Patent ID: 8567034

Claim:
A pressing tool for compressing work pieces, wherein the workpieces define an axis, the work pieces can be compresses in an axial direction, and an axial compressing force is produced by a radial inwardly-performed movement of the pressing tool, the pressing tool comprising: two pivot elements, each having one pressing jaw, and at least one rotational axis on which the pivot elements are hinged, wherein the pressing jaws have inner contours to be brought into abutment against faces arranged on the work pieces to be axially pressed together, the inner contours of the opposing pressing jaws form a receiving area, for receiving the work pieces, the receiving area having a receiving axis substantially coaxial with the axis of the work pieces, the inner contours have two opposing slide faces inclined relative to the receiving area axis, said slide faces being separated by a generally semi-cylindrical face, and wherein each slide face has an inclination angle relative to the receiving area axis, and the inclination angle of each slide face lies between 35° and 60° relative to the receiving area axis.