Abstract: An extractor is provided for extracting a pin or another component which is pressed into a hole and protrudes from the hole with a cylindrical section. The extractor has a gripping element, which has a tubular basic body, is axially adjustable in a guide tube and is provided at its outer ends with at least two gripping jaws having conical outer jacket surfaces. With the gripping jaws the gripping element can be attached to the center pin or the cylindrical section. The basic body can be pulled axially into the guide tube, as a result of which the gripping jaws are pressed by conical jacket surfaces radially inwardly in cooperation with the guide tube, so that a snug hold of the gripping jaws at the cylindrical pin or the cylindrical section is brought about.

Abstract: The invention comprises tools for forming beads on one or more filaments using a malleable material for the bead. The tools exert bead-forming forces radially inward toward the filament and axially along the filament toward the center of the bead. The tools comprise pliers with jaws which meet flush with each other over at least a portion of the jaw face. Aligned cavities are formed in each jaw face wherein each cavity's dimension across the jaw face is less than the width of the jaw face. Grooves, aligned generally transverse to the width of the jaw face provide a filament-receiving channel between the cavity and the edge of the jaw face. Malleable material encompassing the filament is aligned between the aligned cavities and the jaws are closed. The radial force of the cavity walls on the malleable material deforms the malleable material radially and the walls of the cavity exert a force axially to form a bead.

Abstract: A Guard Rail Tool for installing guard rails along a road or a highway. A fixed claw and a rotatable claw are mounted on opposite sides of a fixed handle which presses against the guard rails when a rotatable handle is closed against the fixed handle.

Abstract: A hand tool is adapted to remove a hinge pin from a hinge on a door or the like. The hinge pin is pushed out of the hinge by application of force to one end of the hinge pin in a direction that is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the hinge pin. The hand tool includes a main body that is removably attached to the hinge and a hinge pin-engaging unit on the main body. The hinge pin-engaging unit includes a drive pin slidably attached to the main body and a lever arm that is attached to the drive pin at a distal end of the lever arm and is also pivotally attached to the main body by a fulcrum that is attached to the lever arm between the distal end of the lever arm and a proximal end of the lever arm to form a first class lever. A handle is threadably attached to the lever arm adjacent to the proximal end of the lever arm.

Abstract: Pipe plugs are difficult to remove due in part to the design of the pipe plug to be extremely tight fit with a pipe. Pipe plugs are described as being removed by a pipe plug removal tool. The pipe plug removal tool permits easy access to a trench and employs leverage to remove the pipe plug.

Abstract: A tool for removing a hinge pin from a hinge includes an elongated member having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, a handle on the proximal end portion for a user to grasp in a hand of the user, and a forked tip on the distal end portion for the user to wedge between a hinge pin head and a hinge for purposes of facilitating hinge removal. The forked tip includes spaced apart first and second hinge-pin-dislodging tongs that define a channel having a width larger than the hinge pin shaft diameter and smaller than the hinge pin head diameter in order to enable the channel to receive the hinge pin shaft as the user wedges the first and second hinge-pin-dislodging tongs between the hinge pin head and the hinge.

Abstract: The embodiment of this invention is disclosed which describes a power hammer puller to remove items from a shaft. The device consists of a cylindrical tube into which an air hammer fits. A bit is installed on one end of the tube and the other end is threaded to allow items to be removed from shafts. While the embodiments of the invention have been disclosed, certain modifications may be made by those skilled in the art to modify the various size of the tube as well as the size of the bit or the size of the standard threaded hole to accommodate particular applications.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful device for reversibly locking vehicle lug nuts in a stationary position. One of the unique abilities of the present invention is the capacity to lock the lug nuts at roughly the exact degree of tension from the time the apparatus is installed until the apparatus is intentionally removed. A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for locking vehicle lug nuts in a stationary position so as to prevent premature loosening and dislocation during routine vehicle use. The apparatus can withstand extreme differentials in environmental conditions without compromising the degree of tension of the lug nuts. In the furtherance of this and other objectives, the apparatus is preferably designed with a removable cover that can withstand conditions such as wide temperature variances, various forms of moisture, road dirt and salt, metal fatigue and rust, and high heat transference from brakes.

