Patent ID: 7997116

Claim:
A link for a crimping tool comprising at least two crimping dies; and first and second handles wherein the link is movably arranged between the first and second handles, the link having an opening arranged to engage a guide element on the first handle and being pivotally fixed to the second handle, wherein the guide element is arranged to automatically move from engagement with a first smooth edge of the opening into engagement with a second opposite edge of the opening when the first and second handles are brought together to a position where a workpiece is engaged by the crimping dies, the second edge having at least one recess situated between longitudinal ends of the opening, the guide element moving into the at least one recess or into either end of the opening, depending on a dimension of the workpiece, the link thus automatically making the first and second handles take substantially same mutual positions regardless of the dimension of the workpiece to be crimped when an actual crimping process is initiated.