Crimping device

Abstract

The present invention provides a crimping device that facilitates an adjustment operation and has a reduced height. A crimping device has a crimp height adjustment mechanism for a core of a wire onto which a terminal is to be crimped and a crimp height adjustment mechanism for an insulating coating of the wire, the mechanisms having respective adjustment dials, and the front of the crimping device facing in the opposite direction of the core. In the adjustment mechanisms, the adjustment dials thereof are disposed on the same axis so that the crimping device can have a reduced height compared with conventional crimping devices in which the adjustment mechanisms are disposed at positions different in the vertical direction.

I/We claim:  
   
   
       1 . A crimping device having a crimp height adjustment mechanism for a core of a wire onto which a terminal is to be crimped and a crimp height adjustment mechanism for an insulating coating of the wire, the mechanisms having respective adjustment dials, and the front of the crimping device facing in the opposite direction of the core, 
 wherein the adjustment mechanisms are disposed on a same axis, and    the adjustment dials of the adjustment mechanisms are disposed on the front of the crimping device.    
   
   
       2 . A crimping device for crimping a terminal onto a wire, the crimping device having an insulation crimper with a crimp height adjustment mechanism for an insulating coating of the wire, and a wire crimper for a core of a wire onto which a terminal is to be crimped with a crimp height adjustment mechanism for the core, the mechanisms having respective adjustment dials, and the front of the crimping device facing in the opposite direction of the core, 
 wherein the adjustment mechanisms are disposed coaxially, and    the adjustment dials of the adjustment mechanisms are disposed on the front of the crimping device.    
   
   
       3 . The crimping device of  claim 2 , wherein the insulation dial has a thickness that varies with the point along the circumference.  
   
   
       4 . The crimping device of  claim 3 , wherein the insulation dial is biased against a tool ram having a pin that locks the angular position of the insulation dial, and the insulation dial is manually biased away from the tool ram and free of the pin to adjust the crimp height for the insulation coating of the wire.  
   
   
       5 . The crimping device of  claim 2 , wherein the wire dial has a substantially cylindrical shape, with the outer circumference of the wire dial having a polyhedron section that is cut so that different points on the circumference are at different distances from the center of the wire dial.  
   
   
       6 . The crimping device of  claim 5 , wherein a crimper support is attached to the ram, and the outer circumference of the wire dial has a groove adjacent the polyhedron section, which is formed over the total circumference of the wire dial to receive a protrusion of the crimper support.  
   
   
       7 . The crimping device of  claim 6 , wherein an upper edge of the wire crimper abuts against the bottom of a jaw of the crimper support.  
   
   
       8 . The crimping device of  claim 5 , wherein each surface of the polyhedron section is provided with a shallow conical hole formed to receive a biased pin to secure the surface when the surface is selected.