Patent ID: 6185980
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A crimping tool for crimping an irregular shaped ring having geometrically regular and irregular regions, said crimping tool comprising:a first strut;a second strut;a structural arch pivotally connected to said first strut at a first pivot and pivotally connected to said second strut at a second pivot, wherein said arch and said first and second struts being movable between a ring accepting orientation and a ring crimping orientation;means for removably attaching a crimping rib of various size along an inner surface of each of said first and second struts, wherein said ribs are positioned in opposite alignment on each strut, and wherein at said ring crimping orientation said ribs perform said ring crimping;a recessed slot placed into said arch and said crimping ribs, wherein said slot is sized to position said ring; andhandles attached to said struts for permitting rotation of said first strut about said first pivot in a first rotational direction while simultaneously rotating said arch and said second strut about said second pivot in an opposite direction to obtain said ring crimping orientation.