Patent ID: 7484398

Claim:
A compressive tool extending in a longitudinal direction from a rear end to a front end at which a compressive mouth is provided, the compressive tool comprising: a pressing contour including a displaceable part, two jaw halves which run in the longitudinal direction from the rear end to the front end and which are connected to each other, with the jaw halves being pivotable around a pivot axis extending perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and being displaceable from an open position to a closed position, at which open position the front ends of the jaw halves have a maximum angle of aperture at the compressive mouth, wherein said jaw halves each are fitted at its rear end with an intake contour, wherein both intake contours cooperating in such manner with the displaceable part of the pressing contour that said displaceable part, when being displaced parallel to the longitudinal direction to the front ends of the jaw halves, shall be moved in the longitudinal direction and along both intake contours in order to move the jaw halves from the open position into the closed position, wherein the rear ends of the jaw halves are configured such that the two jaw halves overlap in a direction defined by the pivot axis in a zone of the rear ends, wherein at an outer surface of each of the rear ends of the jaw halves that defines the intake contour there is provided at least one recess and at least one protrusion, wherein the at least one protrusion of one intake contour is situated opposite the at least one recess of the other intake contour, and wherein in the open position the rear ends of the jaw halves dip into each other beyond a point at which the intake contours would contact each other in an absence of the recesses and protrusions.