Patent ID: 7500321
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: B23Q

Abstract:
1. A tool, comprising: (a) a filament guide having a longitudinally extending trough defined by a trough wall and having a length, and (b) an alignment system having, (c) whereby a flexible filament may be threaded into a hole in a target-piece by (i) abutting the target-piece against the first and second registration surfaces so as to longitudinally align the hole with the trough, (ii) laterally and transversely constraining a distal portion of the flexible filament within the trough by forcing the distal portion of the flexible filament against the trough wall and generating a transverse deflection of the distal portion of the flexible filament, and (iii) moving the constrained distal portion of the flexible filament along the length of the trough and into the aligned hole in the target-piece.