Multiple-wire termination tool with translatable jack and cutting blade precision alignment carrier

Abstract

A tool that seats and cuts multiple wires inserted into terminals of a multi-terminal jack includes a support housing for a linearly translatable, and removable carrier. The carrier fixedly retains one of a blade head and a jack, and slidably retains the other of the jack and the blade head, in such a manner that the jack is maintained in precision alignment with the blade head as the carrier is linearly translated within the support housing. A carrier translation control mechanism is coupled to the support housing in a manner that pushes and thereby linearly translates the carrier, so as to bring the blades of the translated blade head into precise stuffing and cutting engagement with the wires in the jack.

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       27 . A trigger and handle mechanism for operating a utility device, comprising a handle having a first bore adjacent to one end thereof, a trigger having a first bore and a second bore adjacent to one end thereof, said first bore of said handle and said first bore of said trigger being coaxial with one another and receiving a first dowel therethrough, a link member having first and second spaced apart dowels having parallel axes of rotation, said first dowel of said link member being inserted into and riding in a pair of channels on opposite sides of said utility device, and wherein said second dowel of said link member is coaxial with and passes through said second bore of said trigger.  
   
   
       28 . The trigger and handle mechanism according to  claim 27 , wherein said first dowel through said first bore of said handle is adapted to be inserted into said pair of channels on opposite sides of said utility device, so as to provide for rotation of said trigger relative to said handle about the axis of said first dowel through said first bore of said handle and said first bore of said trigger.  
   
   
       29 . The trigger and handle mechanism according to  claim 28 , wherein said handle includes a projection that passes through a slot in said trigger adjacent to said first dowel of said link member.  
   
   
       30 . The trigger and handle mechanism according to  claim 29 , wherein said trigger contains a recess that is sized to accommodate said first dowel of said link member.