Abstract: A pliers includes a first handle and a second handle. A first jaw is fixed with respect to the first handle and includes a distal tooth, a cone portion, and a blade portion. A second jaw which is fixed with respect to the second handle includes a distal tooth, a cone portion, and a blade portion. A pivot pivotably connects the two handles such that when the pliers are shut, the two teeth are aligned, the cone portions are aligned, and the blade portions are aligned.

Abstract: In the present disclosure, a pair of removing members (5) are provided to be able to move toward and away from each other. Each of the removing members (5) includes a nail (5A, 5B) capable of being inserted into a gap (S1) between a large diameter portion (11a) and an electrode tip (12), and a protrusion (54) extending in a direction intersecting with a direction of insertion of the nail (5A, 5B) into the gap. The protrusions (54) of one and the other one of the removing members (5) are axially supported respectively by first and second support portions (81a, 81b) provided on one end of an arm member (8). The first support portion (81a) is in the shape of a groove that is shaped to be gradually closer to the other one of the removing members as progressing toward the other end of the arm member (8).

Abstract: A fastener removal device comprising a handle and a head, wherein there is a first end of the handle and a second end, the second end forming a toothed pad, wherein one end of the head is shaped as a toothed pad, wherein the other end of the head is shaped as a bifurcated claw, wherein said head contains an opening in the middle, such that the second end of the handle extends through the opening in the head.

Abstract: A tool for extracting a pin inserted in a component bore extending into a pin receiving component, the tool comprising: a pin gripping element configurable between a released configuration in which the pin and the pin gripping element are movable relative to each other and a gripping configuration in which the pin gripping element grips the pin; a base element for abutting against the pin receiving component; and a gripping element mount mounting the pin gripping element to the base element, the gripping element mount being configurable between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein, in the first configuration, the pin gripping element is substantially adjacent to the base element, and in the second configuration, the pin gripping element is further away from the base element than in the first configuration. An actuator selectively moves the gripping element mount between the first and second configurations.

Abstract: An embodiment of a hand tool comprising: a fixed hand tool, such as a hammer or a crowbar, with respect to a handle; a pivoting mechanism; and a claw being coupled to a handle via the pivoting mechanism is described. In another embodiment, the hand tool comprises a fixed tool with respect to a handle, such as a hammer or a crowbar; a coupling mechanism; a claw being coupled to a handle via the coupling mechanism; the coupling mechanism further comprising a splined pin assembly adapted to couple the claw and a handle so as to permit the claw to pivot with respect to the handle, is described. Various pivoting mechanisms including splined pin assemblies and locking pin mechanisms are described.

Abstract: An instrument for debonding an orthodontic bracket from a tooth surface includes first and second plier portions coupled for relative pivotal movement. A lever arm pivotally movable relative to the first and second plier portions has a tooth engaging member on a first end. In one embodiment, the tooth engaging member is positioned on the lever arm for movement between a jaw of the plier portions and the tooth surface when a second end of the lever arm is pivotally manipulated in a direction toward a handle of the plier portions. In another embodiment, at least part of at least one plier portion is flexible relative to the lever arm such that the lever arm moves the tooth engaging member relative to a jaw of the plier portions after the bracket engaging portions are engaged with the orthodontic bracket and the handles and lever arm pivotally manipulated toward one another.

Abstract: A hand operated tool for extracting an embedded elongated object, includes: a) an elongated, movable first handle member with a first, upper end portion divided into two matching legs separated by an opening; b) a corresponding second handle member with a first jaw member and a first, upper end extending through the leg opening, the second handle member being pivotally attached to both legs; c) a floating head portion pivotally attached to the first and second legs, the floating head portion including a second jaw member and an adjacent, upper curved edge; and d) two matching lever bars facing one another from opposite sides of the tool, each being pivotally connected to the second handle member and to the floating head portion; and wherein the second jaw member is engaged against the first jaw member in a closed tool position, and disengaged from the first jaw member in an open tool position.

Abstract: A hand operated tool for extracting an embedded elongated object, including: a) an elongated, movable first handle member with a first, upper end portion divided into two matching legs separated by an opening; b) a corresponding second handle member with a first jaw member and a first, upper end extending through the leg opening, the second handle member being pivotally attached to the first leg and the second leg; c) a floating head portion pivotally attached to the first and second legs, the floating head portion including a second jaw member and an adjacent, upper curved edge; and d) two matching lever bars facing one another from opposite sides of the extraction tool, each being pivotally connected to the second handle member and to the floating head portion; and wherein the second jaw member is engaged against the first jaw member when the extraction tool is in a closed position, and disengaged from the first jaw member when the extraction tool is in an open position.

