Abstract: An explosive actuated hand tool for cutting clean holes in sheet material, wherein the explosive force causes a piston to pull a punch toward a die, the material being located between the punch and die. Convenience and safety features include means for arming the firing mechanism by rotation of a locking ring which secures a cartridge in its chamber and means to prevent movement of a firing pin unless a lever has been moved from an OFF position to the ON position.

Abstract: An improved quick clamping device to hold armored cables such as BX cable for cutting. The device includes a handle for receiving the cable which is preferably U-shaped and which defines a cable receiving channel. A clamping handle is hingedly attached to one end of the cable receiving handle. A clamping stud with a two-sided stop adjustable along its length is slidably held between the clamping and receiving handles such that when the handles are compressed the clamping stud projects into the cable receiving channel and clamps the cable. A spring biasing means on one side of the stop serves to hold the handles in the open, unclamped position prior to use. A resilient means such as a bowed spring steel washer is provided on the other side of the stop which compresses as required to prevent excess clamping forces from being generated which might damage the clamp. A saw is preferably mounted on a pivoted saw handle to cut the cable which it is clamped.

Abstract: A tool of pliers type which is modified to include stripping jaws for removing insulation from a wire, at least one of said jaws being adjustable for different wire sizes and both jaws being so mounted that they do not substantially increase the overall dimension of the pliers.

Abstract: A protective bushing adapted to fit in a cut end of armored cable of the BX type, shaped and contoured to prevent contact of wires in the cable with any sharp edges or points adjacent to the cut end of the armor.

Abstract: A hand tool for slitting the sheath on flat, two-conductor, plastic clad cables by means of a pointed knife which projects from a fixed mounting within the tool handle into a chamber bounded, opposite the point of the knife blade, by a sloping wall, one end of which defines an opening only slightly larger than the cross section of the cable to be cut, while the other end of the wall defines one end of an elongated opening within which the cable can be moved to assume a range of angles relative to the knife. The walls of the chamber which lie substantially parallel to the knife blade are so mounted that their spacing from the blade and from each other can be varied with micrometric precision, to ensure the location of the cut at exactly the correct distances from the edges of the flat cable.

Abstract: A machine for measuring and cutting predetermined lengths of electric cable such as armored (BX) or insulated cable which is supplied from a coil or reel to a "caterpillar" feed assembly and then to a cutting assembly, the feeding and cutting being synchronized and controlled to effect the cutting, automatically, of a predetermined number of pieces cut to predetermined uniform lengths, the controls including means for measuring the fed cable and for counting the number of pieces.

Abstract: A hand tool comprising elements for clamping a conduit or cable to be cut, a saw blade supporting assembly pivotally connected to the clamping elements, in a manner to guide the saw in its desired cutting path, and means for causing sawing movement of the saw blade, the saw blade supporting assembly and the clamping elements being so juxtaposed that they can be gripped by one hand of the tool operator to cause both gripping of the work and advancement of the saw blade in its cutting position; the other hand of the operator being available to effect cutting movement of the saw blade.

Abstract: A hand tool for cutting the armor of armored cable, comprising two elongated handle members hingedly connected, the first member carrying a manually operated circular saw and the second member having a channel in which the cable is clamped during cutting. The improvement including a clamping plunger carried by a third handle member which is hinged to the second member and manually activated to press the plunger firmly and/or resiliently against the cable to hold it firmly against the wall of the channel during the cutting operation.

Abstract: A tool for cutting longitudinal slits in welded armored cable, applicable to cables in a wide variety of sizes due to its use of a wide angled cable guide which can be adjusted laterally within a small range in order to center widely varying sizes of cables in line with the saw.

Abstract: A hand tool for slitting the sheath on flat, two to four conductor, plastic clad cables wherein one or more pointed knives project from the end of a handle into a chamber bounded, opposite the knife blades, by a sloping wall, one end of which defines an opening only slightly larger than the cable to be cut while the other end of the wall defines one end of an elongated opening throughout which the cable can be moved to assume a range of angles relative to the knives. A cable to be cut may be introduced into the chamber at an angle such that its surface does not touch the knives, and the tool can then be moved to an angle such that the knife points are driven into the cable and the sheath is cut, to facilitate separation and stripping of the conductors.

Abstract: A cutter for the armor of a BX cable or the like wherein the cable to be cut is held firmly in a cable guide by a manually actuated cable clamp, the clamped cable being movable into armor-cutting engagement with a fixed power driven circular saw, and means for fine adjustment of the cable, clamp and saw being provided.

Abstract: A tool for cutting electrical cable of the welded type, the tool including a circular saw blade, means for holding the cable armor against the blade, means for adjusting and limiting the penetration of the blade into the armor, and means for rotating the saw blade combined with means to propel the tool along the cable whereby the tool makes a longitudinal cut through the armor, of any desired length.

Abstract: A cutter for the armor of a BX cable or the like wherein the cable to be cut is held firmly in a cable guide by a manually actuated cable clamp, the clamped cable being movable into armor-cutting engagement with a fixed power driven circular saw.

Abstract: An automatic pipetting system for pipetting a measured micro-quantity of reagent into a reaction cup, in which the pipetter is lowered into a reagent bottle, a predetermined amount of reagent drawn in using a positive displacement pump, the pipetter withdrawn from the reagent bottle through an irrigated wiping sponge to accurately control the drop of reagent at its tip, rotated to a position over the cup and lowered thereinto after which the displacement pump expels a measured amount of reagent.

Abstract: An automatic BX cable cutter including a cable guide and clamp, a circular saw carried by a floating pivoted carriage actuated between cutting and inactive positions by a cam, the machine being so electrically coordinated that, when the saw motor is started and the cable end is inserted into its guide to a pre-set stop point, the clamp screw moves to cable-holding position, and the feed motor permits the carriage and saw to be raised to cutting position; after the cut has been made, the saw is retracted, the clamp screw drive is reversed and the cable is released.

Abstract: An automatic transfer system for transferring a reaction sample to a sample cell in analysis apparatus in which a transfer pump draws in slugs of sample separated by slugs of air, the slugs being obtained through a coordinated probe oscillation, bringing a sample slug into the sample cell and holding it there for measurement, the system further including a wash pump for the depositing wash liquid in the sample cup which is also drawn into the system to flush it out between samples.

Abstract: A diluter for use in a kinetic analysis apparatus for picking up a serum sample from a container and diluting it into a reaction cup in which a diluter probe mounted for vertical translation and horizontal rotational motion is coupled to a sample pump with the sample pump coupled to a diluter pump and wherein the probe is caused to be lowered into a container of serum sample after which said sample pump draws into said probe a measured amount of sample whereupon said probe is raised, rotated and then lowered to a position over a reaction cup; the diluter pump is then operated to discharge said sample along with a measured amount of diluent. Vertical translation and horizontal rotation of the probe is achieved by means of a pair of coaxially disposed cylindrical cam members one of which is fixed and the other rotatable about the common axis.