Crimping tool having wire severing means

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR TRIMMING THE ENDS OF A PAIR OF WIRES EXTENDING AXIALLY TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND CRIMPING AN OPEN-U TYPE CONNECTING DEVICE ONTO THE TRIMMED ENDS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING, A PAIR OF CRIMPING MEMBERS NORMALLY DISPOSED IN PARALLEL SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP, SAID MEMBERS BEING MOVABLE RELATIVELY TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH, SAID MEMBERS BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT AND CRIMP AND OPEN-U TYPE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR, THE END PORTIONS OF SAID CRIMPING MEMBERS DEFINING WIRE SHEARING PLANES, A PAIR OF WIRE SHEARING MEMBERS, ONE OF SAID SHARING MEMBERS BEING DISPOSED IN EACH OF SAID PLANES, SAID SHEARING MEMBERS BEING NORMALLY DISPOSED BESIDE SAID PATH AT LOCATION BETWEEN SAID CRIMPING MEMBERS, SAID SHEARING MEMBERS BEING MOVABLE PARALLEL TO SAID PATH AND IN SAID PLANES TOWARDS AND PAST A FIRST ONE OF SAID CRIMPING MEMBERS TO SHEAR SAID WIRES, AND WIRE LOCATING MEANS ON EACH OF SAID SHEARING MEMBERS, EACH WIRE LOCATING MEANS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND WIRE HOLDERS, SAID WIRE HOLDERS OF EACH LOCATING MEANS BEING ARRANGED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SHEARING MEMBERS WITH SAID FIRST WIRE HOLDERS LOCATED ON THE SIDES OF SAID SHEARING MEMBERS ADJACENT TO SAID SECOND CRIMPING MEMBER AND SAID SECOND WIRE HOLDERS BEING LOCATED ON THE SIDES OF SAID SHEARING MEMBERS ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST CRIMPING MEMBER WHEREBY, EACH WIRE CAN BE POSITIONED IN A FIRST AND SECOND WIRE HOLDER TO LOCATE SAID WIRES WITH THEIR AXES EXTENDING THROUGH A FIRST HOLDER THENCE BETWEEN A FIRST SHEARING MEMBER AND THE SECOND ONE OF SAID CRIMPING MEMBERS THENCE BETWEEN SAID CRIMPING MEMBERS THENCE BETWEEN A SECOND SHEARING MEMBER AND SAID FIRST ONE OF SAID CRIMPING MEMBERS THENCE THROUGH A SECOND HOLDER, THE FIRST HOLDER OF THE ONE LOCATING MEANS AND THE SECOND HOLDER OF THE OTHER LOCATING MEANS LYING IN ONE PLANE, AND THE REMAINING WIRE HOLDERS LYING IN ANOTHER PLANE EXTENDING PARALLEL TO, AND BESIDE, SAID ONE PLANE WHEREBY, SAID WIRES WILL BE POSITIONED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP WHEN HELD IN SAID WIRE HOLDERS, AND DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID SHEARING MEMBERS TOWARDS AND PAST SAID FIRST ONE OF SAID CRIMPING MEMBERS, THE END PORTIONS OF SAID WIRES ARE SEVERED IN SAID SHEARING PLANES, AND DURING SUBSEQUENT MOVEMENT OF SAID CRIMPING MEMBERS RELATIVELY TOWARDS EACH OTHER, AN OPENU TYPE CONNECTING DEVICE IS CRIMPED ONTO THE OVER-LAPPING CUT ENDS OF SAID WIRES, WITH SAID WIRES BEING IN SIDE-BYSIDE PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP IN SAID CONNECTING DEVICE.