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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5209143 | Reversible hose clamp tool A reversible hose clamp tool for use with double ring spring wire hose clamps comprised of a pair of main members and a pivot which resembles pliers and operates similarly thereto. Each main member is an elongated tool member comprised of a handle section... | 05/11/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5119665 | Installation tool for captive panel fastener A tool for installing a retaining ring onto the threaded shank of a bolt to form a captive panel fastener. Alignment tabs formed on the retaining ring are positioned into cutout portions formed in the nose area of the tool. The tool and ring are then enga... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5014578 | Pipe tongs A pipe clamping device, viz., pipe tongs, is shown which is particularly adapted to securing pipe as it is lowered into a pipe casing in the earth. The pipe tongs consist of a fixed handle with a removable pipe clamp at one end thereof and an adjustment s... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4989479 | Plier jaws A locking plier having a pair of opposed, pivotable work-gripping jaws with facing curved portions on each jaw between the tip and the pivot, and transverse work-gripping teeth in the curved portion of each jaw, the face of the teeth in the curved portion... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4950281 | Everting forceps A forceps for holding and everting vessels in an anastomosis procedure includes three cooperating jaws mounted at the ends of respective relatively movable legs. The legs can be independently manipulated in order to secure and evert first one vessel, then... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4872709 | Pipe aligning apparatus A toggle clamp is fitted with opposed pipe flange engaging jaws and provides a rapid means of alignment and positioning of flanged pipe during assembly; particularly suited for use with split "V" clamp joints.... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4693246 | Suture tying forceps Suture tying forceps of improved construction are disclosed which materially reduce a suture being flexed therein from breaking. The suture typing forceps include a pair of members mounted in the free ends of a pair of gripping arms integrally joined at o... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4669341 | Extraction device A workpiece to which traction to be applied is firmly held by a gripping device to which is anchored one end of an impacting hammer having a rectilinear guide with a free end directed away from the workpiece. An impact member of high inertia is slidably d... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4569071 | Hand tool for holding a dental xeroradiographic cassette A handtool for holding a dental xeroradiographic cassette, the handtool comprising a first elongated member having a first handle portion at one end thereof and a first beak at the opposite end thereof; a second elongated member having a second handle at ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4563833 | Fish holding device A fish holding device of the pliers type having longitudinally curved jaws with well rounded transversely extending grooves providing broad teeth having rounded surfaces to engage and hold a fish without seriously injuring the fish or piercing the scales ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4537099 | Tensioning and braking pliers A combination tensioning and braking tool providing an improved mechanical means for removing interior portions from plates of plate vitreous material, such as glass. The tool includes a spring-loaded handle and a pair of cooperating jaws, both of which c... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4386461 | Ribbon cable connector tool An apparatus adapted to join an insulated cable having an electrically conductive wire therein and a connector, having a cover and a body, the body having an electrically conductive element capable of piercing the insulation of the cable and being in elec... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4386542 | Gripping tool A locking plier type of device which is provided with very large gripping jaw surfaces movable into face to face apposition, with each being provided with arcuately curved rows of arcuate teeth or serrations which interfit with one another when the jaws a... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4353273 | Pliers for plastic radiator tank replacement Two pliers are disclosed which respectively can be utilized to detach and re-attach a plastic radiator header to the header plate of an aluminum radiator. The pliers for detaching or releasing the L-shaped locking tabs of the header plate from the plastic... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4344215 | Pipefitter's tool A tool for use by pipefitters in joining a length of pipe to a fitting in which one end of the pipe is accommodated with a predetermined spacing between the end of the pipe and an internal shoulder within the fitting. The tool comprises a pair of jaws whi... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4281612 | Boat mooring device A pair of opposed arms extend in spaced parallel arrangement to each other, each of which arms include relatively short handle portions and relatively long gripping portions. The inner or opposed gripping edge of each arm includes a plurality of jagged te... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4222985 | Laboratory tool A laboratory tool for repairing connections for tubular elements and tubing by stripping the ferrule from the end of the laboratory tubing without damaging the tubing. The tool is designed to accommodate a plurality of tubing sizes, and includes a pliers-... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4219919 | Jewelry connector The present invention is directed to the combination of an article of jewelry and a connecting means therefore in which the article of jewelry comprises a chain having a plurality of spaced indentations along the side edges thereof. A clasp member is adap... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4192313 | Forceps designed to facilitate insertion of a laminaria tent into the uterine cervix A forceps constructed of a pair of interconnected members in which the fore end of the pair of members each include a plurality of elongated grooves. The elongated grooves of the members are to cooperate together to facilitate clamping onto a Laminaria te... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4164223 | Surgical instrument An instrument for use with surgical procedures such as for clearing and disloding the contents of chest tubing, catheters, common duct T-tubing and IV tubing and the like. A pair of rollers are mounted on shafts which are hinged together at one end. A cyl... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4157594 | Roller chain plier A compound plier type tool with elongate jaws configured as a chain chuck to move and hold the ends of a roller chain together for fastening by a link pin. The inner portions of the jaws provide cooperating pin and anvil structures to remove link pins fro... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4114482 | Multiple use adapters for pliers A pair of elongated jaw adapter members are provided for use in conjunction with a pair of jaw members relatively supported for movement toward and away from each other and including opposing serrated clamping surfaces and remote oppositely facing surface... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4084457 | Screw removing tool A tool for removing embedded screws and the like, having a pair of pivotally connected handles with screw removing heads at the ends thereof. The screw removing heads each have matching opposed clinching edges, including a pair of laterally spaced paralle... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4024870 | No-tear towel clamp A surgical towel and drape clamp having opposed jaw members connected to and opened and closed by the action of pivotally interconnected shank members having finger loop members and locking ratchet members is provided with tip means on one of said jaw mem... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3934286 | Hand tool A hand tool which can be conveniently used with the staples used to fasten an electrical wire to a supporting structure. The hand tool comprises two lever arms which are pivotally joined at a point intermediate to their respective distal and proximal ends... | 01/27/1976 |
