Abstract: Devices and methods for actuating a tool and methods for making such devices are provided. In one example, the device includes a piston subassembly. The piston subassembly includes a cylinder having a cavity, a head disposed in the cavity to move between first and second positions, and a rod coupled to the head and extending away from the second position. A holding subassembly is coupled to the piston subassembly. The holding subassembly includes a first holding member coupled to the rod and configured to hold a first leg of the tool and a second holding member spaced apart from the first holding member. The second holding member is configured to hold the second leg of the tool. When the head moves from the first position towards the second position, the rod moves the first holding member towards the second holding member.

Abstract: A handheld device comprising a handle assembly containing a longitudinally tubular shank used to manage and/or insert flexible elongated components during the assembly, replacement and/or repair of wired elements of a system is described. The handheld device includes a conduit that can be used to manage and/or insert said flexible elongated components such as wires, cables, flexible tubing, lines, cords, strings, ropes, and the like through constrained spaces and/or barriers. The conduit may be partially opened or completely open to allow removing of the flexible elongated components from the handheld device.

Abstract: A wire handheld tool including a handle contiguous to a shank with a wire securing portion. The wire securing portion may be a relatively flat portion with one or more wire passageways used to secure one or more wires thereto. The wire handheld tool can be used to insert, remove, and/or replace wires contained in wire harness conduits. Some embodiments can include a plurality of passageways traversing the relatively wire securing portion in non-parallel diagonal directions relative to each other. In some embodiments, one wire passageway can be included and configured for a wire to traverse a length of the wire securing portion securing itself thereto. The handle of the tool can be ergonomically designed for comfort and practicality, and additionally, may include non-conductive components or coatings to prevent electrically shocking a user.

Abstract: Provided is a connecting method for connecting facing metal filament bodies. A pair of fixing members fixing the facing metal filament bodies, and a rotating body in which a cutout is arranged-between the pair of fixing members. End portions of a parallel portion of a metal filament body formed by juxtaposing the facing metal filament bodies are fixed by the pair of fixing members and an approximately central portion of the parallel portion of the metal filament body is arranged in a cutout of the rotating body. Next, the facing metal filament bodies are twisted together by rotating the rotating body. The pair of fixing members comprises a cutout and a pressing member and both end portions of parallel portion of the facing metal filament bodies are arranged in cutouts 1A of the pair of fixing members and the end portions are fixed by pressing with the pressing member.

Abstract: The present invention is a fence stay drill bit used along with a drill to install and uninstall fence stays more efficiently. The present invention further encompasses a method of installing and uninstalling fence stays using the present invention. The present invention has a drill bit extrusion and an elongated body which houses a slot and a recess. In the preferred embodiment, the elongated body has a cylindrical body which is a safety feature in preventing the present invention from accidentally attaching itself onto objects in the surrounding during use. The elongated body is also attached to a large fillet and a stay receiving lip. Both the recess and the stay receiving lip help guide a tip of a fence stay into the slot therein. The slot has a cavity which traps and stabilizes the tip of fence stay while the present invention is rotated by the drill.

Abstract: A wire untwisting tool includes a housing having a wire gripping end, an actuation end and a cavity. A plunger is received in the cavity. The plunger is movable between a retracted position and an actuated position and includes a gripping head movable with the plunger between the retracted position and the actuated position. The gripping head is configured to hold the twisted pair of wires in the retracted position, wherein rotation of the housing in an untwisting direction untwists the wires. Optionally, the wire may be fixedly held remote from the gripping end, and the housing may be rotated about the location at which the wire is fixedly held.

Abstract: A connector assembly for connecting a first pair of wires associated with a DC power source to a second pair of wires associated with a DC powered device. The connector assembly includes a run portion having insulation piercing contacts for electrically engaging the first pair of wires. A tap portion of the connector assembly may also include insulation piercing contacts for electrically engaging the second pair of wires. The run portion and the tap portion may be provided in separate housing assemblies that are releasably engageable or may be provided in an integrated housing assembly.

Abstract: A specialty tool to aid in twisting of up to six (6) individual wires for a cable assembly is herein disclosed, comprising a series of six (6) parallel channels perpendicular to the fulcrum line of the pliers. Each channel is sized to hold one (1) individual wire, facilitated by a one-way fixture that slightly penetrates the wires insulation thus holding it securely. Once the wires are in the tool, the jaws can be locked together and can be rotated in either direction to twist the wires. This procedure would be used with cable assembly during manufacturing processes.

Abstract: A stranding of long winding material using a substantially cylindrical rotary body. The rotary body includes a first passage for guiding a first winding material through the cylindrical rotary body and a second passage for guiding a second winding material through the cylindrical rotary body. The first passage connects a first offset inlet on a first end side of the rotary body to a first offset outlet on a second end side of the rotary body, which opposes the first end side. The second passage connects a second input, arranged on a surface of the rotary body extending between the two end sides, to a second offset output on the second or first end side of the rotary body.

Abstract: A tool that is used to correctly measure the proper termination length of the exposed twisted conductor pairs of a cable for insertion into a telecommunications plug and to correctly preform the positional arrangement of the individual conductors for insertion into the plug in a single step is disclosed. A method of terminating an end of a stripped twisted conductor pair cable to a telecommunications plug having a plurality of conductor receiving channels using such a tool is also disclosed.

