Cable crimp and trim device
View Patent ↗A crimp tool for concurrently crimping and trimming includes a first jaw member and a second jaw member pivotally coupled to the first and second jaw members moveable between a crimp position and a release position. The crimp tool also includes a first crimp die coupled to the first jaw member and having a first recessed surface and a second crimp die coupled to the second jaw member and having a second recessed surface, the first and second recessed surfaces being complementary to each other and forming a crimping opening in the crimp position to receive a connector having a conductor received therein. The crimp tool includes cutting members that are spaced apart relative to the respective jaw members to trim an exposed inner conductor of the conductor when substantially abutting one another in the crimp position, and may be adjustable depending on the desired protrusion of the inner conductor.
1. A crimp tool, comprising:
a first jaw member;
a second jaw member pivotally coupled to the first jaw member along a pivot axis, the first and second jaw members moveable between a crimp position and a release position;
a first crimp die coupled to the first jaw member and having a first recessed surface;
a second crimp die coupled to the second jaw member and having a second recessed surface, the first and second recessed surfaces being complementary to each other and forming a crimping opening in the crimp position to receive a connector having a cable received therein;
a first cutting member coupled to at least one of the first crimp die or the first jaw member; and
a second cutting member coupled to at least one of the second crimp die or the second jaw member, the first and second cutting members spaced apart from the respective first and second jaw members such that the first and second cutting members are configured to trim an exposed inner conductor of the cable when substantially abutting one another in the crimp position.
2. The crimp tool of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of spacers, each spacer coupling the first cutting member and the second cutting member to the at least one of the respective first and second crimp dies or the first and second jaw members.
3. The crimp tool of claim 1 , further comprising:
an axial adjustment mechanism configured to selectively axially displace the first and second cutting members relative to the respective first and second jaw members.
4. The crimp tool of claim 3 wherein the axial adjustment mechanism includes at least a pair of rotary dials, rotation of the rotary dials causing axial displacement of the first and second cutting members relative to the first and second jaw members.
5. The crimp tool of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and second cutting members includes a blunt edge located at a transverse end thereof and the other one of the first and second cutting members includes a cutting edge located at a transverse end thereof.
6. The crimp tool of claim 1 wherein the first cutting member and the second cutting member each include a beveled edge located at transverse ends of the respective first and second cutting members, the beveled edges overlapping one another in the crimp position.
7. The crimp tool of claim 1 , further comprising:
a ratcheting mechanism pivotally coupled to the first and second jaw members.
8. The crimp tool of claim 1 wherein the first crimp die includes a plurality of recessed surfaces and the second crimp die includes a plurality of recessed surfaces, the pluralities of the recessed surfaces being complementary to each other and forming pluralities of crimping openings to receive a variety of connectors having received therein cables of various gauges.
9. A crimp tool to crimp a connector having a coaxial cable received therein, the crimp tool comprising:
a first jaw member;
a second jaw member pivotally coupled to the first jaw member at a pivot axis, the first and second jaw members moveable between a crimp position and a release position;
a first crimp die coupled to the first jaw member, the first crimp die having a plurality of first recessed surfaces;
a second crimp die coupled to the second jaw member, the second crimp die having a plurality of second recessed surfaces, the pluralities of the first and second recessed surfaces being complementary to each other and forming a plurality of crimping openings for receiving a variety of connectors having received therein coaxial cables of varying gauges;
a first cutting member coupled to at least one of the first crimp die or the first jaw member;
a second cutting member coupled to at least one of the second crimp die or the second jaw member, the first and second cutting members being configured to trim an exposed inner conductor of the coaxial cable when substantially abutting one another in the crimp position; and
an axial adjustment mechanism configured to selectively axially displace the first and second cutting members relative to the respective first and second jaw members.
10. The crimp tool of claim 9 wherein the axial adjustment mechanism includes at least a pair of rotary dials, rotation of the rotary dials causing axial displacement of the first and second cutting members relative to the first and second jaw members.
11. The crimp tool of claim 9 wherein at least one of the first and second cutting members includes a blunt edge located at a transverse end thereof and the other one of the first and second cutting members includes a cutting edge located at a transverse end thereof.
12. The crimp tool of claim 9 wherein the first cutting member and the second cutting member each include a beveled edge located at transverse ends of the respective first and second cutting members, the beveled edges overlapping one another in the crimp position.