Wire and separation prep-tool

Abstract

A wire and separation prep-tool comprising of a hand-held prolate cylindrical rod shaft base member with one dull radial pointed conically narrowed end for penetrating the space between twisted pair wires, with no harm or injury to said wires, then physically expanding the distance between the wires as the tool is further pushed and penetrates further as the main shaft's conical walls increase in diameter; then moving adjacent in the direction of the opposite end: a single diametrically cut circular groove cut in and around the base shaft deep enough to hold, align and to separate said twisted pair wires into two single wires with an operator's hand pull. Finally, with multiple strokes per wire in this same groove, the tool can completely straighten a single wire from its pre-form wound; then continuing adjacent, a wider singular diametrical cut circular groove cut in and around the main base shaft to rub multiple times against a sheathed group of twisted wire pairs and smooth out inside kinks from the outside near the end to be terminated; then continuing adjacent, a designated length of an insulated tubular hand grip formed around the mid-section of the cylindrical rod for a 360 degree tubular grip; then continuing adjacent, a series of five diametrically cut circular grooves cut in and around the mains base shaft so to allow the field operator to correctly hold and pre-align five singular wires for the ease of plural wires installation into a female RJ-45 jack receptacle; then continuing adjacent, located at the center of the flat perpendicular end of the second end of the cylindrical rod shaft base is a centered rectangular notch thru the longitudal and horizontal axis which allows a sideways entry, perpendicular insertion of plural wires into the notch for narrowing, flattening, and pre-aligning into the prescribed positions for ease of these plural wires installation into a male RJ-45 plug. In summary, and as described herein, this compact tool invention has a total of five (5) distinct and integral subparts identified within to perform six different tasks on Category 1-10 twisted wire pair cables.

Description

REFERENCES CITED: [REFERENCED BY][0001]3906561September, 1975Bawa 7 / 54025998May 1977Eppler 29 / 5664444228April, 1984Demirjian140 / 234620573November, 1986Meder.140 / 1234713874December 1987Shwartz 29 / 5664797988January, 1987Bowden Jr. 29 / 566.45771945June, 1998Jenner, et al.140 / 1236584670July, 2003Costa 29 / 564.76601615August, 2003Hammond140 / 236604268August, 2003Fujita, et al. 29 / 33FSTATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0002]“Not Applicable”STATEMENT TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISC APPENDIX [0003]“Not Applicable”DESCRIPTION [0004] 1. Technical Field [0005] The present invention relates to a twisted wire preparation tool and more particularly to a hand held, inexpensive, compact, prolate, lightweight, multiple-tasks performer, labor-saving, and simple-to-use tool which enables the tool-operator's maneuverability, and ability to properly separate, straighten and align single and plural wires for two different types of RJ-45 c...

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Benefits of technology

[0023] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a twisted wire preparation tool which appreciably enhances termination of RJ-45 connectors in STP / UTP Categories 1-10 in the field for new wire and receptacle installation, repair, maintenance and / or new wire installation on a new product at it's manufacturing plant.

[0024] It is a still further object of the present invention to provide a compact, lightweight, inexpensive, and multi-task time reducing twisted wire preparation tool that penetrates and separates twisted wire pairs safely, quickly straightens single wire, aligns single and plural wires correctly for proper insertion into RJ-45 jacks, and narrows and flattens single and plural wires for proper insertion into RJ-45 plugs.

[0025] It is a still further object of the present invention to provide a unique twisted wire multi-preparation tool which has multiple task functions that minimizes the time for labor & organization while minimizing overall tool expense.

[0026] In general, this is a solid prolate cylindrical shaped rod shaft that has two ends; the first end being a conically narrowed round dull pointer for safely penetrating twisted wire pairs; adjacent is the overall expanding conical shape shaft which assists with it's inherent expanding diameter wall slope to increase the distance of separation space between the two twisted wires, as they are continually penetrated with the tool, until the two wires are caught by and semi-held into opposing groove channels at the top by the first diametrical cut circular groove. Thus by the operator pushing the tool's pointed tip about an inch forward in between the wires until they rest in the first diametrical cut circular groove, this allows the wires preformed compression to assist in adhering to the tool's first concentric groove's walls just long enough to allow the operator, by hand, to pull up horizontal and leverage the longitudal rod shaft base tool to forcefully continue separating several inches (1-7 inches) in length of the twisted pair wire's ends entirely apart into two single wires without harm.

[0030] Located 360 degrees around the entire outside diameter of only the middle section of the prolate cylindrical rod shaft is an insulating tubular hand grip. It lies, by, and between the single wider sheath groove on one side and the inner and closest of the 5 plural wire diametrically circular grooves on the other side. It enhances grip while minimizing low-voltage shock of any live electrical wires.

[0031] This lightweight hand tool may fit in a top shirt pocket, pants pocket, briefcase or tool pouch just like a similar sized fountain pen. This gives it a compact status and is further significant because this one tool invention has 5 tool subparts that technically perform the job of 6 tools as described here within.

Problems solved by technology

Nicks, cuts and other damage causes significant amount of undesirable Radio Frequency (RF) transmissions.

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