Patent ID: 7856861

Claim:
A head assembly for a swage press including a housing having a peripheral side wall that extends about a circumference of the housing, a front wall integrally formed with said peripheral side wall with an opening in said front wall providing access to a press zone surrounded by said peripheral side wall, said housing having an open rear face and a rear wall secured by fastening means to said peripheral side wall to at least partially close said rear face of the housing, and a hydraulically operated press mechanism located within said housing surrounding said press zone, said press mechanism including a plurality of shoe elements configured to surround said press zone and an annular piston member moved axially by pressurized hydraulic fluid entering a hydraulic chamber defined by said piston member, said rear wall and said peripheral side wall, said annular piston member moving said shoe elements radially into said press zone when said annular piston member moves axially towards said front wall of the housing.