Patent ID: 7231710

Claim:
An apparatus for securing a wire connector onto a wire, said apparatus comprising: a rotatable cylindrical member defining at least one chamber, said chamber configured to store a plurality of end-to-end wire connectors; a frame for supporting said rotatable cylindrical member, said frame detachably mountable on a rotating means; a dispensing housing mounted on said frame, said dispensing housing defining a wire connector channel for receiving the wire connector from said chamber and an outlet wherein the wire connector exits the apparatus; and a rotator mounted to said rotating means, said rotator for engaging the wire connector, said rotator selectively rotatable by selectively actuating of said rotating means; wherein the wire is inserted through said outlet into the downstream-most wire connector disposed in said channel, thereby urging the wire connector to engage said rotator; and wherein actuation of said rotating means rotates said rotator to twistably engage and secure the wire onto the wire connector.