Pliers-type pressing tool

A pressing tool of the pliers-type comprising, in combination, a body member having a first end and a second end with the first and second ends disposed in spaced relation on a longitudinal axis of said body member;

• a first elongated handle rigidly connected to said second end of said body member and extending outwardly therefrom generally as an extension of said longitudinal axis;
• said first handle having a first end connected to the second end of said body member and a second end spaced from the first end thereof;
• a rectilinear guiding track on said body member having a first end and a second end disposed in spaced relation on an axis of said guiding track and the axis of said guiding track is disposed transversely of the longitudinal axis of said body member;
• a stationary first jaw member situated at said first end of said track;
• a jaw carrier reciprocally mounted in said track for movement toward and away from said first jaw member;
• a second jaw member mounted on said jaw carrier for movement therewith;
• a second elongated handle;
• a pivot pin located on said body member between the first end of said body member and the axis of said guiding track;
• said second handle being pivotally mounted on said pivot pin and having a first end located adjacent the first end of said body member and a second end spaced from the first end thereof, said second handle being pivotally displaceable between an open position and a closed position with the second ends of said first handle and second handle being spaced further apart in the open position than in the closed position;
• and cooperating means on said second handle and said jaw carrier for the transmission of movement and force from said second handle to said jaw carrier when said second handle is pivoted from the open position to the closed position, said cooperating means situated adjacent to said axis of said and on said guiding track second handle, said cooperating means being located between said pivot pin and said second end of said body member, at least one of said cooperating means on said second handle and said jaw carrier being defined at least in part by a planar engagement face extending in the closed position of the handles approximately radially relative to said pivot pin, said body member and said first handle rigidly connected thereto are formed by a single planar plate, and said jaw carrier is U-shaped in cross-section having a central part carrying said second jaw member and two legs projecting from said central part and defining an open spaced therebetween and a portion of said cooperating means being located at the free ends of the legs and said legs straddling a portion of said plate adjacent the second end of said guiding track.