Patent ID: 7188507
Filing Date: 2007-03-13
Classification: B21D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A crimping tool adapted to connect the sleeve portion of a cable fitting to an end of a cable wherein said tool is provided with a cable receiving die support at one end, an elongated body having a plunger mounted for axial advancement through said body toward and away from said cable-receiving die support including means for axially advancing said plunger toward and away from said die support, the improvement in said tool comprising: a plurality of die members mounted in said support for movement between a radially expanded position in which said cable fitting is slidable into contact with said plunger and a contracted position in which said die members are slidable into a radially contracted position, biasing means for yieldably urging said die members toward said contracted position, and wherein relative advancement of said sleeve portion and said die members into engagement with one another causes said sleeve portion to be contracted into crimping engagement with said cable end.