Abstract: The punch press tool efficiently punches out a sheared sickle blade section bolt or a bolt from which the retaining nut has been removed in an implement using a reciprocating sickle bar. The punch press tool includes an elongated handle having a pair of rigidly connected parallel links pivotally connected to one end thereof to straddle a sickle bar. A removable transverse pin is engaged with end portions of the links in spaced relation to the end of the handle and oriented below the sickle bar when the handle and attached ends of the links are positioned above the sickle bar. The handle includes a radially extending heat treated projecting pointed pin spaced from the pivot axis of the handle to downwardly engage the end of a broken bolt in a sickle bar to force the bolt downwardly out of the sickle bar when the handle is pivoted toward the sickle bar.

Abstract: A bucket spreading tool is disclosed for separating covers of adjacent turbine buckets, the tool includes: an arm for extending a head of the tool between adjacent turbine wheels and for positioning the head between the adjacent buckets of a wheel, wherein the head includes an attachment to an end of the arm and a forward portion having a front side surface shaped to engage a first bucket of said adjacent buckets, and a rear side surface shaped to engage a second bucket of said adjacent buckets.

Abstract: A tool for removing edge connectors from circuit boards includes an elongated handle having a first end, a first head at the first end of the handle shaped to engage a portion of an edge connector, and a second removable head for attachment to the handle in opposition to the first head, the second head also being shaped to engage a portion of an edge connector.

Abstract: A bucket spreading tool is disclosed for separating covers of adjacent turbine buckets, the tool includes: an arm for extending a head of the tool between adjacent turbine wheels and for positioning the head between the adjacent buckets of a wheel, wherein the head includes an attachment to an end of the arm and a forward portion having a front side surface shaped to engage a first bucket of said adjacent buckets, and a rear side surface shaped to engage a second bucket of said adjacent buckets.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for assembling in an automated manner a sealing profile on an inner door for refrigerators. The method comprises the stages of: a) providing said profile (1) in the form of a frame welded at the corners, b) stably resting said frame on a support (10), c) gripping said section (4) along all the sides of said frame using engaging means (12) so as to perform said elastic splaying, d) retaining said sections (4) in the splayed position, e) positioning said inner door (31) on said sections (2) of said profile base, f) releasing said sections (4) so as to allow the elastic return of the profile base onto the edge of the inner door, g) extracting inner door and profile thus assembled from said support.

Abstract: A clamp for an inline connector having a male and a female component comprises a first sleeve having a peripheral portion defining an opening for receiving and holding the male or female component. A second sleeve is provided adjacent the first sleeve and has an opening therein which is adjacent the opening in the first sleeve. A handle having a first end is pivotally connected to the first sleeve for rotation about the pivotal connection. A bracket is pivotally connected to the second sleeve member at one end thereof and pivotally connected to the handle at another end thereof. Rotation of the handle about its pivotal connection to the first sleeve moves the first sleeve and the second sleeve relative to each other between a first position where the first sleeve and the second sleeve are closer to each other and a second position where the first sleeve and the second sleeve are further apart from each other.

Abstract: An assembly tool for insertion of engine piston/rod assemblies into an engine cylinder includes a frame, a support arm pivotally carried on the frame, an insertion cylinder carried by the support arm and including an extendable insertion rod having an end adapted to engage a piston in position for insertion; a positioner for positioning the support arm in an insertion position with the rod end engaging a piston; and a control for actuating the insertion rod to insert a piston/rod assembly into the cylinder. Various additional features of an exemplary embodiment are also disclosed.

Abstract: A Guard Rail Tool for installing guard rails along a road or a highway. A fixed claw and a rotatable claw are mounted on opposite sides of a fixed handle which presses against the guard rails when a rotatable handle is closed against the fixed handle.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the manipulation of a fuel injector in association with an internal combustion engine. In one form a fuel injector tool is pivotally coupled to a cylinder head and rotated to apply a removal or installation force to a fuel injector. The tool is adapted to be installed within the tight confines of a cylinder head.

Abstract: A method is provided for removing a slug from a frame of an automobile. A mandrel configured for insertion into an aperture of the slug and a mandrel engaging plate configured to engage the mandrel. The method also includes a cammed jaw connected to the mandrel engaging plate and an actuator. The mandrel engaging plate is configured to engage the automobile frame and the actuator is configured to separate the cammed jaw from the mandrel engaging plate such that the mandrel is drawn through the aperture of the slug, thereby removing the slug from the automobile frame.

