Crimping tool locator and crimping tool

Abstract

The invention relates to a crimping tool locator (12) for a crimping tool (1), especially crimping plier (2). The crimping tool locator (12) comprises an accommodating body (14) with at least one accommodation (21) for a workpiece (10), especially a plug (11). The accommodating body (14) comprises a securing device (24), by which the workpiece (10) is securable in the interior of the accommodation (21). The securing device (24) can be realized as a latching device, locking device or friction device.

Claims

1. A crimping tool locator for defining a position and/or orientation of a workpiece relative to a crimping tool having a crimping stroke, the crimping tool locator comprising: an accommodating body with at least one accommodation for the workpiece formed in said accommodating body, said accommodation being adapted to receive the workpiece in a direction of insertion of the workpiece, the direction of insertion being parallel to a longitudinal axis of the accommodation, the longitudinal axis of the accommodation being parallel to a longitudinal axis of the workpiece when the workpiece is arranged in the accommodation; and said accommodating body comprising a securing device for securing the workpiece in the interior of the accommodation, said securing device comprising a spring arm and at least one of a latching element and a locking element, the spring arm and said at least one of the latching element and the locking element being designed and configured to interact with the workpiece within the accommodation when the workpiece is arranged in the accommodation for providing the securing effect at a location within the accommodation, wherein the at least one of the latching element and the locking element are not moved during the crimping stroke, and wherein the accommodating body is a single-piece part and the securing device is integrally formed with the accommodating body.

2. The crimping tool locator according to claim 1, wherein the crimping tool locator is designed and configured such that the securing device element can be transferred into a) a secured position in which the workpiece arranged in the accommodation is secured with the securing effect and b) an unsecured position in which a workpiece arranged in the accommodation is not secured with the securing effect.

3. The crimping tool locator according to claim 2, wherein the securing device comprises the spring arm and the latching element, but not the locking element.

4. The crimping tool locator according to claim 2, wherein the securing device comprises the spring arm and the locking element, but not the latching element.

5. A crimping tool locator for defining a position and/or orientation of a workpiece relative to a crimping tool having a crimping stroke, the crimping tool locator comprising: an accommodating body with at least one accommodation for the workpiece formed in said accommodating body, said accommodation being adapted to receive the workpiece in a direction of insertion of the workpiece, the direction of insertion being parallel to a longitudinal axis of the accommodation, the longitudinal axis of the accommodation being parallel to a longitudinal axis of the workpiece when the workpiece is arranged in the accommodation; and said accommodating body comprising a securing device for securing the workpiece in the interior of the accommodation, said securing device comprising a spring arm and at least one of a latching element and a locking element, the spring arm and said at least one of the latching element and the locking element being designed and configured to interact with the workpiece within the accommodation when the workpiece is arranged in the accommodation for providing the securing effect at a location within the accommodation, wherein the at least one of the latching element and the locking element are not moved during the crimping stroke, wherein the securing device further comprises a manual actuation organ, said manual actuation organ being designed and configured to interact with at least one of the spring arm and said at least one of the latching element and the locking element to perform at least one of supporting the securing device with regard to the securing effect, holding the securing device in the secured position and actuating the securing device, wherein the crimping tool locator is designed and configured such that the securing device can be transferred into: a) a secured position in which the workpiece arranged in the accommodation is secured with the securing effect; and b) an unsecured position in which a workpiece arranged in the accommodation is not secured with the securing effect.

6. The crimping tool locator according to claim 2, wherein the securing device is designed and configured for being actuated and/or released in a motion-controlled way.

