In-line hydraulic crimp tool
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsPeter Matthew Wason, John Lefavour
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Abstract
A crimp tool having jaw members joined in a tongue-in-groove connection held in place by a locking pin. Each jaw member being tapered and including weight reducing pockets defined in respective sidewalls. Each jaw member includes a locking tab on an outside edge that mates with a respective locking tab opening in the neck of the tool. When the locking pin is removed, the jaws of the tool separate and rotate away from one another until their respective locking tabs engage their respective locking tab opening, thereby holding the opened jaws in the neck of the tool.
Claims21
A jaw member assembly for a crimp tool comprising:
- a first jaw member having a front end and a back end, said front end defining a crimp area and said back end defining a groove and a bore;
- a second jaw member having a front end and a back end, said front end defining a crimp area and said back end having a tongue portion sized for receipt in said groove of said first jaw member and a bore;
- said respective bores being alignable when said first jaw member and said second jaw members are connected in a tongue-in-groove arrangement;
- a spring member having a first end attached to said first jaw member and a second end attached to said second jaw member;
- a locking pin extending through said first and second bore when said bores are aligned.
A jaw member assembly for a crimp tool comprising:
- a first jaw member having a front end and a back end, said front end defining a crimp area and said back end defining a bore;
- a second jaw member having a front end and a back end, said front end defining a crimp area and said back end defining a bore;
- said respective bore opening members being aligned and a locking pin extending through said bores to hold said jaw members in cooperative engagement;
- a spring member having a first end attached to said first jaw member and a second end attached to said second jaw member;
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- wherein each of said jaw members include pocket areas where the cross section of the jaw is thinner than the cross section of the area surrounding the pockets.
A a battery-powered crimp tool comprising:
- a battery pack;
- a handle portion;
- a gear box disposed in said handle portion;
- a control switch disposed on said handle portion and operatively engaged to said gear box;
- a neck portion driven by said gear box;
- a tool head connected to said neck portion, said tool head comprising first and second jaw members, said first jaw member having a front end and a back end, said front end defining a crimp area and said back end defining a first bore;
- said second jaw member having a front end and a back end, said front end defining a crimp area and said back end defining second bore;
- said first and second bores being selectively alignable when said first jaw member and said second jaw members are connected;
- a spring member having a first end attached to said first jaw member and a second end attached to said second jaw member;
- a locking pin extending through said first and second bore when said bores are aligned;
- wherein when said control switch is in a first position the jaw members are in a first non-crimp position and when said switch is moved to a second position said gear box provides force to a roller on said neck portion to rotate said jaw members together in a second crimp position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.