Abstract: The present invention 10 discloses a tool used to position pool cover compression springs 14 over pool cover anchor bolts 16. The tool is substantially a tube having an angled tubular arm 22. At one distal end the tube has a section removed thereby forming a curvilinear tab 24 that can be used as a fulcrum when attaching the pool cover springs 14 to the inground anchors 16. At the other distal end the pool cover spring tool has a transverse handle 26 providing leverage while using the tool. In addition the handle 26 serves as a compartment 30 for storing tools 32 such as an alien wrench that is used to raise and lower the inground anchor bolts.

Abstract: A leveraging tool for disconnecting a control arm from the remainder of an automotive front wheel drive suspension system. The leveraging tool includes angularly disposed first and second portions, a pivot point being located therebetween. A chain, cable, or hook member attaches the second portion to the control arm. The control arm is detached when an input force is applied to the first portion.

Abstract: A pin pulling tool which not only uses the pin pulling force to pull the pin but also uses it through a unique magnifying system of rollers and incline planes to securely close the collet. The basic tool is a hand operated tool primarily designed to pull dowel pins from tooling plates on circuit board drilling machines. This tool may have broad uses in any industry where headless pins are used and may be manual or power operated and of any size.

Abstract: An improved test fixture for use preferably in inserting a plurality of RJ11 telephony connectors into a voice processing or similar circuit card is disclosed wherein a hinge like member is utilized in conjunction with a plate in order to simultaneously insert and remove plural RJ11 connectors from mating receptacles.

Abstract: A tool installs barb emitters in irrigation tubing. The tool has a cradle which receives irrigation tubing and a punch mounted opposite the cradle. The punch has a first cylinder and a second cylinder telescopically received within the first cylinder. The first cylinder has a cap at the upper end and an annular ring extending inwardly from to partially occlude the lower end. The second cylinder includes a second cap at the upper end which slidably engages the first cylinder and is resiliently urged by a spring against the annular ring. The cap has a punch holder extending downwardly therefrom. A needle has a sharp tip extending downwardly from the punch holder through the second cap to a point within the second cylinder when the spring is fully extended and beyond the second cylinder when the spring is fully compressed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for installing and replacing a valve stem from the valve stem rim opening defined in the rim of a tubeless tire from the outside of the rim, such tool including a threaded rod for engaging the valve stem and pulling the valve stem through an inwardly tapered first tube into a second tube dimensioned to fit into the valve stem rim opening, the flange of the valve stem is gradually compressed, and after the tapered tube is removed the second tube is placed in the rim opening and the valve stem is pushed into the valve stem opening using only manual force.

Abstract: An apparatus for attaching an object semi-automatically onto a dummy wafer comprising a stage having a loading surface on which the dummy wafer rests, a pressing device for attaching the object gradually onto the dummy wafer placed on the loading surface, and a supporting device for placing the object in a position spaced apart from the loading surface.

Abstract: An arrow extraction device including a clamping means and a lever-actuated push rod. An arrow shaft is held by the clamping means while removal force is applied through the lever-actuated push rod, thereby facilitating easy recovery of a whole arrow embedded in a target.

Abstract: The present invention is a tire valve tool for use in servicing valve stems in tubeless pneumatic tire rims. The tool may be used to install a valve stem into a tire rim and may also be used to extract a valve stem from the tire rim. The tool includes a clamping jaw assembly at one end of an elongated handle. A lever arm attached to one of the clamping jaws serves to provide both a fulcrum point for accomplishing a mechanical advantage in pulling on the valve stem and as a lever for applying a closing force to the jaw assembly in order to grip the valve stem. The clamping jaw assembly is shaped so that valve stems in rims with recessed valve stem openings can be grasped below the main rim surface without causing damage to the rim surface. The tool preferably incorporates a non-marring material for the fulcrum end of the lever in order to minimize damage to the rim surface.

Abstract: A binding apparatus capable of facilitating reliable tightening of a binding belt without directly touching the binding belt. The apparatus includes a body provided therein with a belt passage and a fastener passage. The belt passage functions to guide therethrough a continuous binding belt formed on one side surface thereof with asperities in a rack-like manner. Fasteners guided in the fastener passage are each provided with holding pawls engageable with the asperities of the binding belt. The belt passage is formed with an opening through which the binding belt is exposed. A tightening lever is pivotally mounted on the body and includes a gear portion releasably engaged with the asperities of the binding belt exposed from the opening of the belt passage. A cutter cuts the binding belt while a foremost one of the fasteners holds a distal end of a portion of the binding belt wound around an article on one of the holding pawls of the fastener to bind the article with the portion of the binding belt.

