Crimping devices

Claim 1

A CRIMPING DEVICE, WHICH COMPRISES: A HOUSING; AN ARTICLE-FORMING MEMBER FORMED AT LEAST IN PART BY A PLURALITY OF SPACED, NOTCHED PLATES AND BEING MOUNTED RELATIVELY STATIONARILY IN SAID HOUSING; A SECOND ARTICLE-FORMING MEMBER FORMED AT LEAST IN PART BY A PLURALITY OF SPACED, NOTCHED PLATES POSITIONED IN INTERLEAVING COOPERATION WITH THE NOTCHED PLATES OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED ARTICLE-FORMING MEMBER, SAID SECOND-MENTIONED ARTICLE-FORMING MEMBER BEING SLIDABLE IN THE HOUSING FOR RELATIVE RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID FIRST-MENTIONED ARTICLE-FORMING MEMBER, SAID FIRST AND SECONDMENTIONED ARTICLE-FORMING MEMBERS BEING SEPARATED NORMALLY A DISTANCE SUFFICIENTLY GREAT SO THAT THE NOTCHES IN THE PLATES THEREOF FORM AN APERTURE THEREBETWEEN SUFFICIENTLY LARGE TO PERMIT THE INSERTION OF A CYLINDRICAL ARTICLE TO BE CRIMPED; MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SECOND-MENTIONED ARTICLE-FORMING MEMBER TOWARD SAID FIRST-MENTIONED ARTICLEFORMING MEMBER A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE SO THAT THE INTERLEAVED PLATES THEREOF COOPERATE TO APPLY RADIAL PRESSURE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OF THE CYLINDRICAL ARTICLE TO BE CRIMPED AND TO FORM A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY SPACED, ANNULAR, PERIPHERAL GROOVES IN THE CYLINDRICAL ARTICLE WHICH EXTEND AROUND THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE CYLINDRICAL ARTICLE; MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID MOVING MEANS FOR OPERATING THE MOVING MEANS, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE OF TRAVEL OF SAID SECOND-MENTIONED ARTICLE-FORMING MEMBER TOWARD SAID FIRST-MENTIONED ARTICLE-FORMING MEMBER FOR DISCONNECTING THE OPERATING MEANS FROM THE MOVING MEANS WHEREBY THE SECOND-MENTIONED ARTICLEFORMING MEMBER CEASES TO MOVE TOWARD THE FIRSTMENTIONED ARTICLE-FORMING MEMBER.