EP0037673B1 - Unitary tool mechanism - Google Patents

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EP0037673B1
EP0037673B1 EP81301248A EP81301248A EP0037673B1 EP 0037673 B1 EP0037673 B1 EP 0037673B1 EP 81301248 A EP81301248 A EP 81301248A EP 81301248 A EP81301248 A EP 81301248A EP 0037673 B1 EP0037673 B1 EP 0037673B1
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Ronald Gilbert Sergeant
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TE Connectivity Corp
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AMP Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B9/00—Hand-held gripping tools other than those covered by group B25B7/00
    • B25B9/02—Hand-held gripping tools other than those covered by group B25B7/00 without sliding or pivotal connections, e.g. tweezers, onepiece tongs

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  • This invention relates to a tool having a pair of arms secured at a head for pivotal movement between open and closed conditions, and a resilient member between the arms arranged to bias them towards an open condition.
  • Such tools are commonly used as hand tools or pliers for applying force or a cutting action to a work piece, and are also used as mechanisms in assemblies.
  • DE-A-2419818 describes a tool having a pair of arms secured at a head for pivotal movement between open and closed conditions and a resilient means between the arms arranged to bias them towards an open condition in which the head, the arms and the resilient means comprise a unitary structure formed in one piece from resilient material, the arms extending from the head in divergent manner and the resilient means comprising a pair of beams extending from respective portions of the arms spaced from the head, inwardly between the arms towards the head to a second head, the beams being adapted, on movement of the arms together, to engage along their lengths from the second head portion.
  • a tool as described above is characterised in that, the first and second heads comprise jaw surfaces arranged to be driven together for engagement with a work piece by movement together of the arms and the beams (16, 18) are arranged to engage progressively along their lengths from the second head (4) as the arms (12, 14) are moved together.
  • the tool is suitably formed from a resilient plastics material having a high yield strength.
  • the tool of Figures 1 to 4 comprises a first head 2 defining a lower jaw surface 6 and a second head 4 defining an upper jaw surface 7 spaced below surface 6.
  • the surface 6 is defined at the roof of a cavity in the first head 2 between side walls 8, 10 adapted slidably to receive head 4 between them.
  • a pair of arms 12, 14 extend from the head 2 downwardly on opposite sides of the cavity in divergent manner. Initial portions of the arms 12, 14 are of progressively decreasing thickness towards lower thickened end portions 12A, 14A defining handles which can be gripped in a hand in conventional manner.
  • the second head 4 is supported from the lower ends of the arms 12, 14 by a pair of arcuate resilient beams 16, 18, convex towards each other and converging upwardly with upper end portions 16B, 18B closely adjacent and integral with the head 4.
  • the heads 2, 4, the arms 12, 14, and the beams 16, 18 are integrally formed as a unitary structure, suitably by moulding or by extrusion from a resilient plastics material having a high yield strength. It will be understood that a number of tools may be formed from a single moulding or extrusion having a cross section corresponding to the elevation of Figure 1, and individual tools severed transversely of the length of moulding or extrusion.
  • closure of the handle portions 12A, 14A together effects pivotal movement about the head 2 by bending of the thinner portions of the arms 12, 14.
  • the arcuate beams 16, 18 progressively engage at their upper portions 16B, 18B and are supported against each other as seen in Figure 2, effectively to increase their length in the direction of arrow 20 and drive the head 4 into the cavity of head 2 towards jaw surface 6.
  • the sides 8, 10 of the cavity and the engaged portions of beams 16, 18 resist lateral displacement of the head 4 and maintain its orientation.
  • a workpiece may be engaged between the jaw faces 6, 7 and subject to compression.
  • the beams 16, 18 are correspondingly subject to compression and the arms 12, 14 to tension. Resilience of the beams and the arms serves to open the tool when the handles are released.
  • the head 4 at its underside between the beams 16, 18 is formed with a cylindrical socket 22 extending through the head 4 transversely of its line of action.
  • the socket has a restricted opening between the beams 16, 18 and receives a complementary cylindrical head 26A of an upright rail 26 which extends downwardly between the beams 16, 18 and is stiffened by a transverse flange 28 at a rear side of the tool.
  • the beams 16, 18 are flattened against the rail 26 as the handles 12, 14 are closed, and the rails serves to support the beams.
  • the head 4 is formed at its rear side with an upwardly directed extension 4A which extends slidably through a recess 2A in a rear side of the head 2.
  • the extension 4A at its upper end is formed with a further head portion 4B presenting a lower jaw face 4C spaced from and opposed to a jaw face 2B presented by the upper side of head 2.
  • a workpiece may be gripped between jaw surfaces 6 and 7 on closure of the tool or between surfaces 4C and 2B on opening of the tool handles.
  • the head 2 is formed with an upright bore in which the lower, open end of a cylinder 30 is secured.
  • An upright rod 36 is secured to the head 4 and extends coaxially through the lower end of the cylinder 30.
  • a washer type piston 38 is secured at the upper end of the rod 36, and the upper closed end 32 of the cylinder is formed with an outlet 34.
  • Actuation of the tool causes reciprocation of the piston 38 in the cylinder and alternate compression and suction in the cylinder and its outlet 34, the resilience of the beams 16, 18 effecting opening of the tool and downward movement of the piston 38.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Gripping Jigs, Holding Jigs, And Positioning Jigs (AREA)
  • Portable Nailing Machines And Staplers (AREA)
  • Cutting Tools, Boring Holders, And Turrets (AREA)
  • Extrusion Moulding Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Moulds For Moulding Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
EP81301248A 1980-04-03 1981-03-24 Unitary tool mechanism Expired EP0037673B1 (en)

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AT81301248T ATE5861T1 (de) 1980-04-03 1981-03-24 Einheitlicher werkzeugmechanismus.

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US13703580A 1980-04-03 1980-04-03
US137035 1980-04-03

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EP0037673A1 EP0037673A1 (en) 1981-10-14
EP0037673B1 true EP0037673B1 (en) 1984-01-18

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EP (1) EP0037673B1 (xx)
JP (1) JPS56152586A (xx)
AR (1) AR224190A1 (xx)
AT (1) ATE5861T1 (xx)
AU (1) AU539722B2 (xx)
BR (1) BR8101947A (xx)
CA (1) CA1147582A (xx)
DE (1) DE3161923D1 (xx)
ES (1) ES267154Y (xx)
HK (1) HK26787A (xx)
MX (1) MX153247A (xx)
YU (1) YU85681A (xx)

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JP3166322B2 (ja) * 1992-06-15 2001-05-14 ソニー株式会社 再生方法、再生装置

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US2430794A (en) * 1947-11-11 Safety shears
GB1234375A (xx) * 1968-08-15 1971-06-03

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GB1427397A (en) * 1973-04-24 1976-03-10 Ici Ltd Forceps

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US2430794A (en) * 1947-11-11 Safety shears
GB1234375A (xx) * 1968-08-15 1971-06-03

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EP0037673A1 (en) 1981-10-14
BR8101947A (pt) 1981-10-06
JPS64191B2 (xx) 1989-01-05
ATE5861T1 (de) 1984-02-15
YU85681A (en) 1983-06-30
CA1147582A (en) 1983-06-07
MX153247A (es) 1986-09-02
ES267154Y (es) 1984-05-01
DE3161923D1 (en) 1984-02-23
HK26787A (en) 1987-04-10
JPS56152586A (en) 1981-11-26
AU6829381A (en) 1981-10-08
AR224190A1 (es) 1981-10-30
AU539722B2 (en) 1984-10-11
ES267154U (es) 1983-11-01

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