Abstract: A blade tool that is useful for removing and installing blades into and out of a cutter head which is rotatably mounted in a thickness planer. The blade tool consists of a handle and a hook portion. This hook portion is designed to pull or pry blades away from the cutter head when removing the blades from the cutter head. The handle of the blade tool defines a curved portion that is designed to press against the edge of the blade when installing the blade into the cutter head. The blade tool may further comprise a magnet coupled inside a cavity at the end of the handle. The magnet is designed to extract the blade away from the cutter head once it has been loosened by the hook portion. In one embodiment, the magnet is a rare earth magnet.

Abstract: An installation tool for installing a support hanger in an aircraft, where the support hanger includes a main hook body and a complimentary hook body slidably coupled with the main hook body. The support hanger further includes a locking mechanism for selectively locking the main hook body and the complimentary hook body. The installation tool comprises a handle having a pivot surface that engages the main hook body of the support hanger. A wedge-shaped slot is formed in the handle and includes a pair of surfaces. An interfering member is then disposed within the wedge-shaped slot. This interfering member is positionable in a first position where the interfering member engages at least one of the pair of surfaces and a free end of the complimentary hook body and a second position where the interfering member is disengaged from the pair of surfaces so as to permit simple and convenient tightening of the support hanger.

Abstract: The grease filter remover is a device that by working the handle the head pivots moving the stationary fingers. Moving the handle up and out will pivot top of head inward moving lower fingers out and top fingers in. Moving handle down and inward will pivot bottom of head inward moving lower finger inward and top of finger outward.

Abstract: The pry bar has an ergonomic handle with a convex upper grip surface and a concave lower grip with an inner hard thermoplastic core and an outer elastomeric molded over cover, with the pry bar metal shank having an angularly disposed pry end. The curved upper grip surface portion is more distant from the handle longitudinal axis than the curved lower grip surface portion. The upper grip surface is formed with a distally disposed elastomeric ribbed thumb receiving recess. The handle sides are formed with elongated outwardly bulging palm engaging portions.

Abstract: A tool (10) for mounting a heat sink clip (80) to a CPU socket (100) includes a body (12) and a T-shaped handle (13). The body has a top surface (18) and a bottom surface (20). A protrusion (22) and a projection (26) are respectively formed downwardly from opposite sides of the bottom surface. A tongue (24) is formed at a free end of the projection. A cutout (32) is defined in the body between the bottom surface and the tongue, for receiving a pressing plate (92) of the clip. The handle extends upwardly from the top surface of the body. When the tool is downwardly pressed, the protrusion and projection downwardly press the clip to cause arms (84, 94) of the clip to downwardly and outwardly move and thereby engage with catches (102) of the socket.

Abstract: An apparatus for attaching an object semi-automatically onto a dummy wafer comprising a stage having a loading surface on which the dummy wafer rests, a pressing device for attaching the object gradually onto the dummy wafer placed on the loading surface, and a supporting device for placing the object in a position spaced apart from the loading surface.

Abstract: A tool (1) for mounting a heat sink clip (80) to a CPU socket (100) includes a handle (10) and a lever (40) pivotally attached to the handle. The handle includes a body (12) and first and second legs (14, 16). The second leg has two tabs (30) defining two first pivot holes (32) therein. The lever defines a second pivot hole (50). A pivot pin (60) is extended through the first and second pivot holes, thereby pivotally attaching the lever to the handle. The handle downwardly presses the clip to engage a first arm of the clip with a catch of the socket. The lever is rotated so that a bent portion (52) thereof inwardly pushes a second arm of the clip to engage with another catch of the socket. A spring (70) connected between the handle and the lever draws the lever back to its original position.

