Patent ID: 7409895
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. Rotary pliers, comprising: a guide tube having a guide tube wall and a guide tube longitudinal axis, said guide tube additionally having a guide tube proximal end connected to a radially protruding tube rotation levers and having a tube distal end with a distally protruding plier outer jaw radially spaced from the guide tube longitudinal axis; and a torque transmission shaft rotatably retained within said guide tube, said torque transmission shaft having a shaft proximal end connected to a radially protruding shaft rotation lever adjacent to said tube rotation levers and having a shaft distal end with a distally protruding plier inner jaw circumferentially aligned with said plier outer jaw; such that rotation of said torque transmission shaft relative to said guide tube, by pivoting said tube rotation lever and shaft rotation lever relative to each other, rotates said plier inner jaw along a circumferential path which is one of: toward abutment with said plier outer jaw to grip an object between said plier inner jaw and said plier outer jaw, and away from abutment with said plier outer jaw to release an object between said plier inner jaw and said plier outer jaw.