Patent ID: 7036394
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An article for enabling a wire to be wound about a workpiece, comprising a wire winding tool, wherein the wire includes opposed free ends, and is adapted to form a loop, and is further adapted to form a winding, adapted to extend about the workpiece and through the loop and to be wound about the workpiece, wherein the wire winding tool comprises: a body element, which includes a distal end which is generally tapered-shaped to form a tapered end, adapted to hold the wire loop in position during winding of the wire, and a cylindrical shaft, which is hollow, and includes interior threads and side slots, and from which the tapered end extends, wherein the cylindrical shaft of the body element further includes a proximal end, which includes flat side surfaces for enabling securing of a gripping member thereto; a threaded shaft, adapted to extend in and threadably engage the interior threads of the hollow portion of the cylindrical shaft, and to be threadably movable relative to the body element, which threaded shaft includes a distal end, and transverse pins extending therefrom through the side slots in the body element, adapted to be moveable in the body element side slots and to enable the wire free ends to be secured thereto; and a nut, adapted to be threadably connected to the threaded shaft, and, upon threaded movement of the nut, to enable the threaded shaft to retract relative to the body element such that the transverse pins pull on the wire free ends secured thereto so as to wind the wire about the workpiece and enable the wire winding to be secured to the workpiece.