Patent ID: 8627562
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tool for installing compression-type coaxial cable connectors, comprising: a base including a block member, a beam extending from the block member, and first and second laterally-spaced side walls extending from the beam; the block member, beam and side walls defining a compression zone for removably receiving therein an end portion of a coaxial cable and a compression connector therefor; a plunger retractably insertable along a longitudinal axis from the block member into the compression zone for engagement with the free end of a compression connector; and at least one anvil retractably insertable into the compression zone between open and closed positions, the anvil having an aperture for removably receiving therein a coaxial cable and a bearing surface for abutting a portion of the back end of a compression connector when the anvil is in the closed position, the anvil having left and right lower quadrants and left and right upper quadrants which together define the aperture, the upper quadrants being separated by a gap of about 0.075 inches to about 0.250 inches.