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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7255108 | Apparatus for inhibiting or preventing the clenching action of the jaw An apparatus for inhibiting or preventing the clenching action of the human jaw. A lightweight clamping appliance to be worn outside the mouth to inhibit the bite due to the placement of pressure at both sides of the face, beneath the maxilla and above the mandible.... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7216570 | Switchable self-adjusting pliers A self-adjusting pliers is operable to grasp a workpiece between an upper jaw and a lower jaw. The pliers includes an upper arm having a first end and a second end, with the upper jaw at the first end. A jaw arm has a first end and a second end. The second end of th... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7146887 | Automatic sizing one-handed locking pliers An automatically adjustable locking pliers includes an upper jaw fixed to a handle and lower jaws that pivot about the handle. The lower jaws are connected to a lower tightening handle. A lever connects the tightening handle and upper body. This is the standard stru... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7093828 | Methods and apparatus for clamping tools The present invention is directed generally to tools that are high quality, strong, and lightweight. For example, various tools such as clamps may be made using parts containing a compound or alloy including magnesium. Magnesium may be for cast or extruded parts. In... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086312 | Parallel jaw locking toggle wrench/pliers with economic/ergonomic handles “Parallel Jaw Locking Toggle Wrench/Pliers with Economic/Ergonomic Handles” comprising: a fixed jaw member being in parallel relationship to a slidable jaw member; the fixed jaw member constructed (by riveting or welding means) to support member - the support me... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6161416 | Tool for crimping contact elements A tool for crimping contact elements of electrical conductors and formed as pliers has main levers, pressing or mouth jaws which are formed on the main levers and closed in an effective region parallel, handles operative for bringing the pressing or mouth... | 12/19/2000 |
| 5630345 | Pliers having a manually adjustable, self-locking hinged jaw piece The pliers has a hinged jaw piece which is pivotally attached to a support arm for adjusting the hinged jaw piece parallel relative to the other jaw. The adjustment means is manually operated and is self-locking.... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5628235 | Driving attachment for eye-bolt hangers and the like A pair of jaws, having two sets of mutually perpendicular surfaces which are oriented 45 degrees with respect to the direction of jaw motion. During adjustment the jaws move parallel to each other to accommodate different shank diameters. The opening and ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5528965 | Parallel jaw toggle wrench A toggle wrench has a first jaw fixed to a handle, a sliding jaw slidable toward and away from the fixed jaw and a leaf spring therebetween. The jaws have parallel pressure surfaces disposed at an angle of 30 degrees with respect to the elongation of the ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5456144 | Locking pliers with axial clamping action A pair of locking pliers includes a body having a fixed jaw that supports a fixed extension. A movable jaw is pivotably mounted to the body by a hinge pin, and the movable jaw includes a movable extension. An operating lever is pivotably mounted to the mo... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5289746 | Parallel jaw toggle wrench A toggle wrench having a first jaw fixed to a handle. A sliding jaw is slidable toward and away from the fixed jaw. The jaws have parallel pressure surfaces disposed at an angle of 30 degrees with respect to the elongation of the handle. A link is pivoted... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5094132 | Adjustable hand wrench A tool is comprised of a combination of a vice grip brand adjustable clamping pliers and a parallel jaw adjustable wrench such that the parallel jaws have been mounted on the end of the adjustable clamping pliers and the handle of the parallel jaw adjusta... | 03/10/1992 |
| 4615111 | Wiring tool for wiring electric, multipin plug connectors, connector strips or the like, using clamping cutter techniques The invention relates to a wiring tool for wiring electric, multipin plug connectors, connector strips or the like, using clamping cutter techniques, comprising a support for the binder receiving the lines to be connected and an opposed support for the bi... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4563921 | Compact pliers with large, adjustable jaw span The pliers include a frame having a hand grip portion and two, spaced, laterally projecting leg sections. At least one of the leg sections is fixed to the hand grip portion of the frame and has formed thereon a stationary jaw, which confronts a movable ja... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4561282 | Diminishing arm toggle linkage A diminishing arm toggle linkage has the work site within the toggle geometry and thereby provides exponential force enhancement. In preferred embodiments the mode of operation shifts on demand from a light-load-pivoting mode to a heavy-load-rolling eleme... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4478114 | Wrench with overcenter linkage A wrench is formed of two jaws which are shaped to conform to standard fasteners, such as hex nuts, and are supported within a housing for translation relative to each other for gripping the fastener. Closing force on the jaws is exerted by a pivoting han... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4438668 | Wrench A wrench includes two mutually movable jaws that are mounted by means of parallel linkages to a housing forming the handle. A rod is axially movable in the handle by means of an internally threaded sleeve extending into the bottom of the handle. The rod i... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4433569 | Crimping tongs Crimping tongs in particular for crimping a sleeve on a cable, said tongs having jaws coupled to each other so that one moves relatively to the other, a cam (15) driven by a ratchet wheel (16) which actuates a toggle joint device (20,21,22) a catch being ... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4174560 | Tool for applying connectors to flexible cable A portable manually operated tool for applying multicontact connectors to flexible flat cable includes a pair of pivoted jaws which include respective connector body and cover holding members. The jaws are opened and closed by manually actuated handles in... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4147077 | Adjustable locking wrench In a locking wrench designed to grip an object between a stationary and a movable jaw firmly under the action of a toggle link associated at one end with the movable jaw and at the other end with a threaded bolt, the movable jaw is divided into two separa... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4120303 | Tongs, in particular for mounting ear-buttons on animals Tongs, in particular for mounting ear-buttons on animals, comprising a first lever and a second lever each constituting a handle and pivoted together, a first jaw and a second jaw actuated by the levers and each provided with a device for maintaining a pa... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4070754 | Hand tool for joining objects A hand tool for assembling two or more articles along an extended plane. Arcuate motion of a movable handle is converted to axial movement of a presser plate to assemble the articles placed on an aligned platen. The movable handle controls a drive bar whi... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4005516 | Hand tool having double toggle linkage Plier-type hand tool comprises a frame having spaced-apart jaws and a fixed handle extending therefrom. One of the fixed jaws has a ram therein which is reciprocable towards and away from the other jaw. The actuating means for moving the ram comprises a m... | 02/01/1977 |
