Patent ID: 7827888

Claim:
A C-shaped clip installation jig for fitting a C-shaped clip into an annular groove formed in a hole for a workpiece comprising: a grip section adapted to be gripped by an operator, a guide member provided on a front edge of the grip section, wherein a front portion of the guide member is defined by a shaft, said shaft being adapted to be inserted into the hole for the workpiece and to abut an inner circumferential surface of the C-shaped clip, and a clamp member rotatably secured to the grip section and adapted to releasably hold the C-shaped clip by pinching a part of the C-shaped clip between a front edge of the clamp member and an outer periphery of the shaft of the guide member by operation of a lever, wherein the front edge of the clamp member is movable between a pinch position where the front edge of the clamp member abuts the shaft of the guide member and an open position where the front edge of the clamp member is spaced from the shaft of the guide member.