7. A crimping tool locator for defining a position and/or orientation of a workpiece relative to a crimping tool having a crimping stroke, the crimping tool locator comprising: an accommodating body with at least one accommodation for the workpiece formed in said accommodating body, said accommodation being adapted to receive the workpiece in a direction of insertion of the workpiece, the direction of insertion being parallel to a longitudinal axis of the accommodation, the longitudinal axis of the accommodation being parallel to a longitudinal axis of the workpiece when the workpiece is arranged in the accommodation; and said accommodating body comprising a securing device for securing the workpiece in the interior of the accommodation, said securing device comprising a spring arm and at least one of a latching element and a locking element, the spring arm and said at least one of the latching element and the locking element being designed and configured to interact with the workpiece within the accommodation when the workpiece is arranged in the accommodation for providing the securing effect at a location within the accommodation, wherein the at least one of the latching element and the locking element are not moved during the crimping stroke, and wherein the securing device is designed and configured for being actuated and released in a motion-controlled way by a movement of the accommodating body relative to a pliers head by which the crimping tool locator is held, wherein the crimping tool locator is designed and configured such that the securing device can be transferred into: a) a secured position in which the workpiece arranged in the accommodation is secured with the securing effect; and b) an unsecured position in which a workpiece arranged in the accommodation is not secured with the securing effect.

8. A crimping tool locator for defining a position and/or orientation of a workpiece relative to a crimping tool having a crimping stroke, the crimping tool locator comprising: an accommodating body with at least one accommodation for the workpiece formed in said accommodating body, said accommodation being adapted to receive the workpiece in a direction of insertion of the workpiece, the direction of insertion being parallel to a longitudinal axis of the accommodation, the longitudinal axis of the accommodation being parallel to a longitudinal axis of the workpiece when the workpiece is arranged in the accommodation; and said accommodating body comprising a securing device for securing the workpiece in the interior of the accommodation, said securing device comprising a spring arm and at least one of a latching element and a locking element, the spring arm and said at least one of the latching element and the locking element being designed and configured to interact with the workpiece within the accommodation when the workpiece is arranged in the accommodation for providing the securing effect at a location within the accommodation, wherein the at least one of the latching element and the locking element are not moved during the crimping stroke, and wherein the securing device is designed and configured for being actuated and released in a motion-controlled way by a movement of driving elements or tool halves of the crimping tool, wherein the crimping tool locator is designed and configured such that the securing device can be transferred into: a) a secured position in which the workpiece arranged in the accommodation is secured with the securing effect; and b) an unsecured position in which a workpiece arranged in the accommodation is not secured with the securing effect.

9. A Crimping tool with the crimping tool locator according to one of the preceding claims.

10. The crimping tool locator according to claim 1, wherein the crimping tool comprises a pair of die halves that are movable about an open position, in which the die halves are spaced from each other, and a closed position, in which the die halves form a closed die.

11. The crimping tool locator according to claim 10, wherein in the open position, the die halves are spaced from the workpiece, and in the closed position, the die halves engage the workpiece.

12. The crimping tool locator according to claim 11, wherein the at least one of the latching element and the locking element is interactable with the workpiece within the accommodation when the die halves are in the open position and in the closed position.

13. The crimping tool locator according to claim 10, wherein the pair of die halves are spaced from the at least one of the latching element and the locking element a predetermined distance.

14. The crimping tool locator according to claim 10, wherein the at least one of the latching element and the locking element is not linkably coupled to the movable pair of die halves.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) In the following, the invention is further explained and described with respect to preferred exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings.

(2) FIG. 1 in a three-dimensional view shows a pliers head of a crimping tool realized as manually actuated crimping pliers with a crimping tool locator.

(3) FIG. 2 in a three-dimensional view shows the crimping tool locator according to FIG. 1 with a workpiece realized as a plug inserted into an accommodation.

(4) FIG. 3 in a three-dimensional longitudinal section shows the pliers head with the crimping tool locator according to FIGS. 1 and 2 during a working stroke.

(5) FIG. 4 in three-dimensional longitudinal section shows the crimping tool locator according to FIGS. 1 to 3 with a latching or locking of the plug via a securing device.

(6) FIG. 5 in three-dimensional longitudinal section shows a crimping tool locator with a friction-locking securing of the plug via a securing device.

(7) FIG. 6 in a three-dimensional representation shows a crimping tool locator with a locking of the plug via a securing device which can be locked and/or unlocked via a manual actuation organ.

