摘要 |
A crimp tool and a method of assembling the crimp tool. A crimp tool is formed by a pair of plates (171) forming a moveable handle (17) of the tool, and a pair of frame plates (180) forming a fixed jaw (2) and a fixed handle (18) of the tool. The tool also includes a moveable jaw, and a transmission (10,11) by which the moveable jaw is driven towards and away from the fixed jaw. The plates (18) of the frame are mutually held in juxtaposition by having edge portions snugly received in a frame shell. Edges of the plates (171) of the moveable handle (17) are snugly received in grooves 144, 146 in a shell (40) for the moveable handle. The tool is assembled by stacking the plates of the moveable handle and the components of the moveable jaw and the link, as well as the frame plates, and then insertion of the stack into the frame shell, which preferably has a tubular portion into which the jaw portion of the stack is inserted. |