Tool for collapsing hollow-wall anchors

A tool for collapsing conventional hollow-wall anchors characterized by a collapsable anchor body and a headed bolt member cooperating therewith, comprising

• a first handle member,
• a head member fixed to one end of said handle member and including an open-ended flat posed therein and communicating with said open end for permitting entry of the anchor bolt member into said slotted end,
• frame means attached to said first handle member,
• a second handle member mounted for pivotal movement on said frame means and in an opposed spaced-apart relationship to said first handle member,
• an elongated generally U-shaped jaw member pivotally mounted on one end of said second handle member for permitting movement of said jaw member with respect to said head member, said jaw member having a flat base portion for mating with said base plate of said head member and having a second slot disposed therein and communicating with one open edge of said jaw member and generally registering with said first slot disposed in said base plate for engaging the head of the anchor bolt member threadably engaging the anchor body and exerting an axial force outwardly on the bolt head when force is applied to pivot said member toward said first handle member, the bolt moving outwardly through said first slot disposed in said base plate in response to said axial force exerted by said jaw member to collapse the anchor, and
• spring means disposed between said first and second handle members for resisting downward force acting on said second handle member and for returning said second handle member to an open position when said force is removed.