(8) FIG. 7 in a front view shows the crimping tool locator according to FIG. 6.

(9) FIG. 8 in a three-dimensional longitudinal section shows the crimping tool locator according to FIGS. 6 and 7.

(10) FIG. 9 in a three-dimensional longitudinal section shows a crimping tool locator with a locking of the plug via a securing device which can be locked and/or unlocked via a motion of an accommodating body relative to the pliers head.

(11) FIG. 10 in three-dimensional detailed view shows the pliers head with a crimping tool locator according to FIG. 9 held on it and a plug locked via the securing device.

(12) FIG. 11 in a three-dimensional longitudinal section shows a pliers head and crimping tool locator with a securing of the plug via a securing device which can be brought into the securing position via a motion of a die into the securing position.

(13) FIG. 12 shows the pliers head with the crimping tool locator according to FIG. 11 in a cutaway detail, where the securing device of the crimping tool locator is in the unsecured position.

(14) FIG. 13 shows the pliers head with the crimping tool locator according to FIG. 11 in a cutaway detail corresponding to FIG. 11, where the securing device of the crimping tool locator is in the secured position.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(15) FIG. 1 shows a detail of a crimping tool 1, that is, crimping pliers 2, in the region of a pliers head 3. An actuation of the crimping pliers is done manually via hand levers (not shown here), where a use of the design according to the invention is also possible for other crimping tools 1, possibly also with a non-manual actuation. With regard to the construction of the crimping pliers 2 chosen in exemplary way here, it is referred to the documents EP 2 463 969 A2 (corresponding to U.S. Pat. No. 8,601,856 B2), DE 40 23 337 C1 (corresponding to U.S. Pat. No. 5,153,984), DE 44 27 553 C2, DE 100 56 900 C1 (corresponding to U.S. Pat. No. 6,612,147 B2), DE 101 32 413 C2 (corresponding to U.S. Pat. No. 6,877,228 B2), DE 101 40 270 B4, DE 10 2007 038 626 B3 (corresponding to U.S. Pat. No. 8,296,956 B2), DE 10 2008 017 366 A1 and DE 10 2010 061 148 A1, which with regard to the construction of the crimping pliers 2 are incorporated by this reference to the present specification.

(16) End regions of hand levers of the crimping pliers 2 are pivotably connected with each other via a hinge bolt. To each of the hand levers, an end region of a draw bar is linked. The other end region of each of the draw bars is linked to a supporting bolt 4, 5 of the pliers head 3. The supporting bolts 4, 5 are (possibly releasably) held on frame parts 6a, 6b of the pliers head 3 which in a first approximation are O-shaped. The hinge bolt pivotably connecting the hand levers of the crimping pliers 2 is supported in an accommodation 7 of a tool half 8. The tool half 8 is slidably guided along a longitudinal axis or crimping axis with respect to the frame parts 6a, 6b. Due to the mentioned draw bar connections a pivoting of the hand levers of the crimping pliers 2 towards each other leads to a motion of the tool half 8 along the longitudinal axis in a closing direction, in which way a working stroke of the crimping pliers 2 can be run through. A second tool half 9 is fixed to the frame parts 6a, 6b. On the tool halves 8, 9, at least one die half is formed each or at least one die body forming at least one die half is held. When running through the working stroke of the crimping pliers 2, the tool halves 8, 9 move towards each other until the die halves of the two tool halves 8, 9 corresponding to each other form a closed die. When running through the working stroke, the workpiece 10 (which is a plug 11 here) arranged between the tool halves 8, 9 and the corresponding die halves is crimped.

(17) On the pliers head 3, a crimping tool locator 12 is held. The crimping tool locator 12 comprises a holding and/or guiding body 13, which on the one hand serves for holding or fixing on the pliers head 3 and on the other hand serves for the guiding of a motion of an accommodating body 14 relative to the pliers head 3 between an insertion position and a working position of the accommodating body 14 (and the other way around).

