US2063532A - Pliers - Google Patents

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Dec. 8, 1936. P. VERTES 2,063,532

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PLIERS Original Filed Aug. 20, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Allomey UNITED STATES PATENT OFFliIE PLIERS Peter Vertes, North Tarrytown, N. Y., assignor of one-half to Nick Vecsei, North Tarrytown,

Application August 20, 1935, Serial No. 37,080 Renewed June 9, 1936 2 Claims. (Cl. 81-50) The present invention relates to pliers and From the above detailed description it will be the object of the invention resides in the proreadily appreciated that by moving the handles vision of efiicient, easily operated and effective II toward and away from each other the jaws means for providing pliers with a pair of jaws J may be moved toward and away from each 5 the gripping faces of which move so as to be other so that the gripping faces 9 thereof are 5 disposed at all times in parallelism with each disposed in parallelism whereby a more even other. grip is possible on the object being worked on Another important object of the invention rethan with the ordinary pliers. sides in the provision of pliers of this nature It i thought that the construction, operalO which are Simple in t u tie inexpensive tion, utility and advantages of this invention 10 to manufacture, thoroughly efiieient a d e will now be quite apparent without a more deable in use and otherwise well adapted for the tailed description thereof. purpose for which they are designed. The present embodiment of the invention has With t e above a d u u Other bjects been described in considerable detail merely for 5 in view as will appear as the description prothe purposes of exemplification since in actual ceeds, the invention consists in certain novel practice it attains the features of advantage features of construction, and in the combinaenumerated as desirable in the statement of the tion and arrangement of parts as will be herein ntion and th above description.

inafter more fully described and claimed. It will be apparent that changes in th In the draWingSI tails of construction, and in the combination 20 Figure 1 is a Side elevation of a D of pliers and arrangement of parts may be resorted to embodying e features of y iIlVentiOnwithout departig from the spirit or scope of Figure 2 is an edge elevation thereof. the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacri- Figure 3 is a side elevation thereof showing ficing any of its advantages. the jaws in open position. What is claimed is: 25

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the 1. A pair of pliers of the class described comjaws. prising a T-shaped shank member having a Figure 5 is a perspective view of the shank shank with a pair of arms extending in oppomember. site directions therefrom, the arms having slots Referring to the drawings in detail it W l and the shank having slots, jaws having sleeves 30 be seen that there is a shank member denoted slidable on the arms, a pair of handles, pivot generally y the letter s and Comprising a bolts mounted in the handles through the slot shank 5 the lower end of which has a longiin the shank and pivot bolts in the terminals of tudinally extending slot 6 and the head arms the handles extending through the sleeves and 1, 1 of which are provided with longitudinally the slots of the arms. 5

extending Slots JeWS J are provided with 2. A pair of pliers of the class described comserrated gripping faces 9 and at their bottoms prising a T-shaped shank member having a with non-circular sleeves It to slide over the shank with a pair of arms extending in oppoarms 1. Curved handles II have crossing p site directions therefrom, the arms having slots tions l2 terminating in Yokes Straddling the and the shank having slots, jaws having sleeves 40 sleeves l0 and. having bolts or the like l5 exl m on th rms, pair of handles each tending through the terminals thereof and handle having one end portion offset from the through Ope in the Sleeves and through other end portion, the offset portions terminatthe slots 8. The handles II are pivotal y e0 ing in yokes, pivot bolts mounted in the han- 5 eeted together by bolts H which extend dles through the slot in the shank and pivot 5 t o e Slot The ends of the handles bolts in the terminals of the yokes extending betw en the ross n p ns 12 and the jaws through the sleeves and the slots of the arms.

J are offset from the gripping ends of the handles. PETER VERTES.

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