摘要 |
A press adapted for use in confined areas for swaging a sleeve onto reinforcing bars to splice them together. The press comprises a cylinder having a longitudinal axis with a piston therein and reciprocable along said axis, said cylinder having an end and a pair of spaced arms extending from said end in a direction generally parallel to said cylinder, with the distance generally between the outer surfaces of said arms measured in a direction transverse to said longitudinal axis being less than the outer diameter of the cylinder. A bridging member is detachably secured to and bridges the arms. A first die part is secured to the free end of the piston and a second cooperable die part is secured to the bridging member. The die parts cooperate together to swage the sleeve onto the bars by the movement of the first die. piece toward the second die piece in accordance with the movement of the piston along said longitudinal axis. |