Patent ID: 6386076
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing pliers comprising the steps of:a. forging a pair of handles each handle having a mediate region for mounting a pivot member, a grasping portion located on one side of the mediate region and a jaw support mount on the other side of the mediate region; b. machining one of a mounting boss and a mating bore in each of the jaw support mounts; c. machining each of a pair of jaws to have a generally circularly cylindrically symmetric envelope about a central axis, and machining the other of the mounting boss and mating bore at a proximal end of each jaw; d. attaching each jaw to a respective one of the pair of handles by engaging the boss with the bore; and e. pivotably attaching the mediate portions of the handles together.