Patent ID: 8015698

Claim:
A tool for installing compression-type coaxial cable connectors, comprising: a base including a block member, a beam extending from the block member, and first and second laterally-spaced side walls extending from the beam; the block member, beam and side walls defining a compression zone for removably receiving therein an end portion of a coaxial cable and a compression connector therefor; a plunger retractably insertable along a longitudinal axis from the block member into the compression zone for engagement with the free end of a compression connector; and at least one anvil retractably insertable into the compression zone between open and closed positions, the anvil having an aperture for removably receiving therein a coaxial cable and a bearing surface for abutting a portion of the back end of a compression connector when the anvil is in the closed position, the anvil having left and right lower quadrants and left and right upper quadrants which together define the aperture, at least one of the upper quadrants having a retention surface extending from a horizontal centerline of the aperture toward a vertical centerline of the aperture, the retention surface being arranged to produce lateral separating forces on the anvil when a cable is moved radially outwardly of the aperture.