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US 6,647,835 B1Granted
Pliers with replaceable jaws
AssigneeAWI Acquisition Company
InventorYi Chuan Tseng
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Abstract
A scissors pair of pliers where the pair of jaws of the pliers are to be replaceable with a different pair of jaws.
Claims4
A pair of pliers comprising:
- a pair of handles mounted in a scissors arrangement;
- an operating head having an internal cavity, said operating head including a pair of jaw mounts, said internal cavity being located between said jaw mounts;
- a first pair of jaws pivotally connected together, said first pair of jaws being mountable within said internal cavity, said first pair of jaws being movable between an open position and a closed position, said first pair of jaws being removable from said internal cavity to thereby be replaceable with a second pair of jaws of a different type;
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- said first pair of jaws being attached to said second pair of jaws, both said first pair of jaws and said second pair of jaws each including a first pair of jaw elements and a second pair of jaw elements, said second pair of jaw elements being reversely oriented relative to said first pair of jaw elements.
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A pair of pliers comprising:
- a pair of handles mounted in a scissors arrangement;
- an operating head having an internal cavity, said operating head including a pair of jaw mounts, said internal cavity being located between said jaw mounts;
- a first pair of jaws pivotally connected together, said first pair of jaws being mountable within said internal cavity, said first pair of jaws being movable between an open position and a closed position, said first pair of jaws being removable from said internal cavity to thereby be replaceable with a second pair of jaws of a different type;
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- interlocking engagement means mounted on said first pair of jaws for connecting with said operating head for precisely locating said first pair of jaws with said operating head;
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- said interlocking engagement means comprises a spring biased ball assembly which is to be deflected during engaging of said first pair of jaws with said operating head and upon achieving the proper location said spring biased ball assembly to expand and connect to a recess arrangement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.