Tools – Tool jaw – Crossed handles
Patent
1997-07-28
1999-05-18
Meislin, D. S.
Tools
Tool jaw
Crossed handles
81416, 81405, 81407, 30261, B25B7/06
Patent
active
059040785
ABSTRACT:
A slip-joint pliers has crossed pivoting levers joined at pivot portions thereof by a flat-sided bolt extending through openings in the levers and engaged with a nut, one of the openings being elongated and generally dumbbell-shaped to accommodate the slip-joint movement. The pivot portions of the levers have flat facing inner surfaces, in each of which is formed a single-level spring recess surrounding the associated opening, each recess having a peripheral side wall and a flat planar bottom wall extending from the side wall to the associated opening. A helical torsion spring is seated in the recesses and encircles the bolt and has tangent ends respectively engageable with straight bearing portions of the recesses.
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Gustafson Eric T.
Thompson Christopher D.
Meislin D. S.
Snap-on Technologies, Inc.
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