Abstract: A tie wrench for bending mounting clips to secure a fence wire to a fence post is disclosed. The tie wrench utilizes a hook that is positioned beneath the fence wire but above an outer portion of the mounting clip. The tie wrench is pulled toward the user to twist and secure the outer portion of the clip and the fence wire to the fence post. The other side of the clip is engaged and deformed in a similar manner by a flared and scalloped finger that protrudes from the blade body of the tool. The large bend in the blade coupled with the small recess adjacent the exterior corner of the device seats the fence wire and produces a fencing tool that is easier and quicker to use compared to prior art devices.

Abstract: A tie wrench for bending mounting clips to secure a fence wire to a fence post is disclosed. The tie wrench utilizes two different hooks that are positioned to engage mounting clips and fence wire. The tie wrench is pulled toward the user to twist and secure the outer portion of the clip and the fence wire to the fence post. The other side of the clip is engaged and deformed in a similar manner by the hooks that protrude from the blade body of the tool. The large bend in the blade coupled with the small recess adjacent the exterior corner of the device seats the fence wire.

Abstract: Linesman type pliers (10) that have provisions for splicing wires together. The pliers (10) have a right body (20) with a first jaw (22) on one end, and a handle (24) on the other end, and a pivotal bore (26) in-between. The first jaw (22) includes a truncated, tapered recess half (28) that is configured to receive an outward-extending stop and the provisions for gripping wire. A left body (32) has a similar jaw, handle, bore and truncated tapered recess half, except with an outward-extending stop (38) on the inner end. A pivot pin (42) is jointly disposed within bores (26) and (36), thus forming a solid-joint that arcuately swivels the right body (20) and left body (32) together into parallel and adjacent alignment. When the jaws are closed a complete, annular, truncated tapered recess (44) is formed that allows insertion of a number of stripped wires that form a twisted splice when the pliers are manually rotated around the stationary wires.

Abstract: A tie wrench for bending mounting clips to secure a fence wire to a fence post is disclosed. The tie wrench utilizes a hook that is positioned beneath the fence wire but above an outer portion of the mounting clip. The tie wrench is pulled toward the user to twist and secure the outer portion of the clip and the fence wire to the fence post. The other side of the clip is engaged and deformed in a similar manner by a flared finger that protrudes from the blade body of the tool. The large bend in the blade coupled with the small recess adjacent the exterior corner of the device seats the fence wire and produces a fencing tool that is easier and quicker to use compared to prior art devices.

Abstract: Wire-untwisting tools and tool bits are disclosed. The wire-untwisting tool comprises a tool body, a movable member, and a spring. The tool body has a first channel extending inwardly from a first surface and a second channel extending inwardly from a second surface. The movable member includes a third channel, and is positioned within the second channel to move therein between an open position, in which the first and third channels are substantially aligned and contiguous, and a gripping position, in which they are not. The spring bears between the tool body and the movable member so and biases the movable member toward the gripping position. A pair of twisted wires inserted into the aligned channels of the tool body and the movable member when the movable member is pushed into the open position will be gripped for untwisting when the movable member moves back to the gripping position.

Abstract: A tool for forming a controlled bend in a wire to be positioned around a terminal screw or post. The tool has a wire bending head at one end of a shaft which has a handle at the opposite end, the wire bending head including a post coaxial with the shaft and an arcuate flange outwardly of the shaft. A second flange is spaced from the first flange, and the two flanges provide stops. The end of a wire is placed adjacent to the post and is inserted between the flanges; in an alternate embodiment, there is a single flange with a transverse opening in which the end of the wire is placed. The tool is rotated while the wire is held, or the wire may be moved with or without tool rotation, so that the wire is bent around the post. Bending continues until the wire engages a second stop, which is located to position the two legs of the bent wire in a desired relative position, which may be substantially parallel.

Abstract: A tool for attaching fencing wire to a post with a tie-wire clip. The tool has an essentially cylindrical bar. One end of the bar is tapered and ends in a flat surface that is provided with a blind hole that extends into the bar beyond where the taper begins. The other end of the bar is also cylindrical but has a diameter that is less than the diameter of the central portion of the bar, which forms a grip portion between the two ends of the tool.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for attaching wire clips to a metal woven wire fence or barbed wire and holding same firmly to metal fence posts. It also relates to tightening sagging metal wire, splicing metal wire, bending metal clips and attaching same to other wire, removing old clips from existing posts and the general handling of metal wire.

Abstract: Bale tie joining devices for joining bale tie ends on top of a bale in a press, and wherein the completed tie joint or knot is visible to a press operator from the top before release of the bale from the press.

Abstract: A wire tying fixture for use with a pair of wires having individual loops adapted to intertie when overlapped and subsequently tensioned, the fixture having an open-ended, downwardly slotted longitudinal channel adapted to receive the wires thrust loop-first from its opposite ends, a notched false bottom disposed beneath a tying station in the channel and pivotally mounted for movement between a closed position, into which the bottom is resiliently urged to support the wires in the channel with the notch holding one of the loops to facilitate thrusting of the other loop into overlapping relation, and a retracted position to release the intertied wires and having a leaf spring mounted at the tying station presenting resilient camming surface which engages the loops and urges them toward one side of the channel into intertying engagement over the false bottom.