Tongs for Handling food

Tongs for handling food, comprising:

• (i) a pair of tong members pivotally connected together and biased away from each other to define an opening angle therebetween;
• (ii) a pivot element coupled to proximal end portions of said tong members and pivotally connecting said tong members;
• (iii) a resilient element biasing said tong members away from each other;
• and (iv) an adjustment mechanism comprising a manually operable actuator rotatable about a longitudinal axis of said tongs for adjusting the opening angle to a desired opening angle in a range of opening angles, wherein said adjustment mechanism comprises a support element extending along said longitudinal axis, said manually operable actuator being coupled to said support element such that rotation of said manually operable actuator about said longitudinal axis causes said manually operable actuator to axially move relative to said support element, and wherein said support element receives said pivot element and said resilient element.

Tongs for handling food, comprising:

• a pair of tong members pivotally connected together and biased away from each other to define an opening angle therebetween, each of said tong members extending from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion and comprising a handle portion and a food-handling portion, said food-handling portion of each of said tong members having a removable element covering said distal end portion of said tong member and adapted to be manually slipped off from and slipped over said distal end portion of said tong member, said removable element of each of said tong members is replaceable by any of at least one differently configured removable element;
• and
• an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the opening angle to a desired opening angle in a range of opening angles, said adjustment mechanism comprising (i) a manually operable actuator rotatable about a longitudinal axis of said tongs for adjusting the opening angle to the desired opening angle;
• and (ii) a support element extending along said longitudinal axis, said manually operable actuator being coupled to said support element such that rotation of said manually operable actuator about said longitudinal axis causes said manually operable actuator to axially move relative to said support element.

Tongs for handling food, comprising:

• a pair of tong members pivotally connected together and biased away from each other to define an opening angle therebetween;
• and
• an adjustment mechanism comprising:
• a manually operable actuator rotatable about a longitudinal axis of said tongs for adjusting the opening angle to a desired opening angle in a range of opening angles;
• and
• a support element extending along said longitudinal axis, said manually operable actuator being coupled to said support element such that rotation of said manually operable actuator about said longitudinal axis causes said manually operable actuator to axially move relative to said support element;
• wherein rotation of said manually operable actuator about said longitudinal axis in a first direction causes said manually operable actuator to move axially inward and progressively interfere with a space between proximal end portions of said tong members so as to decrease the opening angle, and rotation of said manually operable actuator about said longitudinal axis in a second direction opposite said first direction causes said manually operable actuator to move axially outward and decreasingly interfere with the space between said proximal end portions so as to increase the opening angle.

Tongs for handling food, comprising:

• a pair of tong members pivotally connected together and biased away from each other to define an opening angle therebetween;
• and
• an adjustment mechanism comprising a manually operable actuator rotatable about a longitudinal axis of said tongs for adjusting the opening angle to a desired opening angle in a range of opening angles;
• wherein said adjustment mechanism comprises a support element extending along said longitudinal axis, said manually operable actuator being coupled to said support element such that rotation of said manually operable actuator about said longitudinal axis causes said manually operable actuator to axially move relative to said support element;
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• wherein said manually operable actuator comprises an internally threaded portion and said support element comprises an externally threaded portion, said manually operable actuator being coupled to said support element via said internally threaded portion and said externally threaded portion.