Patent ID: 7434441

Claim:
A hydraulic or electric pressing tool for pressing fittings onto pipes or for the pressing connection of electric cables, comprising: a body supporting rolling bodies, said body having a central axis extending along the length of said body; a pin attached to said body, said pin extending in a direction transverse to said central axis and intersecting said central axis; first and second movable pressing levers, each pressing lever including a bearing eye, a pressing jaw formed on one side of the bearing eye, and a curved track formed on the other side of the bearing eye, said pin extending through both bearing eyes to pivotally secure said pressing levers to said body; said bearing eye of said first pressing lever including at least one outwardly oriented stop for limiting the pivotability of said first pressing lever; and wherein in a pressing operation said curved tracks are subjected to the action of said rolling bodies, causing the pressing levers to move and spread apart in the region of the curved tracks thereby consequently causing said pressing jaws to move into a closed position.