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US 6,282,995 B1Granted
Plier tool having quickly attachable tool members
OwnerShu Sen Lininventor
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Abstract
A plier or shear tool includes a pair of handles having one end rotatably secured together with a tube and each having a pole. One or more tool members each includes a pair of levers having a middle orifice for receiving the tube and each having an aperture for receiving the poles and for quickly securing the tool members to the handles. A ball is received in the tube, a shaft is received in the tube and has a depression for receiving the ball. A spring may bias the shaft to disengage the depression from the ball and to force the ball to engage with the hub.
Claims5
A tool comprising:
- a tool body including a pair of handles having a first end rotatably secured together with a tube, said handles each including a pole provided thereon,
- a first tool member including a pair of levers having an orifice formed in a middle portion of said levers for receiving said tube, said levers of said first tool member each including a first end having a tool element provided thereon and each including a second end having an aperture formed therein for receiving said poles of said tool body respectively, said first tool member including a hub disposed in said middle portions of said levers and having said orifice formed in said hub for receiving said tube,
- means for securing said hub of said first tool member to said tube of said tool body, said securing means including a hole formed in said tube, a ball received in said hole of said tube, and means for forcing said ball to engage with said hub and to secure said hub to said tube,
- said tool elements of said first tool member being allowed to be moved toward and away from each other by said handles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.