Patent ID: 7596860

Claim:
A tool for installing compression-type coaxial cable connectors, comprising: a base including a block member, a beam extending from the block member, and first and second laterally-spaced side walls extending from the beam; the block member, beam and side walls defining a compression zone for removably receiving therein an end portion of a coaxial cable and a compression connector therefor; a plunger retractably insertable along a longitudinal axis from the block member into the compression zone for engagement with the free end of a compression connector; at least one anvil retractably insertable into the compression zone between open and closed positions, the anvil having an aperture for removably receiving therein a coaxial cable and a bearing surface for abutting a portion of the back end of a compression connector of a first size when the anvil is in the closed position; a pair of laterally-aligned fixed bearing surfaces, one fixed bearing surface formed on each of the side walls at a location longitudinally spaced from the anvil, the fixed bearing surfaces extending laterally inwardly toward the longitudinal axis sufficiently to abut a portion of the back end of a compression connector of a second size while still being spaced sufficiently to permit a coaxial cable to fit therebetween; and wherein the at least one anvil is configured to allow a cable and connector of either the first or second size to be inserted into the compression zone.