Hand tool for crimping, cutting and stripping

Claim 1

A tool comprising a pair of relatively flat jaw members pivotally connected to each other by a pivot means intermediate their ends, said jaw members being pivotally movable from an open position to a closed position, said jaw members forming a nose portion at one end and being integral at their opposite ends with respective flat stem portions, each stem portion having a handle portion at its free end, said jaw members having complementary recesses at their inner edges in the nose portion, said recesses forming ferrule crimping dies, each jaw member having a set of linearly arranged threaded apertures on the side of the pivot means opposite said ferrule crimping dies, the axes of said apertures being generally parallel to the axis of said pivot means, each set of apertures extending diagonally relative to said pivot means, the set of apertures in one jaw being on the opposite side of said pivot means from the set of apertures in the other jaw, each jaw having a shearing recess extending from the edge of the corresponding jaw toward said pivot means in corresponding position relative to the corresponding set of apertures in the other jaw, each shearing recess being defined by one straight edge and one shearing edge which is provided with at least one intermediate recess of a size and configuration partially corresponding to a respective intermediate aperture in the corresponding set of apertures in the other jaw, said edges defining an open end of the shearing recess at the edge of the corresponding jaw, which open end constitutes the outer end of said shearing recess, and also defining a closed inner end of said shearing recess, said inner end being adjacent said pivot means and being of configuration partially corresponding to the innermost aperture in the corresponding set of apertures in the other jaw, each shearing edge being movable, upon relative movement of said jaw members, to wipe over the corresponding set of apertures in the other jaw, wire cutting means on said tool, said wire cutting means comprising an anvil portion on the inner edge of one stem member and a blade portion on the inner edge of the other stem member, said anvil portion and blade portion being in opposed relationship, a terminal lug crimping means comprising opposed arcuate recesses on the inner edge of each stem portion, and a linear series of wire stripping holes, each hole being formed by complementary but opposed arcuate recesses on the inner edges of said stem portions.