Electrician{3 s combination tool

Claim 1

Combination tool for enabling performance of a number of different operations involved in terminating electrical wiring comprising a pair of crossed essentially flat levers stacked one above the other, means securing said levers at the location of crossing for pivotal movement thereabout and adjustable stop means for limiting the closure of said levers towards each other, each of said levers comprising an elongated handle portion entending generally outwardly of said securing means in a first direction and a jaw portion extending generally outwardly of said securing means generally oppositely thereof, said jaw portions defining therebetween a wire stripper comprising a pair of oppositely facing generally V-shaped cutting edges formed on opposed adjacent edges of said jaws for cutting insulation and enabling a stripping of such cut insulation from wire end portions when said handle portions are squeezed together and said handle portions defining a terminal crimper therebetween comprising a generally V-shaped groove extending inwardly of an edge of one of said handle portions adjacent the other of said handle portions and a cooperating crimping point extending outwardly of said other handle portion offset above the plane thereof substantially in the plane of the other handle portion for projecting into said V-shaped groove and crimping solderless terminals disposed therein upon squeezing of said handle portions, said wire stripper and said crimping means being proportioned and positioned relative said securing means so that a single setting of said adjustable stop properly sets both said stripper and said crimper for a selected wire size.