Patent ID: 6625867
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool cartridge for seating and cutting a communication wire in a terminal block, said tool cartridge including:an elongated cartridge having a tool end and a base end, a wire seating blade and a wire cutting blade located in said cartridge and extending outwardly thereof, said wire seating and said wire cutting blades mounted in said cartridge for longitudinal movement relative to said cartridge and to each other, a spring bias detent assembly forcing said wire seating and said wire cutting blades into engagement with each other for longitudinal movement together relative to said cartridge, a compression spring resisting longitudinal movement of said wire seating and said wire cutting blades in a direction toward said base end of said cartridge by seating pressure applied to said cartridge, a cam positioned to release said detent assembly thereby disengaging said wire seating and wire cutting blades from movement together after a predetermined amount of compression of said compression spring, and said compression spring being released upon release of said detent assembly driving said wire cutting blade relative to said wire seating blade towards said tool end of said cartridge to cut said wire.