Patent ID: 8800134

Claim:
A variable positioning device for positioning an element to be crimped in a crimping tool, the device comprising: a retaining unit for retaining, about its periphery, the element to be crimped, within a retaining opening of the retaining unit that encompasses a pressing axis coaxially, and an axial stop for positioning the element to be crimped in the pressing axis, wherein the size of the retaining opening of the retaining unit is adjustable coaxially in relation to the pressing axis, and in that the axial stop is displaceable along the pressing axis; wherein said retaining unit comprises multiple clamping jaws, between which the retaining opening is formed, wherein the clamping jaws are synchronously pivotable, and wherein said multiple clamping jaws have pivoting axes arranged parallel to and equidistant from the pressing axis, and distributed evenly about the pressing axis, and wherein the pivoting axes of said clamping jaws are formed on a body of the positioning device, and wherein said multiple clamping jaws each have a pivoting pin, which is guided in an adjusting ring, which is rotatable in relation to the body about the pressing axis.