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US 2006/0150705 A1Published application
Hong ring pliers with automatic feed apparatus
OwnerDara Chenginventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a hog ring pliers with automatic feed mechanism which provides an efficient method of attaching hog rings and similar devices. A brittle plastic strip to which are adhered a plurality of hog rings of a predetermined spacing is inserted into the loading sleeve of the invention and each hog ring is advanced into the jaws of the invention automatically upon the closure of the preceding hog ring and the trimming of the brittle plastic strip behind it.
Claims7
A device for manually closing hog rings, comprising:
- a palm handle in the shape of a pistol grip that is located at the user end of the device, and another finger handle shaped liked a pistol grip that is located toward the object end of the device, the palm handle and the finger handle being connected such that a user can squeeze the palm handle and the finger handle toward each other by pulling his/her fingers back toward his/her palm, thereby compressing the connecting ends of a hog ring from an open position to a closed position such that the hog ring can be closed to attach two or more materials together,
- a removable and replaceable upper jaw designed and manufactured to accommodate different sizes of hog rings,
- a reloadable sleeve that can be locked into place and is tensioned with a spring,
- a sleeve return spring that provides force against the hog ring in the reloadable sleeve such that the hog ring is pushed into a position between the upper jaw and lower jaw for compression from the open position to the closed position.
- an upper jaw return spring which works to release the hog ring into place after it has been compressed from its open position to closed position,
- a lower jaw,
- a locking mechanism located in the lower jaw which holds and cuts
- a handle return spring which works to release the hog ring into place after it has been compressed from its open position to closed position,
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.