(18) For the embodiment shown here, the relative motion of the accommodating body 14 with respect to the holding and/or guiding body 13 and therefore the pliers head 3 is a pivoting motion around a pivoting axis 15, which is oriented parallel to a pliers head plane defined by the frame parts 6 and vertically to the longitudinal and crimping axis. In order to achieve this, the holding and/or guiding body 13 comprises a pivoting bolt 20 which is fixedly or releasably held by the crimping tool half 8. The accommodating body 14 comprises arms 16, 17 which form bearing lugs 18, 19 oriented coaxially to the pivoting axis 15 for the pivoting bolt 20. For the embodiment shown, the bearing lugs 18, 19 are realized with open boundaries so that they can be “clicked” onto the pivoting bolt 20 under use of the elasticity of the arms 16, 17.

(19) The accommodating body 14 can be realized as one-parted or multi-parted. As can be seen in FIG. 2, the accommodating body 14 comprises several accommodations 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d arranged side by side. The distance and the position of the accommodations 21 corresponds to the distance and the position of the die halves of the tool half 8. Furthermore, the accommodations 21 are arranged in such a way that in the working position of the crimping tool locator 12 they are arranged aligned with the die halves of the tool half 8.

(20) FIG. 1 shows the working position of the crimping tool locator 12. In this working position, the main plane of extension of the accommodating body 14 is arranged parallel to the pliers head plane. The accommodations 21 are at a minimum distance from the die halves of the tool half 8 and are arranged aligned with them. Preferably, the accommodating body 14 is secured in the working position, which can be done for example by a magnet effective between the accommodating body 14 and the pliers head 3, by a latching or by a locking. From the working position, the accommodating body 14 can be pivoted around a pivoting axis 15 with a pivoting angle (for example in the region of 90° to 150°) into an insertion and removal position.

(21) in the insertion and removal position of the accommodating body 14 a plug is inserted from the side turned towards the pliers head 3 into one of the accommodations 21 (which in FIG. 2 is the accommodation 21c). After the insertion of the plug 11, the plug 11 protrudes from the accommodation 21 on the side turned towards the pliers head 3 with deformation portions 22, 23. For working on the plug 11, the accommodating body 14 is pivoted back into the working position (FIG. 1), where the deformation portions 22, 23 extending from the accommodation 21 are arranged between the tool halves 8, 9 and between corresponding die halves. By going through the working stroke of the crimping pliers 2 the deformation portions 22, 23 can be crimped onto a cable.

(22) In FIG. 4 it can be seen that in each of the accommodations 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d a securing device 24a, 24b, 24c, 24d is arranged. By the securing device 24a, 24b, 24c, 24d a plug 11 arranged in the respective accommodation 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d can be secured. For the embodiment according to FIG. 4, the securing devices 24 comprise a spring element 25, which here is an elastic spring arm 26, and a latching element 27, which here is a latching lug 28 protruding in the direction of the plug 11. For the embodiment shown, the spring arm 26 and the latching lug 28 are realized as one piece by the accommodating body 14 (without this necessarily having to be the case). The latching lug 28 comprises a latching contour 29 via which the force conditions for a latching and an unlatching and therefore the securing effect of the securing device 24 can be influenced. The plug 11 comprises a latching recess 30, which is arranged in such a way that for a sufficient insertion of the plug into the accommodation 21 in the secured position of the securing device 24 the latching lug 28 is able to engage with the latching recess 30.

(23) In the beginning of the insertion of a plug 11 into an accommodation 21, a front face and/or lower side of the plug 11 contacts an insertion inclination 31 formed by the latching contour 29 of the latching lug 28. An insertion force applied onto the plug 11 is transformed into a transverse force by the insertion inclination 31 which exerts a bending force onto the spring arm 26. When elastically biasing the spring arm 26 the latching lug 28 recedes downwards in FIG. 4, so that the front face of the plug 11 is able to pass the latching lug 28 and the plug 11 can be further inserted. The latching lug 28 while being elastically pressed by the spring arm 26 glides along the underside of the plug 11. When the latching lug 28 reaches the latching recess 30, due to the elastic biasing by the spring arm 26 the latching lug 28 latches with the latching recess 30. In this way the plug is secured in the accommodation 21 of the crimping tool locator 12.

