Abstract: An improved hand tool assembly includes first and second rigid members, each having a handle portion, a throat portion and a working end, the members being joined by a pivot pin in a scissors-like arrangement whereby the working ends are caused to move toward each other in response to the handle portions being moved toward each other. Each of the first and second rigid members is of a laminated construction which includes a plurality of substantially flat laminations, preferably manufactured from stamped parts. First and second molded metal jaw members are adhesively affixed to the working ends of the first and second rigid members.

Abstract: An adjustable handle cover for use on at least one of two handles of a hand tool relatively displaceable in a given direction to allow the two handles to accommodate a range of hand spans. The one handle has an outer surface facing away from the other handle, and the adjustable handle cover includes a first end, a second end, and outer peripheral surface between the two ends, and an elongated passageway extending eccentrically with respect to the peripheral surface into the cover from the first end toward the second end. The passageway is shaped to selectively receive the one handle in a first or a second orientation, and the peripheral surface is at a first distance from the outer surface when in the first orientation, and at a second distance from the outer surface when in the second orientation.

Abstract: A valve plate construction for use in a refrigerant compressor is disclosed. A method of assembling and joining by brazing a pair of end plates, a spacer plate defining radial passages and a collar defining an axial passage is described. The product is then a unitary structure formed of the various plates having a central axial passage and a plurality of radial passages.