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PCT No. PCT/GB89/00746 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 21, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 21, 1990 PCT Filed Jul. 3, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO90/00097 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 11, 1990.A pipe crimping apparatus comprises holding means to externally engage and hold a joint formed by locating one end of a pipe connection onto a pipe end, the holding means having a crimping tool movable relative to the swaged end to cause the swaged end to be deformed and crimped onto the pipe end. In a preferred embodiment, the holding means is elongate and at one end thereof has a gripping zone to engage behind the inner side of a swaged end of the pipe connector, and at the other end thereof the crimping tool is movable longitudinally and internally of the holding means. Means are provided to cause axial movement of the tool towards the gripping zone so to engage the outer side of the swaged end and crimp it to the pipe end.
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