Patent ID: 6922887

Claim:
A device for attaching a wire connector to the ends of a plurality of wires, said device including: an elongated socket having an end for receiving the wire connector to connect a plurality of wires to said wire connector and to one another, said socket including: a plurality of bores of different cross sections, including an outermost bore positioned adjacent said end for receiving the wire connector of said socket; an innermost bore positioned adjacent said end for receiving the wire connector of said socket with at least two intermediate bores positioned between said outermost and said innermost bores; said bores decreasing in cross section from said outermost to said innermost bore; each of said bores defined by an imperforate circumferential wall of said elongated socket having a plurality of alternately positioned ribs and grooves, said grooves of said outermost bore dimensioned to receive wings extending from a skirt of the wire connector.