(24) If after the execution of the crimping process and after an opening of the crimping tool locator 12 the plug 11 with the cable crimped with it is to be removed from the accommodation 21, this can be achieved by sufficient removal forces which are applied onto the cable and the plug 11 and which by a corresponding insertion inclination of the latching contour 29 arranged on the other side are transformed into a transverse force. This transverse force elastically biases the spring arm 26 and leads to result that the latching lug 28 leaves the latching recess 30. In FIG. 4, a different realization is shown in which the latching contour 29 on the side opposite the insertion inclination 31 comprises a transverse plane oriented transverse to the removal direction. This leads to the result that a removal of the plug 11 from the accommodation 21 by applying a removal force is not possible. Rather than that, for a removal it is required to slightly incline the cable with the plug 11 in the accommodation 21. In this way the mentioned transverse plane is lifted above the latching lug 28 and a removal is made possible with the passing of the latching lug 28.

(25) FIG. 5 shows a different embodiment wherein the plug 11 does not have a latching recess 30. In this case, in the free end portion the spring arm 26 forms or supports a friction element 32. With the insertion of the plug 11 into the accommodation 21 the friction element 32 is pressed against the plug 11 while elastically biasing the spring arm 26, while the plug 11 contacts the accommodation 21 on the side opposite the friction element 32. Therefore, for this embodiment the plug 11 is secured by friction in the accommodation 21.

(26) FIGS. 6 and 7 show another embodiment. The crimping tool locator 12 comprises a manual actuation organ 33 by which the securing device 24 can be supported with regard to the securing effect, be held in its operating position, be manually operated and/or released. For the embodiment shown, two lever-like actuation organs 33a, 33b are arranged on both sides of the accommodating body 14. The actuation organs 33a, 33b are rotationally fixedly coupled with each other via an actuation shaft 34. The actuation shaft 34 is supported in the accommodating body 14. The actuation shaft 34 carries cams 35a, 35b, 35c, 35d. The cams 35a, 35b, 35c, 35d are each assigned to an accommodation 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d with an assigned securing device 24a, 24b, 24c, 24d. By means of a manual rotation of the actuation organ 33 and therefore of the actuation shaft 34 and the cams 35, one cam 35 is moved into contact with the spring arm 26, the latching lug 28 (FIG. 4) or the friction element 32 (FIG. 5) and/or the spring arm 26, the latching lug 28 (FIG. 4) or the friction element 32 (FIG. 5) can be biased towards the plug 11. Therefore, via the rotation of the actuation organ 33 the latching lug 28 can be moved into the latching recess 30 (FIG. 4) or the friction element 32 can be brought into a friction connection with the plug 11 or a present friction connection can be increased (FIG. 5). Alternatively or cumulatively it is possible that with the cams 35 an assumed securing position of the securing device 24 (especially a position of the spring arm 26, the latching lug 28 or the friction element 32) is secured, so that a receding of the spring arm 26 away from the plug 11 is blocked by the cam 35. Therefore the cams 35 form an additional securing element 36, which blocks or secures an assumed securing position of the spring arm 26, the latching lug 28 or the friction element 32. It is also possible that the cam 35 is resilient or that the actuation shaft 34 is elastically supported so that it is possible to elastically clamp the cam with the spring arm 26, the latching lug 28 or the friction element 32.

