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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8001640 | MIG welding pliers An improved MIG welding pliers is disclosed, which allows faster and easier removal of spatter form a MIG welding nozzle, thereby improving welder productivity. Embodiments of the present invention provide a rounded file on the outer surface of each of the pinchers ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7294140 | Device for holding trocar sleeves A device for holding a trocar sleeve in its position of engagement in the body of a patient has clamping jaws which in the closed position define an opening and which can be placed about the outside of the trocar sleeve, and at least one hole via which the device ca... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7174640 | Tool for cutting cable ties leaving a round end The present invention presents a pliers-like hand tool with special shaped cutting edges and grooved guides in the jaws of the tool so that when used to cut off the unwanted ends of cable ties the cable tie can be guided into the tool and positioned for cuffing the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7112129 | Shellfish cracking device A shellfish cracking device for cracking shellfish such as lobster and crabs is provided. The shellfish cracking device includes a first cracking member having a first handle portion, middle portion, and blade portion; and a second cracking member having a second ha... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7076980 | Robot and method for bending orthodontic archwires and other medical devices A robotic bending apparatus for bending archwires and other types of elongate, bendable medical devices into a desired configuration includes a first gripping tool and a moveable gripping tool. The first gripping tool can be either fixed with respect to a base or ta... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7055200 | Multi-purpose ice tongs A multi-purpose ice tongs includes a handle and a pair of tongs that extend from the handle and that collectively are able to pick-up an ice cube or other item typically used in the preparation of drinks. One of the tongs includes a grater surface for grating a food... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7032266 | Plier-like implement A plier-like tool of appropriate design allows expeditious manipulation of articles in confined areas. For example, the tool is particularly useful in removing fish hooks; the hook is cut and grasped for removal in such limited spatial environment. The tool includes... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017448 | Precision hand-held wire stripper A wire stripper has a blade handle, a gripper handle, a blade jaw and a gripper jaw all pivotally connected at a main pivot pin that is offset from the mating faces of the jaws. Movable and floating cutting blades mounted on the blade jaw are self-aligning due to a ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013594 | Pivoting split shot attachment and removal tool A fishing tool is designed to attach and remove split shot to/from fishing line. The tool comprises a top member, which is a flexible bowed strip of spring metal, pivotally connected to a base member, which is a rigid strip of sheet metal. The top member comprises a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010880 | Split shot attachment and removal tool A fishing tool designed to attach and remove split shot to/from fishing line is disclosed. The tool comprises a top member, which is a flexible bowed strip of spring metal, pivotally connected to a base member, which is a rigid strip of sheet metal. Split shot is at... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6944986 | Bait clipper A clipper for cutting and severing a portion of bait material preventing direct contact of a user with the former. The two elongated pivotally mounted members include cutting assemblies ends that cooperate to come towards each other in a substantially parallel fashi... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6691403 | Stripper tool for sheathed cable The present invention is a hand-held stripping tool. The tool is adapted for cutting an outer sheath of a first electrical cable. Inside the sheath is parallel spaced apart insulation covered wires and a core member containing an uncovered ground wire bet... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6684439 | Coaxial cable termination tool A hand held wire stripper includes a feature for aiding in attaching a connector to a stripped end of a coaxial cable. The wire stripper includes first and second lever members joined together by a pin, each with an elongated handle and an offset jaw havi... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6324712 | Plier jaws having a wire cutting structure A hand-operated wire cutting tool comprises a pair of jaw members interconnected and movable with respect to each other about a pivot axis between an open position and a closed position. A wire cutter portion is formed in each of the jaw members, each wir... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6061858 | Fishing device A fishing device including a pair of opposed first and second arms pivotally connected at a pivot to move between an open position and a closed position. The first arm has a first jaw head at one end and the second arm has a second jaw head at one end. Th... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5920935 | Combination hand tool The present invention relates to compact tools, and more specifically hand tools which have various interconnectable implements for performing numerous functions. In one aspect of the present invention the combined tool has opposing handles which may be u... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5862552 | Multi-purpose fishing pliers A fishing pliers including a pair of gripping jaws having replaceable gripping inserts with progressively finer knurled gripping surfaces, so that the gripping jaws can be used on both small and large objects and for many different tasks. The fishing plie... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5400452 | Ribbon curling tool A tool for curling gift-wrapping ribbon has two arms which are pivotally mounted at one end and have a pad and blade at the other end. Closing the arms clamps a ribbon between the pad and blade and the tool can then be drawn along the ribbon to produce a ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5354301 | Hammer toe operation tool system and method A tool system and method useful in the preparation of a surgical wire pin extending from a toe of a patient undergoing a hammer toe operation comprises a shearing tool which forms and cuts the wire pin for affixing a protective cap to the end of the pin. ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5245721 | Combination tool A combination tool comprising multiple tool functions having swingable handles with shoulders formed integrally with the handles for alternately engaging two connected pairs of jaw elements. The jaw elements are biased open to a specific angular relation.... