Connectool Inc.

Leslie B Shutts

Yin Ho Cheng

Huang De Sei

Guenter G Fietzke

David L Kountz

A crimping tool is provided for connecting a modular plug connector with a telephone/data cable, and an axial connector with a coaxial cable, including a pair of operating arms pivotally connected intermediate their ends to define on opposite sides of the pivot axis a pair of operating end portions and a pair of crimping end portions, respectively, a pair of crimping dies being connected between the crimping end portions and containing first recesses for defining a first crimping chamber adjacent the end extremities of the crimping end portions, the adjacent surfaces of the crimping dies containing opposed second recesses cooperating to define a second crimping chamber arranged between the first crimping chamber and the pivot axis of the operating arms. One of the crimping dies is a support die for supporting the modular plug connector longitudinally of the associated crimping arm portion, and the other die is an actuating die having projections for displacing first and second strain relief devices into engagement with the insulation layers of the telephone/data cable and the exposed insulated conductors thereof, respectively. The adjacent surfaces of the dies contain opposed guide devices that cooperate to align the first recesses and the second recesses, respectively, during movement of the operating arms toward their closed crimping position.

Crimping tool for connecting a modular plug connector

Punchdown tool with light

A versatile hand-held scissors-type cutting and stripping tool includes a pair of pivotally connected handle members, a cutting and stripping blade carried by one of the handle members for cutting flat and round insulated conductors, and for stripping insulation from round insulated conductors, and a pair of flat stripping blades for stripping the outer insulation layer from a flat thin multi-conductor cable.

Cutting and stripping tool

Punch down tool with light

A portable hand-held battery-powered crimping tool includes a gear housing containing a through bore receiving a driven gear having a crank arm that is connected by a drive link with the common pivot axis of a toggle device that pivots a pair of crimping jaws from an open released position toward a crimping position. The gear is driven by a reversible direct-current motor that is supported on the hand-held handle together with a battery pack. A releasable overrunning clutch is operated by a push button on the handle to disengage the motor drive from the drive link, whereupon the crimping jaws are pivoted toward the open released position by a biasing spring.

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Ruther Glen, VA, United States of America

Leslie B Shutts