Method and tool for repairing a hose

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF REPAIRING A FLUID-CONDUCTING HOSE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF FITTING OVER AN AREA TO BE REPAIRED A CYLINDRICAL FERRULE HAVING AN INTERIOR SURFACE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLEMENTARY TO THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID HOSE, PROVIDING A DUALITY OF JAW MEMBERS EACH WITH A SEMICYLINDRICAL RECESS EXTENDING THE WIDTH THEREOF AND A SHORTER LENGTH THAN THE LENGTH OF SAID FERRULE, SUCH THAT SAID JAWS ARE ADAPTED TO COME TOGETHER TO DEFINE A SUBSTANTIALY CYLINDRICAL OPENING SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE EXTERIOR DIMENSIONS OF SAID FERRULE, PROVIDING IN SAID JAWS RECESSES THAT WHEN SAID JAWS ARE TOGETHER DEFINE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED RELIEF NOTCHES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL OPENING, PROVIDING IN EACH OF SAID RECESSES A SUBSTANTIALLY SEMICYLINDRICAL AXIALLY EXTENDING PROTUBERANCE EXTENDING THE WIDTH OF THE JAW AND LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY 90 DEGREES FROM SAID NOTCHES, THEN ASSOCIATING SAID FERRULE WITH SAID JAWS WITH SAID JAWS REMOTE FROM EACH OTHER IN A MANNER SUCH THAT SAID FERRULE PROJECTS AXIALLY BEYOND SAID JAWS ON EITHER SIDE THEREOF, AND THEN BRINGING SAID JAWS TOGETHER SO AS CRIMP SAID FERRULE ON SAID HOSE AND INDENT SAID FERRULE SIMULITANEOUSLY BY SAID PROTUBERANCES IN A DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED POSITIONS.