Patent ID: 7322088

Claim:
A tool, comprising: a) a base; b) a working end provided on the base; c) a passage provided in the working end, the passage being configured for receiving an elongated object to be worked therein; d) a seal provided adjacent to the passage, the seal being configured for allowing insertion of an elongated object into the passage when the seal is in a disengaged condition; e) an actuator provided adjacent the working end of the base, the actuator being configured for moving between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the engaged position being a position in which the actuator causes the seal to assume the engaged position of the seal, the disengaged position of the actuator being a position in which the actuator sufficiently disengages so that the seal can assume a disengaged position; f) a compression element provided adjacent the seal, the compression element being configured for being engaged by the actuator; g) the compression element including a base and a flange, the flange extending away from the base toward the seal, and the flange being configured for deforming the seal and causing the seal to sealingly engage with an elongated object disposed in the passage when an elongated object is disposed in the passage and the actuator is in the engaged position of the actuator; and h) wherein, when the actuator is in the disengaged position of the actuator and the seal is in the disengaged position of the seal, an elongated object can be inserted into the passage and be disposed substantially adjacent the seal, and when the actuator is moved into the engaged position of the actuator and causes the seal to assume the engaged position of the seal, an elongated object disposed in the passage adjacent to the seal is sealingly engaged by the seal to establish a seal between the elongated object, the seal, and the passage.