Multi-connector crimping tool with combination die set

A crimping tool for connecting a modular plug connector with a telephone/data cable, and for connecting a coaxial connector with a shielded coaxial cable, said modular plug including a synthetic plastic body having a longitudinal axis and a generally rectangular cross-section, said body containing a row of parallel longitudinally-extending through bores, one end of said body containing a recess in communication with said through bores, said module plug body including transversely-arranged inwardly-displaceable primary and secondary strain relief means arranged opposite said plug body recess and said bores, respectively, said telephone/data cable including a plurality of insulated conductors that extend within said through bores, respectively, and an outer insulated portion that extends within said plug body recess, comprising:

• (a) a pair of operating arms pivotally connected intermediate their ends for movement about a transverse pivot axis, said operating arms having operating end portions and crimping end portions on opposite sides of said pivot axis, respectively, said arms being pivotable between open and closed positions relative to each other;
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• (b) a pair of crimping dies mounted on the adjacent sides of said arm crimping end portions, respectively, said crimping dies containing first recesses that cooperate when said arms are in the closed position to define a first crimping chamber that extends longitudinally of said crimping ends inwardly toward said pivot axis, said first crimping chamber terminating in a transverse end wall,
• (1) one of said dies comprising a support die having a flat support surface defining a wall portion of said first crimping chamber, said support surface being operable to support the modular plug body within said first crimping chamber when said plug body is introduced, with the handle arms in the open position, into said first crimping chamber in the direction of said pivot axis and into engagement with said transverse end wall;
• (2) the other of said crimping dies comprising an actuating die having first and second actuating projections extending toward said support die opposite said primary and said secondary strain relief means, respectively, said first actuating projection being spaced from said pivot axis a greater distance than said second crimping projection, whereby when said arms are pivoted together toward said closed position, said first and second projections displace said primary and said secondary strain relief means into embedded engagement with said insulated portions of said cable and said conductors, respectively;
• (3) the adjacent faces of said crimping dies also containing a pair of opposed second crimping recesses that cooperate to define a transversely extending second crimping chamber when said arms are in said closed position, said second crimping chamber being arranged between said first crimping chamber and said pivot axis, said second crimping chamber being operable to crimp the coaxial connector to said shielded coaxial cable when the coaxial cable and connector are arranged transversely of said arms;
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• (4) guide means for accurately positioning said die members relative to each other when said arms are pivotally displaced toward said closed position.