US 12,246,372 B2
Manual tool for expanding and manipulating steel cables
Hector Ceferino Crespo, Comodoro Rivadavia (AR); and Jorge Ariel Gomez, Comodoro Rivadavia (AR)
Filed by Hector Ceferino Crespo, Comodoro Rivadavia (AR); and Jorge Ariel Gomez, Comodoro Rivadavia (AR)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/823,367.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017318 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B21F 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B21F 1/002 (2013.01) 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A manual tool for expanding and manipulating steel cables, the manual tool comprising;
a first flat steel pieces including a first semicircular head and three equidistant circular perforations and a tubular extension protruding from each one of three equidistant circular perforations, each one of the tubular extensions protrude perpendicular from the second flat steel piece;
a second flat steel piece including a second semicircular head and three equidistant circular perforations and a tubular extension protruding from each one of three equidistant circular perforations, each one of the tubular extensions protrude perpendicular from the second flat steel piece;
wherein the first and the second flat steel piece are connected by a bolt,
wherein when the first and second flat steel piece in a closed position forms a circle;
wherein the first and the second flat steel piece extend in handles;
wherein the manual tool is adapted to be used with the steel cable having a steel core and six strands of coiled metal wires wrapping said steel core.