Abstract: An attachment for a tool used to attach and remove load break elbows and protective caps from bushings disposed on a transformer is provided. The tool attachment includes an elbow engaging member that is positionable around a load break elbow or cap fixed to a bushing. The engagement member is fixedly secured to a horizontal bar that includes a number of aligned openings extending through the bar. These openings are selectively alignable with a pair of openings disposed on a vertical bar to pivotally attach the vertical and horizontal bars to one another. The vertical bar also includes an opening through which a pulling eye on the elbow or cap can extend when the tool attachment is positioned on the elbow or cap.

Abstract: An attachment for a tool used to attach and remove load break elbows and protective caps from bushings disposed on a transformer is provided. The tool attachment includes an elbow engaging member that is positionable around a load break elbow or cap fixed to a bushing. The engagement member is fixedly secured to a horizontal bar that includes a number of aligned openings extending through the bar. These openings are selectively alignable with a pair of openings disposed on a vertical bar to pivotally attach the vertical and horizontal bars to one another. The vertical bar also includes an opening through which a pulling eye on the elbow or cap can extend when the tool attachment is positioned on the elbow or cap.

Abstract: A step assembly is provided that can be easily slipped into a utility pole opening and locked in place, and then easily removed after use. The step assembly includes 1) a step member having first and second legs, which are connected at one end and open at the opposite end and 2) a lever member that is rotatably attached to the step member and that urges the first and second legs apart. The free end of the legs include tabs protruding upwardly. The step assembly is inserted into the utility pole opening by pressing the legs toward each other. The step assembly is then inserted into the opening. The legs are released such that the legs spread apart and press against the opening's sides. The lever member is then rotated, forcing the enlarged portion between the legs of the step assembly to lock the step assembly in place.

Abstract: A bushing installation tool including a cylindrical housing adapted to be mounted on said bushing, a cap mounted on one end of the housing, a number of slots in the other end of the housing, a quick release strap assembly mounted on the other end of the housing for securing the housing to the bushing, a limited torque type ratchet wrench mounted on the cap for rotating the bushing into a bushing well, and a hexagonal nut mounted on the cap for rotating the housing in the other direction to remove the bushing from the well.

Abstract: A cutting tool for stripping insulation from a cable comprises a shank and a blade, the blade possessing one cutting edge formed at the intersection of a back face and a front face, the front face being concave, and the back and front faces together forming a wedge. In one embodiment, an additional wedge-shaped protuberance is formed out of the front face of the blade at its end substantially perpendicular to the back face of the blade to assist in wedging the insulation being removed from the cable.

Abstract: A tool for removing insulation from a cable includes a plurality of rollers, with the axis of rotation of each such roller being angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the cable at a certain angle, and a further plurality of rollers which are together adjustable so that the angle between the axis of rotation of each such roller is varied relative to the longitudinal axis of the cable.

Abstract: A tool for removing insulation from a cable includes roller means for supporting cables of different diameters while permitting rotation of the tool relative to the cable. The tool includes a blade which is positioned to urge and move the tool and cable relatively axially for each turn of the tool and cable relatively. A bar member is included for limiting relative axial movement of the cable and tool for each turn of the tool and cable relatively, to a certain distance less than such axial distance movement determined by the positioning of the blade, at each turn of the tool and cable relatively.

Abstract: A tool for removing insulation from a cable includes a plurality of rollers for supporting cables of different diameters, while permitting rotation of the tool relative to the cable. The tool includes a blade which is positioned to cut into the insulation of the cable upon such relative rotation. The axis of rotation of each supporting roller is angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the cable so that the cable and tool move relatively axially upon such relative rotation thereof.