Patent ID: 7104287

Claim:
A wire-untwisting tool, comprising: a tool body having a first channel extending inwardly from a first surface and a second channel extending inwardly from a second surface, the first and second channels extending along distinct, substantially perpendicular planes such that the first and second channels meet and open to one another at a substantially perpendicular intersection; a movable member including a third channel, the movable member being adapted to be inserted into the second channel in the tool body and to move therein between an open position, in which the first and third channels are substantially aligned and contiguous, and a gripping position, in which the first and third channels are misaligned; and a spring arranged to bear between the tool body and the movable member so as to bias the movable member toward the gripping position; wherein a pair of twisted wires inserted into the substantially aligned first and third channels when the movable member is in the open position will be gripped by the misaligned first and third channels when the movable member is in the gripping position.