Crimping machine with automatic hinge open pushers

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A crimping machine for radially inwardly crimping an end fitting onto a hose by means of a contractible die assembly includes a reciprocable ram. A pusher assembly is mounted on the ram for transmitting ram force to the die assembly. The pusher assembly includes first and second semicircular pusher memebers, and the pusher members are mounted for axial movement with the ram and for lateral movement relative to the ram. The die assembly includes two disjuncted die sections one of which is carried on the end of each pusher member by connecting means which permits relative radial movement between the die section and the pusher member. A cam follower on each pusher member follows a cam surface …