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US 8,756,818 B2Granted
Shear tension device
AssigneeFitrakis-Souyias Meriol, Paula Sophia
InventorDino Fitraki
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Abstract
A shear tension device comprising an adjustment screw and a lock wherein the lock is configured to engage with the adjustment screw and maintain tension properly set by the factory in the shears until service of the shears is required.
Claims1
A pair of shears comprising:
- an anchor screw comprising a threaded member;
- first and second articulated elements disposed for movement about the anchor screw;
- each of the elements comprising an opening for receiving the anchor screw and comprising respective cutting blades extending in a first direction from the anchor screw and each of the elements comprising a limb extending in a second direction from the anchor screw;
- a hold down screw comprising a threaded fastener and a knurled head wherein the head comprises a channel for receiving a screwdriver;
- an adjustment nut which includes a knurled head and a locking tab extending perpendicularly from the knurled head wherein the knurled head of the adjustment nut is configured to receive the threaded member of the anchor screw;
- the first element further comprising a channel adjacent to the opening and configured to receive the locking tab of the adjustment nut;
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- the first element further comprising a screw thread receiving member configured to receive the threaded fastener.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.