Patent ID: 7140278
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: B25B,B25G

Abstract:
1. Pair of manual tongs ( 1 ) comprising two limbs ( 3 , 4 ), which are rotatably connected with one another in a common first rotational axis ( 2 ), each of which limbs has a tool segment ( 5 ) located on the far side of the common first rotational axis ( 2 ), and a lever segment ( 6 ) having a handle ( 6 a , 6 b ), located on the near side of the common first rotational axis ( 2 ), whereby the first limb ( 3 ) is separated, in its lever segment ( 6 ), into a lever ( 8 ) situated close to the handle and a lever ( 7 ) situated at a distance from the handle, these two levers ( 7 , 8 ) being rotatably connected in a first articulation ( 11 ), in a second rotational axis ( 13 ) parallel to the common first rotational axis ( 2 ), where a means of traction ( 15 ) connects the second limb ( 4 ) to the handle-near end of the lever ( 7 ) of the first limb ( 3 ), which is situated at a distance from the handle, and said means of traction can be shortened by means of a pivotal movement of the lever ( 8 ) of the first limb ( 3 ), which is situated close to the handle, about the second rotational axis ( 13 ), wherein the second limb (