Wire tie system for twisting drop wires for suspended grid ceilings

摘要

A wire tie system for suspended ceilings utilizing a twisting hand tool having a power driven spindle located in a casing including means for gripping a wire and twisting same and a wire tie vise for securing and tying a free end of wire to a clip. The wire tie vise comprises a frame with a clamping device for holding a free end of a wire and a chuck designed to hold a clip and wire inserted therethrough forming a loop and twisting same to secure the clip on the loop. The twisting hand tool device includes a housing and an adapter mountable to an electric drill or an integral drill unit There is a slot in the spindle that extends from an outer periphery thereof in a direction toward the spindles axis of rotation. A first wire length can be placed in the slot with the tool being located intermediate opposite terminal ends of the wire. A second wire length is insertable into and through a hole in the spindle that is spaced radially from the spindle rotational axis. A cordless electric drill mounts on the housing and drives the spindle to thereby twist the wire piece through the hole around the wire in the slot.