Patent ID: 7634859

Claim:
A tool for a pressing apparatus having a receiver ( 4 ) and a connection bolt ( 5 ) for securing within the receiver, the tool comprising: two carrier plates ( 12 ), each of the two carrier plates ( 12 ) including a bolt hole ( 14 ), wherein through the bolt hole ( 14 ) of each of the two carrier plates the connection bolt ( 5 ) extends to secure the tool to the receiver ( 4 ); two pivot arms ( 11 ) pivotably mounted between the two carrier plates ( 12 ), each of the two pivot arms ( 11 ) having an end that is movable toward an other of the two pivot arms ( 11 ); and two shear plates ( 20 , 21 ) extending between the two pivot arms and including aligned cutting elements for cutting an object, each of the two shear plates is pivotably held at a first end on one of the two pivot arms by a first bolt and guided at a second end on the other of the two pivot arms by a second bolt to allow straight linear movement of the two shear plates in directly opposing directions, wherein each of the two shear plates ( 20 , 21 ) has a carrier hole ( 23 ) corresponding to a bolt cross section at the first end, and at the second end has a guiding elongated hole ( 24 ) corresponding to the bolt cross section, and each of the first and second bolts in the two clamping arms ( 16 ) traverses a carrier hole ( 23 ) of one of the shear plates and a guiding elongated hole ( 24 ) of an other of the shear plates, and respective ones of said guiding elongated holes ( 24 ) are open towards a side edge.