Patent ID: 9231385
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: F16G,H02G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A tool for adjusting a grip to secure a cable within a bore in the grip surrounded by interlaced wiring, the grip extendable in length along a longitudinal direction so that, as the length of the grip is extended or contracted, the size of the bore is adjusted, in a radial direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, to a relatively large size to receive the cable or to a relatively small size to position the wiring against the cable, the grip having a characteristic external size in the radial direction when the bore is the relatively large size, the tool comprising: first and second tubular sections and an end cap for containing the grip while receiving the cable into the bore, each section having first and second ends, the second section sized for positioning within the first section in a telescopic arrangement so that the sections provide an assembly extendable in length along a longitudinal axis, the first section having an interior dimension, in a radial direction transverse to the longitudinal axis, at least as large as the characteristic external size of the grip, the end cap having a first relatively small opening of a first size, the end cap configured to be removably attached to the first end of the first section during operation of the tool to sequentially insert the grip within the tool and then secure the cable within the grip wherein, while attached to the first section the end cap serves as a first stop, with the first relatively small opening fixed about the first end of the first section, so that attachment of the end cap to the first section permits introducing the cable through the first relatively small opening and into the first tubular section while preventing movement of the grip out of the first tubular section through the first end; and the second tubular section including a second stop positioned in the second tubular section so that, with the grip positioned in the first and second tubular sections and between the first and second stops, when the second tubular section is displaced along the longitudinal axis and toward the first stop a force is transferred against the grip, causing the size of the bore to increase, wherein the tool includes a relatively large second opening at the first end of the first tubular section so that when the end cap is removed from the first tubular section, the grip can be received through the second opening and into the tool.