Patent ID: 9457414
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: A61B,B23D,B25B,B26B

Claim Text:
1. A pair of pliers for cutting workpieces comprising at least one leg ( 1 ) and one pressure element ( 2 ) connected together by a pivot point ( 13 ), the leg ( 1 ) of the pliers is provided with a jaw ( 8 ) adapted to receive a workpiece, wherein the pair of pliers further includes a cutting element ( 18 ) with a cutting jaw ( 19 ), wherein a bottom of the jaw ( 8 ) of the leg and a bottom of the cutting jaw ( 19 ) are arranged in the vicinity of a further pivot point ( 29 ) about which the cutting element ( 18 ) rotates in the leg ( 1 ) of the pliers, the cutting element ( 18 ) has a latching toothing ( 20 ) located opposite the cutting jaw ( 19 ), the latching toothing ( 20 ) engages with a toothed strip ( 23 ) of a pressure piece ( 21 ), the pressure piece ( 21 ) or the toothed strip ( 23 ) is held engaged with the latching toothing ( 20 ) by means of a force storage means ( 31 ) which comprises a helical spring having two ends with one end pressing against the pressure piece and the other end held in a blind hole ( 16 ) in the pressure element ( 2 ).