Product-forming tool

Claim 1

A handtool for making a sinker having a recess therein for receiving a fishing line comprising: a pair of jaws; a handle for each jaw, respectively; means pivotally connecting the handles to respective jaws and to each other for mounting the jaws for substantially rectilinear movement toward and away from each other with the jaws being substantially parallel with each other, each jaw having an inner face, the inner face of one of the jaws having a pair of spaced, concave portions, each of said concave portions being adapted for supporting a length of sinker material, the other jaw having a cutter movable past one end of each of said concave portions to sever a length of sinker material supported therein when the jaws move toward each other; a pin on the inner face of said other jaw in alignment with one concave portion, the latter having a die for receiving the pin to thereby cause a hole to be formed through the sinker material supported in said one concave portion as the jaws move together and as The sinker material is cut by said cutter, the other jaw having a wedge-shaped, groove-forming member in alignment with the other of said concave portions, each jaw having a flat end face portion on the inner face thereof, the end face portions of the jaws being in alignment with each other for closing the groove formed in the sinker material by said member.