Patent ID: 8418347

Claim:
A wire termination and cutting tool and RJ jack system comprising: a termination and cutting tool comprising: a tool cutting module support portion; a cutting module connected to said tool cutting module support portion; a tool RJ jack support portion connected to said cutting module support portion for relative movement between said tool jack support portion and said tool cutting module support portion, said tool RJ jack support portion including a wire termination tool support guide means, with tool guide surfaces for receiving an RJ jack and guiding the RJ jack into a fixing position, and said tool RJ jack support portion also including wire termination tool support detachable fixing means; and a tool actuator connected to said tool cutting module support portion and to said tool RJ jack support portion for applying force to move said cutting module support portion with respect to said RJ jack support portion; and a RJ jack with a jack housing with a plug socket, a plurality of insulation displacement contacts (IDCs) supported by said housing, a plurality of RJ plug contacts supported in said housing for contact with a RJ plug via said plug socket, said plug contacts being connected to said IDCs, said jack housing having a jack housing guide means for cooperation with said wire termination tool support guide means, said jack housing guide means including jack housing guide surfaces cooperating with the tool guide surfaces to restrict movement of the RJ jack relative to the tool to movement in an insertion direction for guiding the RJ jack to a termination position for cutting and insertion of wires in the IDCs of said RJ jack by said cutting module, and to movement in a removal direction to withdraw the RJ jack from the termination position, the jack housing guide surfaces and the tool guide surfaces preventing movement of the RJ jack relative to the tool in the insertion direction beyond the termination position, and said jack housing also having a jack housing detachable fixing means for cooperation with said wire termination tool support detachable fixing means, said jack housing detachable fixing means cooperating with said wire termination tool support detachable fixing means for restricting movement of the RJ jack, from the position for termination of wires, in the removal direction to detachably fix the RJ jack in the termination position.