(27) For the embodiment shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the securing element 36 is realized as a kind of bar or as a wedge-shaped or trapezoidal tensioning or blocking element 37. In the direction of movement of the accommodating body 14 the tensioning or blocking element 37 is supported slidably with respect to the accommodating body 14 relative to the pliers head 3 at the closing of the crimping tool locator 12. With the closing of the crimping tool locator 12, that is, the approaching of the accommodating body 14 to the pliers head 3, a front face 38 of the tensioning or blocking element 37 contacts the pliers head 3. Due to the contact force between the pliers head 3 and the front face 38 the tensioning or blocking element 37 is biased towards the interior of the accommodation 21. The tensioning or blocking element 37 comprises an inclined surface 39 which contacts the underside of the spring arm 26, the latching lug 28 or the friction element 32 and which converts a biasing force created on the front face 38 into a force which biases the spring arm 26, the latching lug 28 and/or the friction element 32 towards the plug 11. If the crimping tool locator 12 is held in the closing position, due to the tensioning or blocking element 37 the securing device 24 is secured in the secured position. For the embodiment shown, the separate tensioning or blocking elements 37a, 37b, 37c, 37d for the securing devices 24a, 24b, 24c, 24d are realized by a common tensioning or blocking rod 40. The actuation direction of the tensioning or blocking rod 40 is oriented tangentially to the pivoting axis 15.

(28) In deviation to the embodiment shown, it is also possible that the tensioning or blocking rod 40 is mounted to the pliers head 3 and enters into interaction with the securing device 24 in the interior of the accommodating body 14. It is possible that between the pliers head 3, the tensioning or blocking elements 37a, 37b, 37c, 37d or the tensioning or blocking rod 40 and the securing device 24 an elasticity is interposed.

(29) FIGS. 11 to 13 show an embodiment of a crimping tool 2 in which at first with the closing of the crimping tool locator 12 the securing device 24 is not yet in the secured position. Rather than that, the securing device 24 is brought into the secured position in a motion-controlled and automatized way along the working stroke (that is, along the motion of the tool half 8). In order to achieve this, an actuation organ 41 (especially an actuation tappet 42) is mounted to the tool half 8. The actuation organ 41 extends through the accommodating body 14 or between the accommodating body 14 and the pliers head 3 to the accommodation 21.

(30) In the detail according to FIG. 12, an actuation position at the beginning of the working stroke of the crimping pliers 2 is shown. At the beginning of the working stroke, the tool half 8, the accommodating body 14 and the actuation organ 41 move together and in parallel to the longitudinal axis of the crimping pliers 2. At the beginning, the relative position of a front face 43 of the actuation tappet 42 and the accommodation 21 does not change, so that the actuation tappet 42 does not exert a securing effect onto the plug 11 arranged in the accommodation 21.

(31) On the contrary, towards the end of the working stroke the accommodating body 14 contacts the tool half 9 or a frame part 6. As the working stroke is further gone through and the tool half 8 and the accommodating body 14 are biased in the crimping direction, the contact between the tool half 9 and the frame part 6 leads to a relative motion between the accommodating body 14 and the tool half 8. In order to achieve this, the accommodating body 14 is connected via elongated holes extending along the longitudinal axis to the tool half 8 or is to a certain extend held elastically by the tool half 8. The mentioned relative motion has the result that there is also a relative motion between the front face 43 of the actuation tappet 41 and the accommodation 21 with the plug 11 arranged in it. This relative motion in turn results in the front face 43 of the actuation tappet 41 pressing the plug 11 against an opposite limiting surface of the accommodation 21. In this way the plug 11 is secured by friction in the accommodation 21. This securing effect then only occurs at the end of the working stroke and can be used to additionally fix the plug 11 and to keep the plug 11 in the correct orientation at the end of the plastic deformation of the plug 11 with high crimping forces being effective on the plug 11 then. Preferably, the front face 43 biases the plug 11 via a friction and/or spring element 44.

(32) For a different embodiment, an actuation organ 41 such as an actuation tappet 42 can also be mounted to the frame part 6 or the tool half 9 and extend from above through the accommodating body 14 into the accommodation 21. Then, in this way a relative motion between the accommodation 21 and the actuation organ 41 can occur over the entire working stroke.

