Patent ID: 7073245

Claim:
A tool for seating and cutting multiple wires in associated terminals of a multi-terminal jack comprising: a blade head carrier having a wire-seating and cutting blade head affixed therein and being configured to receive and support said multi-terminal jack therein, while providing for aligned linear translation of said blade head relative to said multi-terminal lack as said blade head carrier is translated; a support housing for said blade head carrier that is configured to support said blade head carrier for linear translation therein, while retaining said multi-terminal jack in a fixed position and aligned with said blade head, as said blade head carrier is linearly translated in said support housing and brings said wire-seating and cutting blades of said cutting blade head into aligned engagement with said multi-terminal lack; and a blade head carrier translation mechanism, which is coupled to said blade head carrier, and is operative to linearly translate said blade head carrier relative to said support housing and toward said multi-terminal jack that has been placed in said blade head carrier, so as to be aligned thereby with said cutting blade head, while being retained in said fixed position by said support housing, so as to bring said wire-seating and cutting blades of said wire-seating and cutting blade head into aligned wire-seating and cutting engagement with wires that have been inserted into said multi-terminal jack.