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pliers [3]

Hand tools with two movable jaws of fixed or variable gaps, intended for gripping or clamping objects.
pliers [3] Used as pliers, wrench and vice, it has variable-gap jaws for gripping and clamping objects. Lever for unlocking the pliers and releasing the grip. Riveted assembly part that is the axle of articulation for the release lever. Striated straight or curved part that, with its twin, grasps or clamps an object. Screw regulating the jaws’ gap. The pressure of the adjusting screw raises or lowers it, thereby controlling the jaws’ gap. Tight when the handles are closed to lock the pliers, it resumes its shape when unlocked and the handles return to their initial position.

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linemans pliers

locking pliers

Used as pliers, wrench and vice, it has variable-gap jaws for gripping and clamping objects.

release lever

Lever for unlocking the pliers and releasing the grip.

rivet

Riveted assembly part that is the axle of articulation for the release lever.

toothed jaw

Striated straight or curved part that, with its twin, grasps or clamps an object.

adjusting screw

Screw regulating the jaws’ gap.

lever

The pressure of the adjusting screw raises or lowers it, thereby controlling the jaws’ gap.

spring

Tight when the handles are closed to lock the pliers, it resumes its shape when unlocked and the handles return to their initial position.