Patent ID: 6698979
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: G02B,H02G

Abstract:
A tool for the subsurface placement of wires, cables, and other elongated strand-like elements into a penetrable material, the tool comprising a body having a forward portion and a rear portion, said forward portion including a tapered penetrating edge, a channel extending through said body from an opening at said rear portion of said body to and communicating with a discharge opening adjacent said penetrating edge, and a continuous tortuous slot in a sidewall of said body extending from said discharge opening to said rear portion of said body such that said slot is in open communication along its length with said channel, such that a segment of the wire, cable and other elongated strand-like element may be inserted laterally through said slot into said channel so that the wire, cable and other elongated strand-like element extends from said rear portion and through said discharge opening of said body.