Patent ID: 7334448
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: B25B,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A crimp tool comprising: a frame formed by two juxtaposed parallel-spaced frame plates that have a head portion and a handle portion that define a fixed jaw and a fixed handle, respectively; a movable jaw mounted on said frame so as to be movable in relation to said fixed jaw; a moveable handle which is pivotable in relation to the frame, said moveable handle formed by two juxtaposed parallel-spaced handle plates and including a first pivotable link that is part of a transmission between the frame and said moveable jaw that moves said moveable jaw in relation to the fixed jaw in response to mutual pivoting of the handles; a grip shell fitted on said moveable handle and including a spine which covers an exterior edge of said moveable handle and two parallel flanges which overlie exterior sides of said handle plates; a frame shell fitted on said fixed handle and including a spine which covers an exterior edge of said fixed handle and two parallel flanges which overlie exterior main sides of said frame plates and cover said head portion of said frame; and the spines of said grip shell and said frame shell each having, on an inside thereof, a pair of parallel grooves in which the handle plates and the frame plates, respectively, are received and held mutually parallel and juxtaposed.