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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Merritt A Osborn, Chesterland, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Bares Group, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72409 ; 81362 ; 29751 ;
Abstract
A hand tool for crimping a work piece by sliding jaw action is provided. The tool has a first handle which fixedly mounts a first jaw at one end thereof and slidably mounts a second jaw in a channel formed therein. A second handle is pivotally connected to the second jaw. A link is pivotally connected to both the first and second handle. A detent device, or piezo electric crystal and read out are provided in the structure to give either a release or a read out response responsive to the generation of a predetermined force load on a work piece.