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5207014 | Multi-purpose fishing tool A multi-purpose fishing tool, to be used to perform numerous, often encountered tasks, while fishing, the tool including primarily a pliers having a pair of arms pivotally attached to one another at corresponding central portions, and a pair of opposing c... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5205006 | Electrician tool A tool for use by Electricians, as well as by wireman in general, which includes a handle body, a moveable handle portion which is pivotally mounted within a recess of the handle body, and attached to an arm extending forwardly of the pivot and carrying a... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5168592 | Multipurpose pliers For cutting, stripping and gripping three-phase cable connectors, a multipurpose pliers comprising two pivoted handles, a shearing blade fastened in either handle, two insulation-stripping cutters fastened in said two pivoted handles respectively, a press... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5107559 | Horseshoeing tool The replacing of a shoe on a horse involves a plurality of separate tools, each performing a different function. Such tools have not changed substantially in decades. A relatively simple substitute for these tools includes a pair of arms for pivotal inter... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5084935 | Multiple-purpose wire shaping and cutting tool A multiple-purpose wire shaping and cutting tool wherein the two levers are connected to each other by a pivot between the jaws and the handles. The confronting sides of the handles are formed with complementary elongated male and female corrugating eleme... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5060329 | Three in one tweezer This three in one tweezer is a tool that is designed to cut wire, pick up small articles, and strip insulation from ends of wires of various gages. The tool utilizes a pair of spring members that are fastened together by a collar leaving tweezer portions ... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5029355 | Folding utility tool The present invention relates to a folding utility tool having a plurality of tools which nest within the handle of the utility tool. The tool has a handle consisting of a first side and a second side spaced apart by a plurality of spacers. The area betwe... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5014431 | Tool for handling disposable food containing bags A kitchen tool for handling disposable food containing bags in described. The took includes first and second pivotally-connected members which have bag-gripping edges between which a bag is gripped. At least one such edge and as described both bag-grippin... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4953248 | Electrician's compound tool A hand tool comprises first and second members pivotally connected to each other with a pivot. The first and second members include first and second handle portions, respectively, on one side of the pivot and first and second jaw portions, respectively, o... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4848341 | Suture cutter A microsurgical suture cutting instrument comprising a blade means provided in a housing having a generally C-shaped configuration with the blade located with it and with cutting edge facing the open side of the housing.... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4796318 | Fisherman's pliers A pair of fisherman's pliers for connecting a lead fishing weight to a fishing line comprises a pair of pliers with a pair of handles pivotally connected to a pair of elongated and tapered jaws such that the jaws are brought together as the handles are br... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4669140 | Pocket folding tool and knife system A folding pocket tool and knife of the type having paired handles pivotal to a blade for enclosing or extending the blade depending on pivoted position has an improved implement holding tool block that passes through an implement and co-acting with this, ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4662068 | Suture fusing and cutting apparatus A suture fusing and cutting apparatus having a forcep type instrument with jaws including a cutting edge and a fusing surface. The jaws are heated or otherwise stimulated by energy to sever and fuse plastic suture material when the jaws are closed on the ... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4660241 | Multipurpose pliers A multipurpose pliers for wire stripping, cutting and terminal crimping comprising a handle assembly, a stripping device, a cutting and crimping device and a wrench device, which, by means of a brake block controls opening and closing of a moveable handle... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4651554 | Circuit breaker lock forming tool A lock and method for locking circuit breakers, as well as a tool for making such circuit breaker locks. The circuit breaker lock comprises a U-shaped member with a portion of one of the arms of the U being bent away from the other out of the plane of the... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4625386 | Combination tool A combination tool is provided (FIG. 1) for carrying out all of the operations necessary to connect a telephone jack to the appropriate cable, by first cutting the cable to the length using cutting blades provided on the tool, and then stripping the insul... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4607544 | Tool for cutting, stripping and connecting electric wire A tool for cutting electrical wire and stripping a length of electrical insulating material away from the electrically conducting core is provided with an enlarged head on each jaw so that a plurality of exposed electrically conducting cores may be graspe... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4602397 | Writing instrument An improved writing tool consists essentially of a punctuation marking and error designation rubber seal supplemented by a capping furnished with seal stamping paste; two holes within the body, to permit insertion of a pen or a pencil stick, and a ruler; ... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4571764 | Multi-purpose electrotechnological pliers The double-sided plier with parts including a pair of handle bars, a body, a T member slideable relative to the body member, in which the T member has portions confronting a straight upper edge of the body and therebetween the stripping cutter and the ter... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4514902 | Food pouch opening device A device for opening food pouches including a spring loaded handle provided with stripping rods and a pouch cutter. The stripping rods pivotally engage one another so that a heated food pouch may be grasped by the opening device in tongs-like manner. The ... | 05/07/1985 |
