Pliers for mounting purposes

A pliers for mounting purposes comprising:

• two plier portions;
• a first pivot connection for pivotably connecting said two plier portions;
• each said plier portion comprised of a jaw base body and a grip of a length that is a multiple of the length of said jaw base body;
• a first one of said grips divided into a first section and a second section, said first section located between said jaw base body and said second section and being shorter than said second section;
• a second pivot connection for pivotably connecting said first section and said second section;
• said second pivot connection comprising a pivot bolt extending parallel to a pivot axis of said first pivot connection;
• a sprocket wheel rotatably connected to said pivot bolt;
• a ratchet wheel with an outer toothing rotatably connected to said pivot bolt;
• said sprocket wheel and said ratchet wheel positioned axially adjacent to one another on said pivot bolt and fixedly connected to one another;
• a chain having a first end connected to the second one of said grips;
• a tension spring for connecting a second end of said chain to said second section of said first grip;
• said chain guided from said second grip across said sprocket wheel so as to be engaged by said sprocket wheel to said second section, where said chain extends in a longitudinal direction of said second section toward said tension spring;
• a spring-biased follower pawl connected to said second section such that upon a closing movement of said second section said sprocket wheel and said ratchet wheel perform a rotational movement resulting in closing of said pliers;
• said outer toothing of said ratchet wheel extending over the entire circumference of said sprocket wheel;
• a spring-biased locking pawl for engaging said outer toothing, said locking pawl allowing a rotation of said ratchet wheel in a first direction during closing of said pliers, but preventing a rotation of said ratchet wheel in a second direction counter to said first direction;
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• an actuating member, connected to said locking pawl and accessible from the exterior of said pliers, for pivoting said locking pawl temporarily from engagement with said outer toothing into a disengaged position, wherein said actuating member is a transverse pin fixedly connected to said locking pawl and projecting perpendicularly from said locking pawl.