Patent ID: 7032429

Claim:
A jaw engageable to a housing and a plunger of a cylinder for crimping a pipe, the plunger being traversable between an extended position and a retracted position, the jaw comprising: a. a body having a support portion and a crimping portion, the support portion having an aperture attachable to the housing and defining an oblique surface, the crimping portion defining a first crimping surface, the first crimping surface and the oblique surface having a V-shaped configuration for receiving the pipe therebetween; b. a crimping member defining a second crimping surface parallel to the first crimping surface and being attachable to the plunger, the crimping member being traversable between a crimping position and a release position when the plunger is traversed between the extended position and the retracted position, respectively; c. wherein the aperture defines a plunger axis along which the plunger and crimping member traverses and the plunger axis is over-center with respect to a central axis of the pipe received between the first crimping surface and the oblique surface to retain the pipe within the jaw as the pipe is crimped.