Compression tool with toggle action
AssigneeRostra Tool Company
InventorRichard A. Steiner
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Abstract
In a preferred embodiment, an end connector compression tool, including: a body; supports to support a cable and uncompressed end connector parts; a compression member axially movable with respect to the body to fixedly attach the end connector parts to the cable by compression of the end connector parts; a handle rotatably attached to the compression member at a first pivot point; and a link rotatably attached to the handle at a second pivot point and to the body at a third pivot point, such that rotation of the handle from an open position to a closed position effects compressive fixed attachment of the end connector parts to the cable. The tool may have an integral coaxial cable stripping function included therein.
Claims12
An end connector compression tool, comprising:
- (a) a body;
- (b) supports disposed in said body for support therein of a cable axially disposed with respect to said body and uncompressed end connector parts;
- (c) a compression member axially movable with respect to said body to fixedly attach said end connector parts to said cable by compression of said end connector parts;
- (d) a handle rotatably attached to said compression member at a first pivot point;
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- (e) a link rotatably attached to said handle at a second pivot point and to said body at a third pivot point, such that rotation of said handle from an open position to a closed position effects compressive fixed attachment of said end connector parts to said cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.