US 6,543,271 B2 · Tools used in crimping machines

Abstract

IMPROVEMENTS MADE UP FOR TOOLS USED IN CRIMPING MACHINES, wherein the said tools bring a technical advance while compared to their basic operations, that is, for instance, the tool “guillotine and crimping” has multiplied its lifetime by six, i.e., sextupled the crimping applications of this tool; the “profile and crimping matrix support”, which used to be a sole piece, brings a refill-blade; the assembly “hammer bar”, which cuts, bends and prints the metal band in the crimping tools, allows for its hammer to be sharpen up to six times before its replacement, expanding its lifetime by six times, lowering the relative cost. The “anvil” tool, which helps the bending of the metal band, used to be in a sole milled piece, now are composed by two pieces fastened by themselves, wherein the cutting blade is twofold, lowering the cost and duplicating the tool lifetime.

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Dependent claims

A tool for use in a crimping machine comprising:

a support bar having an enlarged first edge and a second edge;
a member having an eccentric axis and being arranged adjacent to the enlarged first edge of the support bar;
a hammer having first and second edges, the first edge of the hammer being attached to the member and the second edge of the hammer being sharpened for printing;
two guides connected to the support bar near the second edge of the support bar, each guide having a parallel side, the parallel sides of the guides being spaced apart;
and
a plurality of pairs of compensation wedges of different dimensions, each pair of compensation wedges being attachable to the support bar, one of the pairs of compensation wedges being arranged between the hammer and the two guides.

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Tools used in crimping machines

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Tools used in crimping machines

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