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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:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Erkki Olavi Linden, Billnas, FI;
Assignee:
Fiskars Consumer Oy Ab, , FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B / ; B26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30250 ; 30192 ; 30249 ;
Abstract
A hand tool for cutting, such as a pair of pruners, includes a pair of opposed elongated members, each member comprising a jaw at a front end portion thereof, a handle at a rear end portion thereof, and a midportion where the members cross over each other. A pivotable joint unites the midportions for scissor-like movement of the handles and jaws, and a spring biases the handles and jaws to an open position. According to the invention, one of the handles is rotatable. A transmission mechanism is provided to interconvert the rotation force applied to the rotatable handle into a rectilinear force used to draw the handles together.