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Long nose pliers with cutting attachment
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-05-14
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Granted: 1965-03-09
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Expires: 1982-05-14
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Olympio C Rizzo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 23:25
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02G; H02G1/00; H02G1/005; B; B25; B25B; B25B7/00; B25B7/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
220 words
A PLIERS COMPRISING A PAIR OF RELATIVELY MOVABLE MEMBERS, EACH HAVING AN ELONGATED TAPERING LONG NOSE JAW AND A HANDLE SEPARATED BY A MEDIAL HINGE SECTION, SAID MOVABLE MEMBERS ARRANGED IN CROSSED RELATION WITH BOTH HINGE SECTIONS IN SIDE BY SIDE RELATION, A PIVOT PIN CONNECTING SAID HINGE SECTIONS TOGETHER, WHEREBY TO PLACE SAID JAWS ONE ABOVE THE OTHER, EACH JAW HAVING A FLAT SURFACE IN OPPOSED RELATION TO THAT OF THE OPPOSING JAW, A LONGITUDINAL SLOT IN THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE UPPER JAW, A DEPRESSED SECTION IN THE LOWER JAW BETWEEN THE FLAT SURFACE AND THE HINGE SECTION THEREOF, AN ARM POSITIONED IN THE SLOT OF THE LOWER JAW, A TRANSVERSE CONNECTOR AT THE END OF SAID ARM SEATED IN SAID DEPRESSED SECTION, CONTROL MEANS DISPOSED AT THE SIDE OF ONE OF SAID HINGE SECTIONS, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID CONTROL MEANS TO SAID TRANSVERSE CONNECTOR, WHEREBY IN ONE POSITION OF SAID CONTROL MEANS THE ARM IS MOVED REARWARDLY TO LIE WHOLLY WITHIN ITS ASSOCIATED SLOT FLUSH WITH THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE LOWER JAW AND INOPERATIVE, AND IN ANOTHER POSITION OF SAID CONTROL MEANS THE ARM IS MOVED FORWARDLY AND UPWARDLY IN ITS ASSOCIATED SLOT TO LIE ABOVE THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE LOWER JAW TO CO-ACT WITH THE SLOT IN THE UPPER JAW IN A CUTTING ACTION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
220 words
A PLIERS COMPRISING A PAIR OF RELATIVELY MOVABLE MEMBERS, EACH HAVING AN ELONGATED TAPERING LONG NOSE JAW AND A HANDLE SEPARATED BY A MEDIAL HINGE SECTION, SAID MOVABLE MEMBERS ARRANGED IN CROSSED RELATION WITH BOTH HINGE SECTIONS IN SIDE BY SIDE RELATION, A PIVOT PIN CONNECTING SAID HINGE SECTIONS TOGETHER, WHEREBY TO PLACE SAID JAWS ONE ABOVE THE OTHER, EACH JAW HAVING A FLAT SURFACE IN OPPOSED RELATION TO THAT OF THE OPPOSING JAW, A LONGITUDINAL SLOT IN THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE UPPER JAW, A DEPRESSED SECTION IN THE LOWER JAW BETWEEN THE FLAT SURFACE AND THE HINGE SECTION THEREOF, AN ARM POSITIONED IN THE SLOT OF THE LOWER JAW, A TRANSVERSE CONNECTOR AT THE END OF SAID ARM SEATED IN SAID DEPRESSED SECTION, CONTROL MEANS DISPOSED AT THE SIDE OF ONE OF SAID HINGE SECTIONS, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID CONTROL MEANS TO SAID TRANSVERSE CONNECTOR, WHEREBY IN ONE POSITION OF SAID CONTROL MEANS THE ARM IS MOVED REARWARDLY TO LIE WHOLLY WITHIN ITS ASSOCIATED SLOT FLUSH WITH THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE LOWER JAW AND INOPERATIVE, AND IN ANOTHER POSITION OF SAID CONTROL MEANS THE ARM IS MOVED FORWARDLY AND UPWARDLY IN ITS ASSOCIATED SLOT TO LIE ABOVE THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE LOWER JAW TO CO-ACT WITH THE SLOT IN THE UPPER JAW IN A CUTTING ACTION.
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