Universal crimping tool

In a hand-held crimping tool for terminating different lengths of connectors onto an end of a coaxial cable wherein an elongated body has an end stop and plunger in aligned, axially spaced relation to one another, and force-applying means are provided for axially advancing said plunger toward and away from said end stop whereby to radially compress a portion of said connector into crimping engagement with said cable end, the improvement comprising:

• a receiver having spring-like tabs in circumferentially spaced relation to one another and adapter means having a plurality of tips interchangeably mounted on said receiver to adjust the axial spacing between said receiver and said end,stop according to the length of connector being terminated onto said cable end.

A hand-held crimping tool adapted for crimping a sleeve portion of a connector onto an end of a coaxial cable, said tool comprising in combination:

• an elongated body having an end stop at one end of a cable-receiving channel, a receiver axially spaced from and in facing relation to said end stop;
• a plunger member mounting said receiver for axial movement toward and away from said end stop whereby to force a crimping ring on said connector axially under sufficient force to radially compress said sleeve into crimping engagement with said cable end, said receiver resiliently mounted on said plunger so as to be responsive to axial advancement of said connector into engagement with said end stop to cause said receiver to yieldingly engage said connector, and a lever arm at one end of said body being engageable with said plunger to cause said plunger to be axially advanced toward said end stop in radially compressing said connector into crimping engagement with said cable end.