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US 5,023,997 AGranted
Pair of nippers
AssigneeSipel Electronics S.A.
InventorJean-Francois Salvi
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Abstract
The pair of nippers, of the tweezer type, is equipped with a removable auxiliary actuating lever (5) made of one bent piece, one part of which is in the form of a loop (7) surrounding the pair of nippers. The auxiliary lever is positioned at an intermediate point on the pair of nippers by a lug (8) engaging in a hole (9, 10) on the pair of nippers, or by another means.
Claims6
A pair of nippers, comprising:
- a first flexible arm, a second flexible arm having one end connected to an end of said first arm;
- an auxiliary actuating lever having first and second portions with a bend therebetween, said first portion having a cutout and being oriented transversely to the lengthwise dimension of said arms, each of said flexible arms extending through said cutout, a second portion of said actuating lever being subject to application of a force that pivots said lever relative to said first arm, the unconnected ends of said arms moving toward each other when said lever pivots by action of said lever on said second arm;
- means for pivotably engaging said lever with said first flexible arm at an intermediate point along the length of said arm.
A pair of nippers, comprising:
- a first flexible arm, a second flexible arm having one end connected to an end of said first arm;
- an auxiliary actuating lever having first and second positions, said first portion having a cutout and being oriented transversely to the lengthwise dimension of said arms, each of said flexible arms extending through said cutout, a second portion of said actuating lever being subject to application of a force that pivots said lever relative to said first arm, the unconnected ends of said arms moving toward each other when said lever pivots by action of said lever on said second arm;
- means for pivotably engaging said lever with said first flexible arm at an intermediate point along the length of said arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.