Pincers

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6176158
  • Patent Number
    6,176,158
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, July 15, 1999
    25 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, January 23, 2001
    24 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Scherbel; David A.
    • Ojini; Anthony
    Agents
    • Rosenberg, Klein & Lee
Abstract
A pincers includes two main bodies, a fixing member, a treatment member, a tightening member and a resilient member. By utilizing the treatment member, the fixing member and the resilient member disposed between the main bodies and the fixing member, the pincers has a good mating relationship and can be easily assembled so that the using effect of the pincers is improved.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates to a pincers in which by means of a fixing member and a resilient member, the jaw sections of the two main bodies are kept in a good mating relationship.





FIGS. 9 and 10

show an existing pincers including two main bodies


9


which are pivotally connected with each other by a rivet


91


. A resilient member


93


is disposed between the pivot sections


92


of the main bodies


9


. Two ends of the resilient member


93


are respectively inserted into the sockets


94


of the main bodies


9


. The resilient member


93


serves to keep the pincers in an open state at normal time.




The above pincers has a hidden resilient member


93


. However, the pincers is required to have higher hardness and needs to heat-treated. The material of the resilient member


93


is different from that of the main bodies


9


. In the case that they are together heat-treated. The resilient member


93


will become cracky and tend to break. In the case that the main bodies


9


are first heat-treated and then assembled with the resilient member


93


, due to quenching, the work piece will be deformed. This will lead to difficulty in assembly. Moreover, the blade sections


95


are hard to match with each other so that after assembled, the shearing effect is poor.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a pincers in which by means of a treatment member, a fixing member and a resilient member disposed between the main bodies and the fixing member, the pincers has a good mating relationship so that the using effect of the pincers is improved.




It is a further object of the present invention to provide the above pincers which can be easily assembled.




The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawings wherein:











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a perspective exploded view of a first embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 2

is a sectional view of the first embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 3

is a perspective exploded view of the present invention for heat-treatment;





FIG. 4

is a sectional view of the present invention for heat-treatment;





FIG. 5

is a perspective exploded view of a second embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 6

is a perspective exploded view of a third embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 7

is a perspective exploded view of a fourth embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 8

is a sectional view of a fourth embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 9

is a perspective exploded view of a conventional pincers; and





FIG. 10

is a sectional view of the conventional pincers.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




Please refer to

FIGS. 1

to


4


. The pincers of the present invention includes:




two elongated main bodies


2


,


3


, a top end of each main body


2


,


3


being formed with a jaw section


21


,


31


, a middle section of each main body


2


,


3


being formed with a pivot section


22


,


32


, the pivot section


22


of one main body


2


being formed with a rectangular recess


23


having a perforation


24


, a middle portion of the pivot section


32


of the other main body


3


being formed with a pivot hole


34


, the pivot section


32


being further formed with an eccentric locating hole


33


;




a fixing member


4


which is a bolt, the fixing member


4


having an enlarged rectangular head sect ion


41


, the fixing member


4


passing through the perforation


24


and pivot hole


34


of the main bodies


2


,


3


with its head section


41


positioned in the recess


23


of the main body


2


, whereby the fixing member


4


and the main body


2


are prevented from rotating relative to each other, the head section


41


of the fixing member


4


being formed with a locating hole


42


facing the pivot section


22


, the fixing member


4


being formed with an outer thread


43


;




a treatment member


5


which is a bolt having an outer thread


51


;




a tightening member


6


which is a nut having an inner thread


61


for screwing with the outer threads


43


,


51


of the fixing member


4


and the treatment member


5


, one side of the tightening member


6


being formed with a rotary channel


62


; and




a resilient member


7


which is a torque spring fitted on the fixing member


4


, two ends of the resilient member


7


being respectively fitted in the locating holes


33


,


42


of the main body


3


and the fixing member


4


.




