a limited arc relative to the handle.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a wire guide for use with a manually operated wire wrap gun. Such guns are used to make solderless wrapped connections on terminals emanating from a circuit board. The wire guide of the present invention is especially useful with multi-spindle guns, such as the dual spindle gun utilized for simultaneously wrapping both wires of a twisted pair or miniature coaxial cable. The present wire guide which is fastened to the sleeve portion of the gun, permits the operator to front load the gun quickly and reliably by directing the multiple wires into the respective wire feed openings of the wrapping tool bits housed within the sleeves.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an improved dressing finger for use with automatic wiring machines. Such machines are used to make solderless wrapped connections on terminals emanating from a common plane. The dressing finger which is used to form predetermined wire patterns is associated with a wrap tool which makes the actual connection. In present day machines, the distance relationship between wrap tool and dressing finger is fixed in one axis and the terminal grid arrangement which is dependent thereon is likewise fixed. The dressing finger of the present invention permits a combination of grids or fixed grids within a predetermined range, thereby providing greater flexibility in the design of the terminal panel.

Abstract: A rotatable wire wrap tool of the type having an apertured tip end operative to engage a terminal to wrap the terminal with wire as the tool is rotated, is provided with a bobbin carrying a supply of insulated conductor wire which is fed from the bobbin through the tool to its tip end. The interior of the tool is provided with a slitting element positioned to engage the surface of the wire as it is fed toward its wrapping position, to cut an elongated continuous slot through any insulation on the wire while leaving the remainder of the insulation intact, and the tool is further provided with an inclined face adjacent its tip end for guiding and twisting the slotted wire as the tool is rotated to bring the portion of the conductor wire which is exposed through the slot in the insulation into electrical contact with the terminal being wrapped.

Abstract: A tool for cutting a wire to length and then wrapping it around a terminal post includes an air motor driving through a planetary gear reduction to rotate a spindle, and a wire contacting bit rotated by the spindle. In order to develop sufficient torque to sever the wire at the bit, there is provided a member constrained to move helically with respect to the spindle housing, and the member is actuated by an air operated piston. A clutch between said member and the spindle disengages upon predetermined axial travel of said member to permit free turning of the spindle by the air motor to accomplish the wire wrapping operation. A spring returns said member to its initial position after the supply of air to the air motor and piston is cut off and the clutch automatically aligns the spindle and bit into initial position for insertion of another wire. One end of the spindle is supported within the bore of the inner race of a anti-friction bearing assembly in the housing.

Abstract: A multiple bit wire wrap tool for simultaneously connecting a plurality of conductors to adjacent closely spaced electrical terminal pins by spirally wrapping the conductors around the terminal pins. The tool has a circumferentially rotatable swivel block connected to a motor driven eccentric shaft for circumferential rotation therewith. The multiple bits have eccentric portions mounted in the swivel block for producing axial rotation of the bits.