A WIRE INSERTION TOOL FOR INSERTING WIRE IN NON-DEFORMING INSULATION PIERCING TERMINAL DISPOSED IN A TERMINAL RETAINING BODY

摘要

A wire insertion tool for inserting a wire in a non-deforming insulation piercing terminal disposed in a terminal retaining body, said tool comprising two handles, each of said handles having a first and second end and including a grip portion adjacent said first end thereof; a pivot member pivotally connecting said two handles at a pivot point remote from said two handles; and being longitudinally slideably coupled to the other of the handles at a point between the pivot point and the first end of the other handle; insertion means on said first jaw member of engaging a wire to be inserted in a terminal; engaging means on said second jaw mamber for engaging a portion of the terminal retaining body spaced from the terminal in the direction in which the wire is to be inserted, whereby relative approaching movement of said grip portions of said handles toward each other effects a corresponding movement of said first and second jaw members toward each to cause a wire engaged by said insertion means to be moved in the insertion direction relative to a terminal retained in a terminal retaining body engaged by said engaging means; limiting means for prohibiting movement of said handles and said jaw members in a direction counter to said approaching movement; and release means for releasing said limiting means when a predetermined distance between said insertion means and said jaw members may be separated after the wire has been fully inserted in the terminal.