Abstract: In this front face of an electronics card designed to be inserted into a housing through an opening, at least one of the edges of which opening is provided with a notched bar, that portion of said front face which is to be disposed in the vicinity of said bar is provided with at least one abutment surface for abutting against a drive member engaged through the notch when inserting said card into the housing or when extracting it therefrom. The method consists in inserting a drive member through one of the notches in said bar, in causing said member to bear against an abutment surface, and in exerting a pivot force on said drive member to pivot it about the zone via which it bears against an edge of the notch, so that a force is transmitted to the front face, at the abutment surface, in a direction corresponding to inserting the card or to extracting the card.

Abstract: An apparatus for manually locking and/or unlocking the parts of a vehicle seat includes a housing part and a lever part reaching through an opening in the housing part. The housing part has at least one spring mechanism that latches the lever part in at least one position inside of the opening.

Abstract: A puller tool used with a pry bar, the pry bar includes a long portion to provide leverage in a curved area, the curved area for abutment with a surface to form a pivot and fulcrum, and a tip is provided on the other and shorter side of the pry bar curve for pushing against the puller tool. The puller tool is an elongate structure including a hook in a first area; a grippable surface in a second area, and a selectively positionable pry bar abutment member or pry base mounted to an intermediate area. The pry base can be manually repositioned relative to the hook. To use the combination to remove a seal about a shaft, the hook of the puller is slipped in-between the shaft and seal to engage the seal back side. The pry bar is located and the pry base is positioned against the pry bar tip with the curved pivot of the bar against a stationary surface.

Abstract: Flexible vane pumps (also referred to as rubber impeller pumps) are commonly used in the marine engine coolant market. Replacement of the flexible (rubber) impeller has proven to be difficult, particularly for larger pumps located in the confines of an engine compartment of a boat and for impellers encrusted with salt, sand or otherwise stuck to the pump shaft. To aid in extracting impellers, an end piece on the impeller has been added such that a tool having flanges can be inserted into a space between the end piece and the impeller. The end piece on the impeller can also be used as an end plate to engage a threaded shaft for jacking the impeller onto a pump shaft. An alignment cone can be added to the pump housing for aligning the impeller with the pump shaft and pump housing bore.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a door jack formed of a lever arm having a first end formed as a foot pedal and a second end connected by a hinge or universal joint to a doorholder. In between the two ends of the lever arm a pivotal piece acting is located on the underside of the lever arm. When a workperson places his foot on the foot pedal and thus presses down the door holder in which the door 14 is contained lifts upward causing the door to be lifted vertically to any desired height. By moving the pedal in the horizontal plane, e.g. parallel to the floor the door will move in the horizontal plane in the opposite direction of the direction of the foot pedal due to the articulating member, e.g. the hinge or the universal joint. This causes the door to aligned in place.

Abstract: A connection bolt arrangement typically used for connecting two structural members to each other, for example in aircraft construction, includes a conically tapered connection bolt that is force-locked or frictionally engaged in an expansion sleeve so as to cause a radial outward expansion of the sleeve and thereby tightly hold the structural components. An apparatus for releasing such a connection bolt arrangement includes two levers that are pivotably connected to each other, a stamping actuator arranged between respective first ends of the two levers, a pulling extraction device mounted at the second end of the first lever, and a pushing block mounted at the second end of the second lever. The actuating force applied by the actuator is transmitted through the levers and applied to the connection bolt and to the expansion sleeve in opposite directions so as to tend to push the bolt out of the sleeve.

Abstract: A tool for withdrawing a shifter shaft from a transmission comprising a a smaller cylinder mounted concentrically on a largest cylinder. A concentric bore extending through the tool is dimensioned for a slip fit onto the shifter shaft. An open slot extending from end to end of said tool permits straddling the tool onto the shifter shaft. The smallest cylinder is then engaged with the a hole in the end of the shift lock wherein a flat surface on the outside surface of the smallest cylinder abuts flat section of inside surface of the shift lock. The tool is then used to rotate the shift lock so as to align one or more pins in the interior surface of the lock housing with internal grooves in the shift lock so as to permit separation of the shift lock and shifter shaft from the lock housing.

