Patent ID: 7797827

Claim:
A method for installing a connector on a coaxial cable, the connector having a free end and a rear end, the method comprising the steps of: providing an application tool having a compression zone for removably receiving therein an end portion of a coaxial cable and a connector therefore, a plunger retractably insertable along a longitudinal axis into the compression zone, for engagement with the free end of a connector, and an anvil retractably insertable into the compression zone between open and closed positions, the anvil having an aperture for removably receiving therein a coaxial cable; placing a connector in the compression zone with the free end of the connector engageable with the plunger; placing an end portion of a coaxial cable in the compression zone and in the aperture of the anvil, aligned with the rear end of the connector; compressing the anvil against the cable to restrain it longitudinally; and advancing the plunger to insert the cable into the connector.