The pivot sections


22


,


32


of the two main bodies


2


,


3


are mated with each other. The treatment member


5


is passed through the pivot sections


22


,


32


of the main bodies


2


,


3


and tightened by the tightening member


6


. Then the assembly is heat-treated. Thereafter, the treatment member


5


is taken off and the resilient member


7


and the fixing member


4


are placed in with two ends


71


of the resilient member


7


inserted into the locating holes


33


,


42


of the main body


3


and the fixing member


4


. By means of the rotary channel


62


, the tightening member


6


is tightened. Then the thread of the fixing member


4


is damaged so as to prevent the fixing member


4


from rotating due to opening/closing of the pincers. The resilient member


7


is positioned in the main bodies


2


,


3


to keep the main bodies


2


,


3


in an open (or close) state at normal time. The resilient member


7


pushes one main body


3


and the fixing member


4


which is prevented from rotating relative to the other main body


2


, so that the two main bodies


2


,


3


are pushed and kept in an open (or close) state at normal time.




After heat-treated, the jaw sections


21


,


31


of the pincers can have a hardness meeting the requirement. The main bodies


2


,


3


are heat-treated after assembled with the treatment member


5


so that a good mating relationship is maintained between the two main bodies


2


,


3


. The difference of deformation of the main bodies


2


,


3


after heat-treated is minimized so that they can be easily assembled with the blade sections


1


well mated with each other. Two ends of the resilient member


7


are fitted into the locating holes


33


,


42


of the main body


3


and the fixing member


4


so that the resilient member


7


can be easily assembled without affecting the mating relationship between the two main bodies


2


,


3


. In addition, although the material of the resilient member


7


is different from that of the main bodies


2


,


3


, it will not become cracky after heat-treated. Therefore, after assembled, a good using effect can be achieved.





FIG. 5

shows a second embodiment of the present invention, which is a water pipe pincers which can be also easily assembled.

FIG. 6

shows a third embodiment of the present invention, in which the main body


2


A has a circular recess


23


A and the fixing member


4


A has a circular head section


41


A formed with a projection


44


. The projection


44


is inserted in a locating notch


25


of the main body


2


A so as to prevent the fixing member


4


A from rotating relative to the main body


2


A.

FIGS. 7 and 8

show a fourth embodiment of the present invention, in which the pivot section


22


of the main body


2


is free from any recess and the head section


41


of fixing member


4


protrudes from the main body


2


. A top section of the outer thread


43


of the fixing member


4


is formed with a rectangular non-circular section


45


accommodated in a non-circular hole


241


of the perforation


24


of the main body


2


, whereby the fixing member


4


is prevented from rotating relative to the main body


2


.




In conclusion, by means of the treatment member


5


, fixing member


4


and resilient member


7


disposed between the main bodies


2


,


3


and the fixing member


4


, the present invention has a good mating relationship and can be easily assembled so that the using effect of the pincers is improved.




The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Many modifications of the above embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.



Claims
  • 1. A pincer tool comprising:a first elongated main body member having a first upper end and a first pivot section, said first upper end forming a first jaw section, said first pivot section having a first pivot hole and a first locating hole formed therein, said first locating hole displaced from said first pivot hole; a second elongated main body member having a second upper end and a second pivot section, said second upper end forming a second jaw section, said second pivot section having a non-circular recess formed therein, said non-circular recess having a second pivot hole formed therethrough; a fixing member having a non-circular head section and a shaft member projecting therefrom, said non-circular head section having a second locating hole formed therein, said shaft member having a first set of screw threads formed thereon; a resilient member having first and second ends; a tightening member having a threaded opening formed therethrough, said threaded opening defining an inner surface of said tightening member, said inner surface having a second set of screw threads formed thereon, whereby said first and second elongated main body members are lockingly engaged when said non-circular head section of said fixing member is seated within said non-circular recess and said shaft member projects through said second pivot hole, said second pivot hole further receiving said resilient member, said second end of said resilient member being received within said second locating hole of said non-circular head section and said first end of said resilient member being received within said first locating hole of said first pivot section, said first pivot hole of said first pivot section receiving said shaft member, said shaft member further received within said threaded opening, said first set of screw threads engaging said second set of screw threads.
  • 2. A pincer tool as recited in claim 1 wherein said non-circular head section and said non-circular recess are substantially rectangularly contoured.
US Referenced Citations (2)
Number Name Date Kind
3575070 Nichols Apr 1971
4669340 Igarashi Jun 1987
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
Number Date Country
974491 Feb 1961 GB