Combination cable crimper and cutter

A combination cable crimper and cutter comprising:

• (a) a frame having front and rear ends and opposite lateral sides,
• (b) a piston mounted on the frame for reciprocating axial movement in the direction of the front and rear ends of the frame,
• (c) pneumatically actuated diaphragm drive means mounted on the rear end of the frame and attached to the rear end of the piston for moving the piston and the diaphragm toward the front of the frame for cable crimping and cutting operations and retracting the, piston and diaphragm in the opposite direction,
• (d) a pair of links pivotally connected at their inner ends to the front end of the piston,
• (e) a pair of cable-crimping jaws pivotally mounted intermediate their ends to the frame adjacent the front end of the frame and diverging rearwardly, terminating at their rear ends forwardly of the drive means and the rear end of the frame,
• (f) pivotal connecting means interconnecting the outer ends of the pair of links and the rear ends of the jaws for oscillating the jaws between open and closed position, the range of reciprocation of the piston by the drive means limiting the movement of the pivotal connecting means toward each other to a distance greater than the distance between the pivot mountings of the jaws on the frame,
• (g) a cutter anvil mounted on the side of the frame adjacent one of the jaws, and
• (h) cable cutting means mounted on said one of the jaws rearwardly of and in cable-cutting relation to the anvil for movement toward the anvil during movement of the jaw laterally outward relative to the frame.