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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2010
Horst Hofmann, Unterschoenau, DE;
Thomas Wagner, Bermbach, DE;
Horst Hofmann, Unterschoenau, DE;
Thomas Wagner, Bermbach, DE;
Rennsteig Werkzeuge GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a positioning device for positioning an element to be crimped in a crimping tool, for example a wire end sleeve or an electrical connecting plug. The invention further relates to a crimping tool for crimping a connecting element to be situated in a pressing axis. To allow the element that will be crimped to be brought into the pressing axis, the positioning device has a retaining unit for retaining, about its periphery, the element that will be crimped. The retaining unit has a retaining opening which encompasses the pressing axis coaxially. The positioning device further permits the positioning of the element that will be crimped within the pressing axis, in order, in particular, to ensure the necessary insertion depth of the element to be crimped in the crimping tool. For this purpose, the positioning device of the invention has an axial stop, with which the position in the pressing axis of the element to be crimped can be defined. According to the invention, the size of the retaining opening of the retaining unit can be adjusted coaxially in relation to the pressing axis. The size of the retaining opening can therefore be increased and decreased, with a center axis of the retaining opening coinciding with the respective pressing axis. Moreover, the axial stop is displaceable along the pressing axis, allowing different distances from the crimping tool to be realized.