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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Elmont Hollingsworth, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72 3101 ; 7240901 ; 29720 ; 29751 ;
Abstract
A crimping tool comprising a pair of crimping surfaces adapted to crush an article, levers for manually actuating the crimping surfaces, and a scale for controlling a crimp force applied by the levers. The first lever is constructed of a flexible material, and the scale includes a plurality of gradations formed on the first lever, and a pointer mounted such that the pointer moves along the gradations when the first lever is squeezed toward the second lever. The crimping surfaces can be removably attached to the first and second levers.