Patent ID: 6233804
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B21D,B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool for clinching staples about a pair of members to tighten them together, the tool comprising a pair of pincers, each pincer having a jaw and an elongate handle, each pincer being pivoted between its jaw and handle to a rigid bar at opposite end portions of the bar; the bar having a length corresponding to the length of the web of a staple to be used therewith, and having means to hold the web of the staple there against when the jaws of the pincers are oriented in an open position; the jaw of each pincer being shaped to deform legs of the staple inwardly towards one another when the pincers are pivoted towards a closed position to exert pressure against the legs of the staple with the shaped jaws;wherein the pincers are sandwiched between said rigid bar and a backing bar.