Patent ID: 7685702

Claim:
A wire insertion tool for installing electric wires in a push-in wire connector, the push-in connector having a housing with at least one opening therein defining an entry axis, the wire insertion tool comprising: a frame including a carriage for releasably mounting a push-in wire connector thereon; a slide assembly including a wire holder which releasably grips an electric wire having a longitudinal axis that is parallel to the entry axis when mounted in the wire holder, the slide assembly being mounted for reciprocating motion on the frame toward and away from the carriage in a direction which includes a component that is parallel to the entry axis of the wire connector; and an actuator connected to the slide assembly for selectably reciprocating the slide assembly and wire holder toward and away from the carriage to insert in a motion along its longitudinal axis an electric wire mounted in the wire holder into a wire connector mounted on the carriage.