US PATENT SUBCLASS 81 / 355
.~.~ With means for sliding jaw actuation

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300  DF  TOOL JAW(S) POSITIONED BY RELATIVELY MOVABLE PLURAL HANDLES (E.G., PLIERS) {15}
342  DF  .~ Jaw-actuating means (handle-manipulation conversion) {10}
355.~.~ With means for sliding jaw actuation {5}
356  DF  .~.~.~> With adjustment means {1}
358  DF  .~.~.~> Pinion and rack
359  DF  .~.~.~> Claw lever and rack or notch {1}
361  DF  .~.~.~> Grip lever and cam
362  DF  .~.~.~> Grip lever and link {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 81/355

(under subclass 342) Tools including a handle-lever and a handle-member and means to convert handle-lever manipulation into substantially rectilinear movement of its jaw normal to the gripping face of the fixed handle-member jaw.

(1) Note. In this and indented subclasses the surfaces of the jaws remain parallel to each other during the jaw actuation.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

352+, for tools in which each jaw moves relative to each handle, and the jaw surfaces are continuously parallel to each other.

373, for toggle linkage tools in which the jaw surfaces are continuously parallel to each other.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

294, Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements, 34, and 119.1 for sliding jaw grapples.