Patent ID: 7131899

Claim:
A manual grinding tool, comprising: a housing ( 12 ), an abrasive sheet carrier ( 14 ), and clamping means ( 20 , 23 ; 360 , 500 ) for retaining opposite abrasive sheet ends ( 17 , 19 ; 155 ) of an abrasive sheet ( 16 ; 150 ) which is capable of resting against abrasive sheet carrier ( 14 ), wherein the clamping means ( 20 , 23 ; 340 , 500 ), together with an abrasive sheet end ( 17 , 155 ) clamped thereto, are capable of being moved away from the other abrasive sheet end ( 19 , 155 ) which is also clamped, so that the abrasive sheet ( 16 ; 150 ) is lockable under tensile stress, whereby the clamping means ( 20 , 23 ; 340 , 500 ) are composed of resilient material, wherein one of the clamping means ( 20 , 23 ; 340 , 500 ) is configured as tongs ( 34 ; 340 ) and has clamping jaws ( 36 , 38 ; 360 , 380 ), between which an abrasive sheet end ( 17 , 19 ; 155 ) is clampable, wherein the tongs ( 34 ; 340 ), with the clamping jaws ( 36 , 38 ; 360 , 380 ) and the clamped abrasive sheet end ( 17 , 19 ; 155 ), are movable around a swivel axis ( 40 ; 400 ) and are detachably lockable in a pivoted-out position, wherein the active clamping jaw ( 360 ) is a single-component, bent wire element that is positioned diametrically opposed with a crossbar to a corresponding surface of the passive clamping jaw ( 380 ) in a manner that allows it to be pressed together in the manner of tong jaws, and wherein the passive clamping jaw ( 380 ) is a resilient part that is rigidly located with one end on the top side of the abrasive sheet carrier ( 14 ).