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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311024 | Cutting blade removal tool A tool for assisting a user in removing machinery cutting blades includes an upper and a lower handle that operate and lock an upper movable jaw. A fixed jaw is secured to the lower handle. The upper movable jaw includes a prong for tightly engaging the top surface ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7134366 | Multi-purpose pliers A multi-purpose pliers includes a pair of lever arms pivotally joined at a pivot. Each lever arm includes a handle end and a jaw end. The jaw ends comprise a plurality of graduated engagement positions to engage a range of fastener sizes. The graduated engagement po... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7024745 | Fan clutch holding tool A holding tool is adapted to be used in removing and replacing a fan clutch assembly threadably attached and detached relative to a shaft of a hub connected to a pulley on an internal combustion engine of a vehicle by a series of fasteners. The holding tool includes... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6976303 | System and tool for mounting a connecting device to a substrate A system is provided for mounting a connecting device to a substrate. A connector housing is located at one side of the substrate, and a threaded fastening nut is engaged on the housing. A threaded fastener is engaged with the opposite side of the substrate and exte... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6922880 | Hinge pin-removing tool A hand tool is adapted to remove a hinge pin from a hinge on a door or the like. The hinge pin is pushed out of the hinge by application of force to one end of the hinge pin in a direction that is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the hinge pin. The hand tool in... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6776615 | Tweezers Tweezers for holding strip-shaped or thread-shaped material with particularly abrasive characteristics are disclosed, for example, for dental purposes, wherein clamping elements, particularly in the shape of rods, are arranged in the area of the free end of each of ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6327945 | Fastener clip, pliers and method of use A hand held and operated set of fastener clip pliers is provided which is useful to secure together reinforcement steel members, for example, those used in concrete construction, upholstery and fencing. The fastener clip pliers are comprised of a lower ha... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6076437 | Screw set in place and removed rapidly, its fabrication process and tool for its removal A screw intended to be set in place and removed rapidly. The screw is characterized in that the threads are intended to take two positions: a first position wherein they project at the periphery of a body (1) and a second position wherein they are retract... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6035748 | Fisherman's pliers for fishing snap swivels A pair of fisherman's pliers for opening and closing a fishing snap swivel comprises a pair of pliers with a pair of handles pivotally connected to a pair of jaws such that the jaws are brought together as the handles are brought together. Grooves are in ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5937716 | Tool for preventing bolts from turning A tool is provided for preventing bolts from turning while the nut on the bolt is being loosened or tightened. The tool comprises opposed handle members each operatively connected to a jaw. The first jaw comprises a central longitudinally extending member... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5546835 | Flexible hose joining tool A plier-like tool for joining flexible hosing with hose connection nipples and hose compression rings. The tool has cutouts in the jaws which allow the flexible hose to pass through. The portion of the jaws adjacent to the cutouts form a pocket structure ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5535651 | Expanding adjustment tool A tool for adjustably spacing components during an alignment procedure. The inventive device includes a spreader plate pivotally mounted to an engaging yoke. A handle assembly is coupled to the yoke to facilitate manual placement of the yoke and spreader ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5415659 | Spinal fixation system and pedicle clamp A spinal fixation system is provided with pedicle clamps having multiple hooks for engagement with selected portions of a patient's vertebrae. The pedicle clamp includes three hooks which may be slidably positioned relative to each other to securely engag... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5217464 | Three bar cross action lens implantation forceps An apparatus for intraocular implantation of a plastic lens in the eye lens zone from which a natural lens has been removed via a surgical incision in the corneoscleral limbus comprising a surgical forceps having two arms and blades projecting beyond port... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5203241 | Flexible link pliers A plier-like tool having links added between the jaws and the body of the pliers. The links not only extend the length of the jaw side of the pliers, but also pivot relative to each other and perpendicular to the opening and closing direction of the plier... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5168783 | Locking cable clamp The tool of the present invention comprises a pair of locking pliers specifically designed to include opposite and matching jaws which have interlocking projections forming a cavity sized and shaped to compliment and accept wire rope cable so that the jaw... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5054226 | Universal bait holder A device for securing and holding live bait while it is applied to a fish hook. The bait holder is comprised of two sets of opposed slender fingers which mesh together without harm or injury to the bait. The fingers are curved to present concave surfaces ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5050466 | Clamping tools for air brakes There are two embodiments of clamping tools described which are useful in removal and installation of air brake assemblies of the type including a brake can and a brake can tube held together by means of a retention ring. One clamping tool is adapted to s... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4982631 | Mechanic's tubing plug A tubing plug for temporarily sealing flared end tubing includes an adjustable, locking jaw pliers such as a Vise-Grip type having a plate secured to each jaw. One plate is slotted to receive and hold the end of the flared tubing; a resilient neoprene con... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4793046 | Method and apparatus for precision installation of piano hammers on piano actions Method and apparatus for piano head setting device wherein a glue remover is provided to remove glue collars from interconnected hammer shanks and hammer heads, a knuckle remover is provided to lift the shank knuckles from their mortises in the hammer sha... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4776079 | Clamping tools for air brakes There are two embodiments of clamping tools described which are useful in removal and installation of air brake assemblies of the type including a brake can and a brake can tube held together by means of a retention ring. One clamping tool is adapted to s... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4769891 | Hand tool for tube fittings A hand operable tool designed for use in connecting tube ends to couplers and like elements commonly used in lawn irrigation equipment. The tool comprises a head portion disposable between an open and closed position by the manipulation of handles wherein... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4711240 | Surgical dissector A surgical dissector has parallel arms mounted by a scissors linkage for moving toward and away from one another while remaining parallel. A plurality of teeth extend transversely from the arms and are positioned so that they may be interdigitated when th... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4617710 | Insulator removal tool A tool for urging an enlarged head of a vehicular exhaust system mounting stud from an insulator. The tool includes a driver having a driving shaft for contacting the enlarged head and applying forces thereto. The tool also includes a support pivotally mo... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4283933 | Gripping or pressing tool A tool such as a pair of pliers, designed to handle cables, rods and similar workpieces of generally circular cross-section, has two coacting jaws swingably linked via respective shanks with operating means such as a pair of handles. The two shanks are li... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4240190 | Specialty hand tool A specialty hand tool primarily for removing upholstery trim buttons from their spring steel retainers in an efficient and effective manner without destroying the ability of the retainers to be reused immediately. The tool has two elongated members pivota... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4199972 | Gripping or pressing appliance A tool such as a vise or a pair of pliers has two relatively movable jaws linked via respective shanks with operating means such as a pair of handles, each jaw comprising an elongate base with upstanding parallel webs having workpiece-engaging faces alter... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4027368 | Forceps tool for wire insertion The disclosure relates to a forceps type hand tool for gripping individual wires, either discrete or in a cable array, and forcibly inserting the gripped wire within a slotted plate type electrical contact. The working portion of the tool laterally suppor... | 06/07/1977 |
