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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Weidmuller Interface GmbH & Co., Detmold, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to pliers having a first operating jaw ( ) and a first plier handle ( ) fixed thereto, having a second operating jaw ( ) which is mounted pivotably by means of a pivot pin ( ) and forms a plier mouth with the first operating jaw ( ), having a second plier handle ( ) which is mounted pivotably on a section ( ) of the second operating jaw ( ), said section being oriented towards the rear plier end, and having a resilient connecting element ( ), of which one end is provided on the second plier handle ( ), just behind the second operating jaw ( ), and the other end is provided on the first plier handle ( ). The pivot pin ( ) is fastened on one of the operating jaws ( ), and located in the other operating jaw ( ) is a slot ( ) for accommodating the pivot pin ( ), the longitudinal direction of said slot running in the plier plane, at least more or less perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the pliers. A tension spring ( ) has one end fastened on the pivot pin ( ) and its other end fastened on the operating jaw ( ), which has the slot ( ).