Multipurpose coaxial cable tool

In a coaxial cable tool wherein a coaxial cable is loosely assembled with a cable fitting at one end of said cable and a crimping ring is loosely assembled over a sleeve extension of said cable fitting, the improvement comprising in combination:

• an elongated hollow body having a bottom wall, side and end walls and a channel having opposite side walls spaced from said side walls of said elongated hollow body extending lengthwise of said body to terminate in a cable-receiving opening at one end;
• anchor means including an end stop mounted in said channel for limiting axial movement of said crimping ring towards said cable-receiving opening;
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• a crimping member insertable in said channel into engagement with said end of said cable, and force-applying means for axially advancing said crimping member toward said end stop whereby to cause said crimping ring to contract said sleeve into crimping engagement with said cable end.

A multipurpose coaxial cable tool comprising:

• a low profile, elongated hollow body of generally polygonal configuration having a bottom wall and outer side walls;
• a first channel extending lengthwise of said body and opening in a direction away from said bottom wall and terminating in a crimping member-receiving opening at one side wall of said body;
• a second channel extending transversely of said first channel through said bottom wall having crimping dies mounted therein;
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• a third channel having a cable-receiving opening in another side wall of said body for insertion of a cable to be stripped therein;
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• a jaw having at least one stripping blade and means pivotally mounting said jaw for movement between open and closed positions with respect to said channel whereby to strip an end of a cable inserted therein preliminary to assembly of a fitting on said cable in one of said first and second channels.

A coaxial cable tool wherein a cable is loosely assembled with a cable fitting at one end of said cable and a crimping ring is loosely assembled over a sleeve extension of said cable fitting, said tool comprising in combination:

• a low profile, elongated hollow body of generally polygonal configuration having a bottom wall and opposite end walls;
• a channel having opposite side walls spaced from said side walls of said elongated hollow body extending lengthwise of said body, said channel opening in a direction away from said bottom wall and including a crimping member-receiving opening in one of said end walls of said body with a cable-receiving opening in communication with said channel;
• anchor means mounted in said channel for engagement with said crimping ring;
• a crimping member insertable through said one end wall into engagement with said crimping ring, and
• force-applying means for advancing said crimping member toward said anchor means whereby to cause said crimping ring to contract said sleeve into crimping engagement with said sleeve extension.