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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2007
Andrew J. Tarpill, East Haddam, CT (US);
Tadeusz Zagula, Hartford, CT (US);
Andrew J. Tarpill, East Haddam, CT (US);
Tadeusz Zagula, Hartford, CT (US);
Capewell Components Company, LLC, Cromwell, CT (US);
Abstract
A compression assembly tool for attaching a connector to a coaxial cable includes a tool body that supports a connector to be compressed in a compression head, a fixed handle, a moving lever handle, and an axially sliding plunger. The lever handle is pivotally connected to the tool body at the front end and to a link at the back end. The connection of the link to the back end of the lever handle and the placement of pivot points at opposite ends of the lever handle provides a scissor action appearance. The relative lengths of the lever handle, plunger and link and the placement of the pivots provides high levels of compression force and sufficient compression travel by the plunger to compress connectors of different lengths while requiring only a very limited handle opening angle, which allows maximum hand strength to be applied to the tool handles.