Hand-actuatable plier tool
AssigneeWeidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsThilo Bröker, Rico Schindler, Markus Speith
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Abstract
A hand-actuatable plier tool for processing cables has a plier head for handling or processing a workpiece such as a cable, two plier handles that can be pivoted relative to one another between an open position and a closed position, an electronic monitoring unit detachably arranged on a first of the plier handles and with which at least the number of handling or processing procedures can be counted and stored. The monitoring unit has an electronic circuit and a signal transmitter emitting actuation signals to the electronic circuit when the plier tool is actuated. The signal transmitter has an energy harvesting module for supplying energy to the monitoring unit and an actuation mechanism activating the signal transmitter.
Claims15
A hand-actuatable plier tool, comprising:
- (a) a plier head for handling a workpiece;
- (b) two plier handles pivotably connected with one another for movement between an open position and a closed position;
- (c) an electronic monitoring unit arranged on a first of said plier handles and within which at least a number of handling procedures can be counted and stored;
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- (d) said electronic monitoring unit including an electronic circuit and a signal transmitter emitting actuation signals to said electronic circuit when the plier tool is actuated, said signal transmitter including an energy harvesting module for supplying energy to said monitoring unit and an actuation mechanism which activates the signal transmitter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.