Patent ID: 8590352

Claim:
A tool for crimping at least two members together and confirming that the crimp is acceptable, the tool comprising: a pair of opposed clamping jaws, each of the damping jaws including a crimping surface that contacts at least one of the members when crimping the members together; a pair of opposed arms that move the crimping surfaces of the opposed clamping jaws toward one another to define a crimping position and away from one another to define a release position; a gauge defining a first size determining member allowing receipt of the at least two members crimped together and a second size determining member rejecting receipt of the at least two members crimped together, wherein the gauge is separate from the crimping surfaces and is attached to one of the arms; and a finger spring that provides frictional resistance to the gauge to partially retard rotation of the gauge about the arm to which the gauge is attached.