Clamping tweezers

• US 8,246,094 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2011
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Premier Image Technology Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Premier Image Technology Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Long, Ping-Fa, Liang, Wei-Peng, Tian, Yuan-Fu
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Paul T
• Application Number:
  US13/033,606
• Publication Number:
  US 20120126557A1
• Time in Patent Office: 544 Days
• Field of Search: 294/3, 294/25, 294/8.5, 294/16, 294/33, 294/99.2, 606/205, 606/210, 606/211, 301/42
• US Class Current: 294/99.2
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 9/02 without sliding or pivotal connections, e.g. tweezers, onepiece tongs

Abstract

Clamping tweezers include two elastic arms, two grips, and an adjustment block. The two elastic arms are connected to each other at one end to form a connected end, and start to open from the connected end. Each elastic arm defines a number of spaced grooves adjacent to the connected end. The two grips are rotatably positioned on the distal ends of the two elastic arms, and include two gripping surfaces that face to each other. The adjustment block fits over the two elastic arms from the connected end, and includes teeth and an elastic piece configured for allowing the teeth to engage with the grooves. The adjustment block is able to slide along the elastic arms to adjust an open angle of the two elastic arms.

Claims

1. Clamping tweezers comprising:

two elastic arms connected to each other at one ends to form a connected end, wherein the two elastic arms start to open from the connected end, each elastic arm define a number of spaced locking grooves that are adjacent to the connected end;

two grips rotatably positioned on the distal ends of the two elastic arms respectively, and comprising two gripping surfaces that face to each other; and

an adjustment block fitting over the two elastic arms from the connected end, wherein the adjustment block comprises teeth and an elastic piece configured for allowing the teeth to engage with the locking grooves, and the adjustment block is capable of sliding along the elastic arms to adjust an open angle of the two elastic arms.

2. The clamping tweezers of claim 1, wherein the elastic arms are long, thin, flat pieces, and the distal ends of the elastic arms are bent and gradually diminish from the bent section.

3. The clamping tweezers of claim 1, wherein the distal ends of the two elastic arms define two balls that are adjacent to each other, each grip comprises an upper grip and a lower grip cooperatively define a socket, the socket receives a corresponding one of the balls.

4. The clamping tweezers of claim 1, wherein the gripping surfaces are substantially flat.

5. The clamping tweezers of claim 1, wherein the adjustment block defines a first through hole, the two elastic arms extend through the first through hole.

6. The clamping tweezers of claim 5, wherein the teeth and the elastic piece are positioned on two opposite sidewalls of the first through hole respectively.

7. The clamping tweezers of claim 6, wherein the adjustment block further comprises a curved button which is far from the teeth, the curved button is configured for being pressed to make the elastic piece contract and make the teeth disengage from the locking grooves.

8. The clamping tweezers of claim 5, wherein the adjustment block further comprises a second through hole perpendicularly crossing with the first through hole.

9. The clamping tweezers of claim 1, further comprising a cap fitting over the connected end.

10. Clamping tweezers comprising:

two elastic arms connected to each other at one ends to form a connected end, wherein the two elastic arms start to open from the connected end, each elastic arm define a number of spaced locking grooves that are adjacent to the connected end;

two grips positioned on the distal ends of the two elastic arms respectively and being rotatable relative to the distal ends, and comprising two gripping surfaces that face to each other; and

an adjustment block fitting over the two elastic arms from the connected end, wherein the adjustment block comprises teeth and an elastic piece configured for allowing the teeth to engage with the locking grooves, and the adjustment block is capable of sliding along the elastic arms between the connected end and the distal ends to adjust an open angle of the two elastic arms to a number of values.