Abstract: A generator stator including a magnetic core having a plurality of axially extending radial slots arranged about the periphery thereof with windings in each radial slot; at least one adjustable assembly axially inboard of an outermost end assembly in each radial slot, arranged to restrain the windings in the radial slot the adjustable assembly comprising mating wedge and slide components which interface along stepped matching surfaces, the wedge component having an elongated slot therein providing access to the slide component. A tool is provided and includes a tool head pivotally secured to a handle. The tool head is formed with a stub adapted to seat in a hole in the slide component via the slot.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an apparatus and method for removing a drive coupling component from an oil burner unit housing. A drive coupling comprises a first drive coupling end fitting disposed on an oil pump shaft, a second drive coupling end fitting disposed on a motor shaft and a drive coupling connector which connects the first and second drive coupling end fittings. The apparatus comprises a handle having a proximal and a distal end, a front wall contiguous with the distal end of said handle and including a proximal exterior surface and a distal interior surface. A receiver for receiving at least one drive coupling component is contiguous with the interior surface of the front wall. An engagement member, which engages a distal end of a second drive coupling end fitting, is contiguous with the distal end of the receiver.

Abstract: A tool which has the capability of removing the nut from both large and small nut plate assemblies. The tool comprises a handle having a removal nose portion at one end, the nose portion having an upper jaw portion separated from a lower jaw portion by an opening. The upper jaw portion is used to pry open the nut plate cage and the lower jaw portion pushes and lifts the nut from the cage. The space between the two jaw portions enables a pivoting action around the pried open cage wall.

Abstract: A puller for extracting a member such as a bearing or bushing from a blind hole comprising an expandable split sleeve, a chuck for holding the expandable split sleeve, and a rod, the expandable split sleeve having a tubularly shaped body with an interior cavity, resilient biasing member holding the split sleeve in a closed position, and a flange proximate one end and which flange extends radially outwardly from the body, the flange terminating in a cutting edge. The rod member is insertable into the cavity and the rod and the cavity are sized that upon insertion, the rod will contact an interior wall and cause the split sleeve to expand radially outwardly. In situations wherein the puller does not have space behind the member, the cutting edge is designed to cut into and grip the member to be removed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of placing, positioning and fastening railroad sections on railroad rail sections (1) on a number of mutually adjacent and mutually spaced, loose railroad sleepers (2a, 2b), with the aid of a pulling vehicle (7) which functions to pull a rail section (1) from a first railroad wagon (4) into abutment with said sleepers, via a second railroad wagon (5). Rail sections (1) pulled from the wagon by said vehicle (7) are moved linearly at a distance (a) above the sleepers (2a, 2b) with the aid of a number of devices (10, 10a, 10b). This linear movement is adapted so that the trailing end-surface (1′) of the pulled rail section will be positioned adjacent a leading end-surface (1″) of an earlier laid rail section. In this position of the rail section, one or more of said devices (10, 10a, 10b) is/are activated to lower the rail section (1) onto rail-adapted, sleeper-associated fastener elements (81-84).

Abstract: A tool-actuated ejector for extracting electronic modular components. The ejector, which functions as a levered cam, has a body with a first end, a second end and a pivot located intermediate the first and second ends. A tool-receiving socket mounts at the second end. A tool, such as a screwdriver with a blade that matches the shape of the socket, actuates the ejector by applying a force to the socket. A cam, located at the first end, engages the electronic modular component. To provide a mechanical advantage, the distance between the tool-receiving socket and the pivot, which constitutes one lever arm, is greater than the distance between the cam and the pivot, which constitutes a second lever arm. In addition, a shock absorber mounts on the body and gliders extend below the body to provide stability and balance to the ejector. The ejector mounts in a casing having a tool passage that communicates with the tool-receiving socket and the exterior of the casing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for attaching a tooth bit, according to which method the shapelocked tooth bit (4) is rotated into its seat (3). Rotating is arranged to occur in such a way that the tooth bit is mainly subjected to the rotational motion, but not to considerable upward or downward forces, which could damage the tooth bit. The invention further relates to a tool for attaching the tooth bit, which tool comprises means for turning the shapelocked tooth bit (4) into the bit seat (3) provided for attachment. In accordance with one preferred embodiment the tooth bit (4) is arranged to turn about the center of rotation (5) of the bit seat (3).

Abstract: A tool for opening a sealed telephone cable splice box. The tool has a fulcrum adapted to bear against various points on the ends of the splice box. The tool also has a lever adapted to cooperate with the fulcrum and a sliding member that slides longitudinally along the lever and is adapted to bear against the box top. The top of the box is separated from the bottom and ends of the splice box by transferring force between sliding member and the fulcrum through the lever.