Patent ID: 7644485

Claim:
A tool for connecting cable cores of insulated telecommunication and data cables to insulation-piercing contact elements, comprising: a ram, which includes a ram head and a ram shank that is configured to press the cable cores into the insulation-piercing contact elements, wherein the ram head is shaped and configured to enable at least two cable cores to be pressed simultaneously into at least two of the insulation-piercing contact elements lying next to each other; a tool housing having an end face defining an opening through which at least a part of the ram protrudes, wherein the ram is configured to be displaced within the tool housing in a longitudinal direction; and a cutter arranged on the ram head, the cutter being triggered by the longitudinal displacement of the ram within the tool housing, the cutter including an outer scissor blade and an inner scissor blade, at least one of the scissor blades being configured to pivot about an axis extending transversely to the longitudinal displacement of the ram within the tool housing, the outer scissor blade having at least two substantially parallel shearing surfaces facing in a common direction, the inner scissor blade having at least one shearing surface that forms a complementary shearing surface for the outer scissor blade.