(33) For the embodiments shown, the latching element 27, the latching lug 28, the friction element 32, a cam 35, the actuation organ 41 or the actuation tappet 42 forms a securing element 45 of the securing device 24. This securing element 45 can be brought manually by the securing device 24, in a motion-controlled way by the closing of the crimping tool locator 12 or by the relative motion of the tool halves 8, 9 during the working stroke into a secured position in which the plug 11 (possibly in addition to another way of securing) is secured in the accommodation 21 and/or into an unsecured position in which the plug 11 is not additionally secured in the accommodation 21. The securing element 45 is moveable relative to the cross section of the accommodating body 14 limiting the accommodation 21 for the plug 11. This relative motion can for example be larger than 0.01 mm, larger than 0.02 mm, larger 0.05 mm, larger than 0.1 mm or even larger than 0.2 mm and can be induced by the forces effective for the induction of the motion of the securing element 45 (that is, especially the insertion forces and/or the removal forces for the plug according to FIGS. 3 to 5, the actuation forces for the actuation organ 33 according to FIGS. 6 to 8, the forces applied manually to the crimping tool locator 12 for the closing according to FIGS. 9, 10 or the crimping forces effective onto the tool half 8).

(34) If the contact contours between the latching element 27 and the latching recess 30 comprise inclined surfaces, the securing device 24 realized with the spring element 25, the latching element 27 and the latching recess 30 is a latching device 46 which can be latched or unlatched for the application of sufficient insertion forces or removal forces onto the workpiece 10.

(35) If, on the contrary, the contact contours between the latching element 27 and the latching recess 30 comprise transverse surfaces having an orientation transverse to the longitudinal axis of the accommodation 21, the securing device 24 is a locking device 47, which cannot be unlocked by pure application of removal forces. Also in the case that the securing device 24 comprises the actuation organ 33, the actuation shaft 34 and at least one cam 35, the securing device 24 forms a locking device 47 which secures the plug 11 by friction. For the removal of the plug 11 for the reduction of the friction force at first the crimping force has to be reduced by a rotating the actuation shaft 34.

(36) The accommodating body may only comprise one accommodation 21 and one corresponding securing device 24. It is also possible that the accommodating body 14 comprises several accommodations 21a, 21b, . . . , where only single accommodations 21 or all accommodations 21 may each be equipped with a securing device 24a, 24b, . . . .

(37) In the present description the same construction elements such as the accommodations 21a, 21b, . . . and the securing devices 24a, 24b, . . . are marked with the same reference signs. A differentiation is achieved by the additional letter a, b, . . . . If then such a reference sign is used without additional letter a, b, . . . , this can mean that in this place only one such construction element or several such construction elements is/are referred to.

(38) The invention has been described on the basis of a special type of crimping pliers 2 with an O-shaped frame and tool halves driven via lugs or rods. The use of the invention, however, is not limited to this type of crimping pliers. Rather than that, the invention can be used in connection with any other type of crimping pliers, cp. the prior art mentioned in the beginning, or in any other crimping tool.

(39) Furthermore, the invention has been described on the basis of a special type of a crimping tool locator 12, that is, a crimping tool locator in which the accommodating body 14 is pivoted about a transverse axis. The use of the invention, however, is not limited to this type of crimping tool locator 12. Rather than that, the invention can generally be used in connection with any other type of a crimping tool locator 12, especially a crimping tool locator according to the prior art mentioned in the beginning and/or a crimping tool locator with a pivoting of the accommodating body 14 around a longitudinal axis or with a translatory degree of freedom of the accommodating body 14 or an accommodating body 14 rotated in revolver-like way.

(40) A crimping tool locator 12 can be an integral part of crimping pliers 2 or be mounted fixedly to a pliers head 3. It is also possible that a crimping tool locator 12 is an optional additional component which can be mounted with the crimping pliers 2 according to the variant of configuration or mode of use. Many variations and modifications may be made to the preferred embodiments of the invention without departing substantially from the spirit and principles of the invention. All such modifications and variations are intended to be included herein within the scope of the present invention, as defined by the following claims.