Tool for unlocking and removing from a connector block an electrical contact having a locking spring

Claim 1

A TOOL FOR REMOVING FROM A CONNECTOR BLOCK AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT HAVING A LOCKING SPRING ENGAGING SAID BLOCK, SAID TOOL COMPRISING: A HOUSING INCLUDING AN ELONGATED CAVITY HAVING ONE CLOSED END; AN EJECTION SPRING IN SAID CAVITY AND ENGAGING SAID ONE CLOSED END; A PLUNGER MECHANISM MOVABLY POSITIONED IN SAID CAVITY AND HAVING ONE END ENGAGING THE OTHER END OF SAID EJECTION SPRING, SAID MECHANISM INCLUDING A PLUNGER HAVING A BORE, A BEARING PORTION FOR ENGAGING SAID BLOCK AND AN UNLATCHING FINGER FOR DEPRESSING SAID LOCKING SPRING WHEN SAID BEARING PORTION ENGAGE SAID CONNECTOR BLOCK WHEREIN BOTH SAID BEARING PORTION AND SAID UNLATCHING FINGER EXTEND IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID PLUNGER MECHANISM; AND AN EXTRACTOR MECHANISMS CARRIED BY SAID PLUNGER MECHANISM AND MOVABLE WITHIN SAID BORE INCLUDING AN EXTRACTOR POSITIONING SPRING HAVING ONE END ENGAGING ONE END OF SAID BORE AND AN EXTRACTOR MEMBER HAVING ONE END PROJECTING FROM SAID ONE END OF SAID PLUNGER MECHANISM BETWEEN SAID BEARING PORTION AND SAID UNLATCHING FINGER AND THE OTHER END ENGAGING THE OTHER END OF SAID EXTRACTOR POSITIONING SPRING, SAID EXTRACTOR MEMBER BEING DEPRESSED INTO SAID BORE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH SAID BEARING PORTION ENGAGING SAID CONNECTOR BLOCK THEREAFTER A FORCE OF A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE APPLIED TO THE CLOSED END OF SAID HOUSING CAUSES SAID PLUNGER MECHANISM TO DEPRESS INTO SAID CAVITY ENABLING SAID EXTRACTOR MEMBER TO EXTRACT SAID CONNECTOR FROM SAID CONNECTOR BLOCK.