Application tool for coaxial cable compression connectors
AssigneeIDEAL Industries, Inc.
InventorsRobert W. Sutter, Stephen J. Skeels
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Abstract
A tool for installing compression connectors of various sizes and types on the end of a coaxial cable has a base mounting at least one movable anvil for engaging at least one length of connector. The base further incorporates a fixed anvil for engaging at least a second length of connector. The movable anvil defines an aperture or exit surfaces shaped to permit easy entry and exit of a cable while still applying a suitable retention force to an inserted cable. A slidably mounted plunger cooperates with the anvils to compress a connector.
Claims23
A tool for installing compression-type coaxial cable connectors, comprising:
- a base including a block member, a beam extending from the block member, and first and second laterally-spaced side walls extending from the beam;
- the block member, beam and side walls defining a compression zone for removably receiving therein an end portion of a coaxial cable and a compression connector therefor;
- a plunger retractably insertable along a longitudinal axis from the block member into the compression zone for engagement with the free end of a compression connector;
- at least one anvil retractably insertable into the compression zone between open and closed positions, the anvil having an aperture for removably receiving therein a coaxial cable and a bearing surface for abutting a portion of the back end of a compression connector of a first size when the anvil is in the closed position;
- a pair of laterally-aligned fixed bearing surfaces, one fixed bearing surface formed on each of the side walls at a location longitudinally spaced from the anvil, the fixed bearing surfaces extending laterally inwardly toward the longitudinal axis sufficiently to abut a portion of the back end of a compression connector of a second size while still being spaced sufficiently to permit a coaxial cable to fit therebetween;
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- wherein the at least one anvil is configured to allow a cable and connector of either the first or second size to be inserted into the compression zone.
A tool for installing compression-type coaxial cable connectors, comprising:
- a base including a block member, a beam extending from the block member, and first and second laterally-spaced side walls extending from the beam;
- the block member, beam and side walls defining a compression zone for removably receiving therein an end portion of a coaxial cable and a compression connector therefor;
- a plunger retractably insertable along a longitudinal axis from the block member into the compression zone for engagement with the free end of a compression connector;
- a first anvil retractably insertable into the compression zone between open and closed positions, the first anvil having an aperture for removably receiving therein a coaxial cable and a bearing surface for abutting a portion of the back end of a compression connector when the first anvil is in the closed position;
- a second anvil retractably insertable into the compression zone between open and closed positions, the second anvil having an aperture for removably receiving therein a coaxial cable and a bearing surface for abutting a portion of the back end of a compression connector when the second anvil is in the closed position:
- the anvils comprise left and right spring clips;
- a pair of laterally-aligned fixed bearing surfaces, one fixed bearing surface formed on each of the side walls at a location longitudinally spaced from the anvil, the fixed bearing surfaces extending laterally inwardly toward the longitudinal axis sufficiently to abut a portion of the back end of a compression connector while still being spaced sufficiently to permit a coaxial cable to fit therebetween;
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- the first anvil, the second anvil and the fixed bearing surfaces all being located at different longitudinal positions to abut differently-sized compression connectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.