Cable tie installing and releasing tool

Details Cable tie installing and releasing tool Cable tie installing and releasing tool

1980-07-10

1982-06-22

Smith, James G.

Compound tools

Cutter combined with other tool or tools

81 3R, B26B 1100

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043354777

ABSTRACT:
A tool is disclosed for installing and releasing one-piece cable ties of the self-locking type which include an elongated strap having a series of pawl engaging detents thereon, and a head at one end thereof provided with an opening therethrough for receiving the other end of the strap and a pawl yieldably mounted in the head inclined partially across the opening for engagement with at least one of the detents on the strap when the other end of the strap is inserted through the opening. The tool comprises an elongated shank having a handle portion and a blade support portion forward of the handle portion, and a thin flat primary blade projecting outwardly from the blade support portion and insertable in the head of the cable tie between the strap and the pawl to release the pawl from engagement with detents on the strap so that the other end of the strap may be withdrawn from the head. An opening through the shank of the tool receives the other end of the strap therethrough whereby the tool may be used in installing the cable tie or used in releasing a twist type cable tie.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3584525 (1971-06-01), Caveney
patent: 4121329 (1978-10-01), Sugiyama
patent: 4197626 (1980-04-01), Golovich

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