Title: Clamping or gripping devices

Abstract: A clamping or gripping device comprises a handle by which the device can be held in one hand to position it relatively to the work, a carrier mounted or mountable on the handle, or on a part on the handle, a first jaw carried by the handle, and a second jaw pivotally mounted on the carrier. The carrier is movable along the handle, or along a part on the handle, to move the second jaw bodily towards and away from the first jaw; and there is pivotally mounted on the carrier a lever so arranged that, when the device is being held by the handle in one hand to position it relatively to the work, the lever is movable by the same hand, as that which is holding the handle, in a direction towards the handle to cause leverage to be exerted on the second jaw to cause clamping or gripping pressure to be applied, against the work, in the direction of the first jaw.

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Inventors: Carver, Leonard John (Little Haywood, EN)

Application Number: 456497
Filing Date: 1974-04-01
Publication_date: 1976-01-20
Assignee: Carver & Co. (Engineers) (Walsall, EN)
Primary Class(es): 269/4 269/88, 269/150, 269/157, 269/188, 269/235, 269/239, 294/93, 294/103.1, D8/72
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US Patent Ref:

757166	Apr, 1904	Wintsc, Jr.	269/170.
1948134	Feb, 1934	Rose et al.	269/205.
2619138	Nov, 1952	Marler	269/215.
2701492	Feb, 1955	Johnson	269/221.
3033559	May, 1962	Lindholm	269/205.
3817510	Jun, 1974	Jatcko	269/321.
3836136	Sep, 1974	Davis	269/201.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Lake, Roy
Assistant Examiner: Abrams, Neil
Attorney: Smith, Jr.; John C.