Patent ID: 8881368

Claim:
A punch down tool, comprising: a handle unit comprising a grip and a trigger, said grip comprising hook means extended from a top end thereof, said trigger being pivotally connected to said grip, said trigger comprising a pressure face and a slide shaft, the pressure face and the slide shaft being disposed at a top end of the trigger; and a punch down block detachably mounted at the top end of said handle unit, said punch down block comprising a carrier, a cutter block and a slide block, said carrier being detachably attached to the top end of said grip, said carrier comprising an opening located on a bottom wall thereof and extended to one end of the carrier, and said carrier also comprising a pair of slide rails bilaterally disposed above said opening, said cutter block being detachably mounted in said carrier and fastened to said hook means of said grip to secure said carrier to said grip, said cutter block comprising a plurality of punch-down elements and at least one cutter blade, said slide block being coupled to said slide rails of said carrier and movable along said slide rails relative to said cutter block, said slide block comprising opposing front and rear ends and a receptacle defined in said front end and adapted for holding a jack, the rear end of said slide block being coupled to the pressure face and slide shaft of said trigger in such a manner that biasing said trigger relative to said grip causes movement of said slide block toward said cutter block, enabling core wires of a network cable to be punched, by said punch-down elements, into a jack loaded in said receptacle and enabling the core wires to be cut off by said at least one cutter blade.