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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347125 | Automatic adjustable head wrench An adjustable wrench including a head having parallel jaws. The parallel jaws include a first fixed jaw and a movable second jaw. The second jaw is mounted to the head for parallel, sliding movement relative to the first jaw. The wrench also includes a first handle ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7284330 | Cutting device for workpieces such as rods, bolts and the like, especially for threaded rods A cutting device for rod-shaped workpieces has two actuating levers each in the form of a two-arm pivot lever. The two-arm pivot levers each have a first arm as an actuator and a second arm having a shearing edge. The actuators move the shearing edges relative to on... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7191525 | Two-stage attachment for cutting, crimping etc, and mechanical method thereof A two-stage attachment includes two stages of levers arranged to apply a cutting, shearing, squeezing and/or piercing force. The first stage includes a cam lever that has a segmented arcuate pushing surface. The second stage includes a blades support that has an arc... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7150608 | Variable capacity rotary compressor A variable capacity rotary compressor including upper and lower compression chambers in which compressing operations are carried out. A slot is provided at a predetermined position between upper and lower eccentric bushes. A locking pin makes either of the upper and... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7111376 | Tool with inserted blade members A tool includes first and second elongated members, each member having a handle portion at one end and a jaw portion at an opposite end. Intermediate portions of the members are movably coupled to one another. Movement of the handle portions opens and closes the jaw... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7089619 | Multipurpose tool A multipurpose tool includes a plurality of elongate handles and a plurality of jaw members pivotally connected to same. A plurality of locking mechanisms are disposed adjacent one opposed end portion of the plurality of handles respectively and preferably include a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080453 | Manual apparatus for cutting cables to size Manual cutting tools for cutting cables, steel cord, rods to size, the cutting tools including a stationary cutting part connected to a stationary handle, and a movable cutting part adapted to be moved against the stationary cutting part by a movable handle via a tr... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7059166 | Method and apparatus for assuring or determining appropriate closure of a crimp assembly Methods and apparatus are disclosed for assuring or determining appropriate closure of a crimp ring assembly. In some embodiments, positive stopping apparatus on the crimp ring are used to assure appropriate closure of a crimp ring assembly. The positive stopping ap... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7039973 | Fishing pliers with hook sharpening file A pliers having a pair of jaws each of which has an outside surface and wherein at least one of the outside surfaces has a file that is a separate member that is releasably coupled to at least one of the outside surfaces. The file, or files, can be attached to eithe... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6966244 | Non-metallic hand pliers with wire cutter A pair of preferably substantially buoyant-in-water hand pliers comprising a pair of non-metallic lever members each having a handle portion and a jaw portion and formed of material preferably having a density greater than water. The lever members are pivotally conn... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6725546 | Hardened insert for cutting tools A cutting tool having first and second lever arms with a cutting end and a handle end. A first insert and a second insert are connected to the cutting ends of each of the lever arms. The inserts are removable from the cutting ends of the lever arms, and each of the ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6598298 | Field dressing tool for small game A field dressing tool of the type for field dressing small game, is provided. The field dressing tool including: a pair of handles each having a first and second end, each handle forming a trough; a cutting blade connected to a first end of each of said h... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6530099 | Injection molded pliers with insert molded dual purpose reinforcing and implement structure A composite pliers has crossed levers, each including a non-metallic body with an exposed metal cutter blade. The pliers includes strengthening and/or retaining structure around a pivot joint which does not extend into handle portions of the levers. This ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6334255 | Shears capable of cutting simultaneously a plurality of objects of different dimensions and profiles A pair of shears comprises two pivotally-fastened handles, two blades pivoted to the handles, and a connection device pivoted with the two blades. The two handles are provided with a cutting edge. As the two handles are moved toward each other, the cuttin... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6009583 | Pliers-knife combination A pliers-knife combination tool including pivotally connected elongated members. A working region of the tool includes opposed gripping jaws on interior faces of the elongated members and at least one knife edge on an exterior edge of one of the elongated... | 01/04/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5604947 | Plier-type tool for gripping, twisting, and pulling wires A pair of pliers for gripping, twisting, and cutting wires having undulating wire gripping surfaces, a wire cutting cavity, and a resilient wire gripping material. The undulating wire gripping surfaces have high and low portions that unequally traverse th... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5395026 | Tile cutting pliers A tile cutting pliers including two horizontal cutting plates on two pivoted blades at one end and acted against each other to trim tiles, a first mounting frame and a second mounting frame respectively raised from either cutting plate, a circular cutter ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5185930 | Flex-duct cutters An improved hand tool for cutting flex-duct material comprising a plier-type wire cutter having retaining member mounted on the outside of the jaws of the wire cutter for releasably retaining a disposable razor-type blade.... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5136744 | Fishing tool A multi-purpose fishing tool to aid in the cutting of line and the maintenance of fish hooks and flies is disclosed. The fishing tool comprises two normally spaced-apart hand grips that are attached to a common flexure assembly. A knife blade is mounted t... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4815210 | Medical pill breaker A medical pill breaker comprising two complementary elongated members pivoted together intermediately of the opposite ends thereof, one end of the members being formed into at least a partial loop to comprise handles and opposite portions of the opposite ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4315445 | Knot tying tool A multipurpose hand tool for tying certain types of knots in fishing line includes an elongate finger which is tapered from a thick base toward a very small tip. The elongate finger has a rounded external shape, and a groove of decreasing depth extends al... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4283805 | Horse hoof pick Horse hoof pick comprising an arm having front and rear end portions and another arm having pivot connection to the first arm intermediate its end portions, the first arm defining at its front end portion a hoof picking head comprising a terminally pointe... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4208749 | Fisherman's pliers A fisherman's pliers combines in a single tool the gripping, holding, compressing and flattening features of a needlenose or similar pliers with a hole punch and with both straight edge and half-moon metal cutters, whereby hollow and solid so-called "penc... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4104752 | Multipurpose tool A multipurpose tool which is in the form of a basic plier but provides the user with a multiplicity of functions. The multipurpose tool includes rotationally displaceable head and handle portions formed in generally one piece construction with each pair o... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4028756 | Hand tool for working on electrical conductors The disclosure is directed to a hand tool of the pliers configuration having a set of crimping nests located in jaw members and having the expansion zones of the crimping nests overlap so as to permit placement of each of the nests closer to the optimum d... | 06/14/1977 |