Magazine-type wiring accessory crimping tool
AssigneeLegrand
InventorsAlain Baillet, Francois Loisel, Daniel Paulin
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Abstract
A magazine-type wiring accessory crimping tool comprises two handles articulated to each other which are squeezed together to form at least one crimping deformation in a wiring accessory disposed between them. One of the handles forms a magazine receiving a plurality of parallel wiring accessories to be dispensed and crimped. A dispenser is removably received in this handle and accommodates the plurality of wiring accessories. The other handle incorporates a crimping plate and the first mentioned handle includes a crosspiece aligned with this crimping plate adapted to withstand the crimping force applied by the crimping plate to a wiring accessory.
Claims31
Magazine-type wiring accessory crimping tool comprising two handles articulated to each other, one of said handles defining a magazine removably receiving a dispenser, said dispenser accommodating a plurality of wiring accessories disposed parallel to one another, said dispenser being insertable into said magazine for loading the plurality of wiring accessories thereinto, access means through said magazine for providing direct access to wiring accessories in said dispenser to advance the same towards crimping means, said crimping means being defined on a first of said handles for forming at least one crimping deformation in a wiring accessory in position between said handles when squeezed together, the other of said handles being the first handle, said crimping means comprising a crimping blade, said one handle including a crosspiece aligned when the handles are squeezed together with said crimping blade, said crosspiece being adapted to withstand crimping force applied by said crimping blade, said handles crossing each other at an articulation zone where the handles are articulated to each other, free ends of said handles being adjacent said articulation zone, and constituting respective jaws, and the jaw on said one handle incorporating said crosspiece and the jaw on said other handle incorporating said crimping blade.
A magazine-type wiring accessory crimping tool comprising two handles articulated to each other, one of said handles defining a magazine removably receiving a apertured dispenser, said dispenser freely accommodating a plurality of wiring accessories arranged freely parallel to one another, said dispenser being insertable into said magazine for loading the plurality of wiring accessories thereinto, access means through said magazine for providing direct access for an operator's fingers to wiring accessories in said dispenser to advance the same towards crimping means, said crimping means being defined on a first of said handles for forming at least one crimping deformation in a wiring accessory in position between said handles when squeezed together.
Magazine-type wiring accessory tool comprising two handles articulated to each other, one of said handles defining a magazine removably receiving a dispenser, said dispenser accommodating a plurality of wiring accessories disposed parallel to one another, said dispenser being insertable into said magazine for loading the plurality of wiring accessories thereinto, access means through said magazine for providing direct access to wiring accessories in said dispenser to advance the same towards crimping means, said crimping means being defined on a first of said handles for forming at least one crimping deformation in a wiring accessory in position between said handles when squeezed together, said dispenser accommodating said wiring accessories transversely and comprising an elongate plate member incorporating a baseplate, a transverse bar projecting from said baseplate over less than its full width, the bar having a longitudinal groove parallel to said baseplate extending the full length thereof, a lip being parallel to and spaced from the longitudinal edge of said bar into which said groove opens, a cradle being proximate a leading end of said dispenser and being adapted to receive a leading wiring accessory and a cantilevered longitudinal finger overlying and being spaced from said cradle adapted to retain the leading wiring accessory in said cradle.
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