Patent ID: 8336362

Claim:
Pair of pressing levers for hydraulic or electric pressing tools for pressing fittings onto pipes or for the press connection of electric cables, comprising: two pressing jaws, each said pressing jaw having a first jaw end and a second jaw end, said pressing jaws capable of being in an open position wherein said first jaw ends are spaced apart from each other and said pressing jaws capable of being in a closed position wherein said first jaw ends are proximate to each other; an extension extending from said second end of each said pressing jaw, each said extension having a first extension end and a second extension end, wherein said first extension ends are proximate to each other when said pressing jaws are in the open position and said first extension ends are spaced apart from each other when said pressing jaws are in the closed position, each said extension having opposite side walls extending between said first and second extension ends; an articulation between said pressing jaws and said extensions, said pressing jaws being connected to one another in an articulated manner at an said articulation; an accommodating bore formed through each said extension, each said bore being formed of a side wall formed by said respective extension, a first end opening out into said first extension side of said respective extension and a second opposite end spaced from said first extension side of said respective extension; a sunk-in region formed in one of said side walls of each said extension at said second end of said accommodating bore; a tension spring having opposite ends, said tension spring biasing the pressing jaws into said open position, said tension spring extending between the extensions; means for securing an end of said tension spring to said extensions, said means for securing being integral with each said extension and disposed in said sunk-in region, wherein portions of said tension spring seats within said accommodating bore of each said extension such that said wall of said accommodating bores completely surrounds said portions, and the respective end of the tension spring engages said means for securing.