Patent ID: 8241029

Claim:
A crimping tool for use in crimping a connector crimp ring with non-metallic tubing, said tool comprising: a. a first jaw having a first end, a second end and a forming surface between said first end and said second end, wherein said forming surface includes a plurality of crimping die sections spaced from one another; and b. a second jaw pivotally connected to said first jaw, said second jaw having a first end, a second end, an outer surface and a forming surface between said first end and said second end opposing said forming surface of said first jaw, wherein said forming surface of said second jaw includes a plurality of crimping die sections spaced from one another and corresponding in number to, and in alignment with, the plurality of crimping die sections of said first jaw such that opposing crimping die sections of said first jaw and said second jaw together form a plurality of crimping dies, wherein the crimping tool has a centerline from said first ends to said second ends of said first jaw and said second jaw when the first jaw and the second jaw are together to form a plurality of crimping dies, wherein a first crimping die adjacent to said first ends of said first jaw and said second jaw is larger than a second crimping die adjacent to said second ends of said first jaw and said second jaw and any intermediate crimping dies between said first crimping die and said second crimping die are smaller than said first crimping die and larger than said second crimping die, wherein said second ends of said first jaw and said second jaw include lands adapted to enable squeezing together of said first jaw and said second jaw and wherein a distance from the centerline to the outer surfaces of said first jaw and said second jaw at the plurality of crimping dies is greater than a distance from the centerline to the outer surfaces of said first jaw and said second jaw at the lands.