Abstract: A nail puller comprises a base plate and a lever arm attached to the base plate. A pair of replaceable toothed gripping jaws are attached to the base plate and the lever arm respectively, the teeth being aligned so that the teeth pull a nail by its shank, rather than by its head, when force is applied to the lever.

Abstract: A hand tool for extracting an elongated object that is embedded in the surface of a body includes: a) an elongated, movable first handle member; b) a corresponding second handle member pivotally attached to the first handle member, the second handle member including a first jaw member; c) a floating head portion pivotally attached to the first and second handle members, the floating head portion including a second jaw member and an adjacent curved edge; and d) a lever bar connected at one end to the second handle member and at an opposite end to the floating head portion; and wherein the extracting tool generally has an open position for placing the jaw members on opposite sides of the elongated object, and a closed position for grasping and pulling the elongated object; and the second jaw member is engaged against the first jaw member when the tool is in the closed position, and disengaged from the first jaw member when the tool is in the open position.

Abstract: A hand tool for extracting an elongated object that is embedded in the surface of a body includes: a) an elongated, movable first handle member; b) a corresponding second handle member pivotally attached to the first handle member, the second handle member including a first jaw member; c) a floating head portion pivotally attached to the first and second handle members, the floating head portion including a second jaw member and an adjacent curved edge; and d) a lever bar connected at one end to the second handle member and at an opposite end to the floating head portion; and wherein the extracting tool generally has an open position for placing the jaw members on opposite sides of the elongated object, and a closed position for grasping and pulling the elongated object; and the second jaw member is engaged against the first jaw member when the tool is in the closed position, and disengaged from the first jaw member when the tool is in the open position.

Abstract: A hydraulic spike puller comprising a frame with a chute, a hydraulic drive section connected to the frame, and a spike contacting section connected to the hydraulic drive section and movably located in the chute. The improvement comprises the spike contacting section comprising two jaws pivotably connected to each other and a friction system extending from the jaws and contacting opposite interior sides of the chute. The jaws each have a spike contacting claw section which, when the jaws are in an open position, have a back surface adjacent an interior side of the chute to block an area between the chute and the back surface. The claw sections have substantially non-curved bottom faces which, when the jaws are in the open position, can push a spike out of the chute. The claw sections are shaped to prevent a spike from being caught between the chute and the back surfaces of the claw sections.

Abstract: A nail removal tool for pulling an elongated object that is embedded in a body having a surface through the surface is provided. The nail removal tool comprises: a) an elongated shaft portion having a handle portion at an upper end and a pivot mechanism at a lower end of the shaft portion; b) a movable head portion moveably connected through the pivot mechanism to the lower end of the shaft portion, the head portion comprising a first jaw member, which is fixed to the head portion, and a jaw bedway; and c) a second jaw member parallel to the first jaw member and attached to a movable bedway plate, the bedway plate being inserted in the jaw bedway and also being moveably connected to the lower end of the shaft portion; and wherein the tool has a jaws-closed position and an opposite, jaws-open position.

Abstract: A spike removing system for removing deeply embedded spikes from railroad tracks. The inventive device includes a housing having an open end, an upper hydraulic cylinder attached within an upper portion of the housing, a lower hydraulic cylinder having a plurality of opposing first jaws and second jaws pivotally attached thereto, and a plunger head attached to the lower hydraulic cylinder for closing and separating the opposing first jaws and second jaws with respect to one another. The first and second jaws are preferably S-shaped and include a channel for allowing the opposing jaw to slidably move with respect to the other jaw. The jaws project downwardly when closed upon a spike, thereby digging into the tie to ensure proper engagement with the head of a deeply embedded spike.

Abstract: A stud nail pliers apparatus is provided for removing a stud nail attached to a body panel wherein the stud nail has a hemispherical head welded to the body panel. The stud nail pliers apparatus includes a pair of pliers assemblies each of which includes, in serial order, a handle portion, a pivotal portion, and a jaw portion. A pivotal connector is interconnected between the pivotal portions of the pair of pliers assemblies. Each of the jaw portions includes a respective distal portion which is distal to the pivotal connector. Each of the jaw portions includes a respective proximal portion which is proximal to the pivotal connector. Each of the jaw portions includes a respective top side and a respective bottom side. Each distal portion includes an upwardly and outwardly flaring half-well portion which includes a half-notch portion located at a respective bottom side of a respective jaw portion.

Abstract: A panel lifter pry bar comprises an integrally formed elongated bar with an elongated substantially rectilinear shank portion having a U-shaped portion at one end disposed to one side of the longitudinal axis of the shank portion, and an inverted U-shaped portion at the other end disposed to the other side of the longitudinal axis. At the end of the U-shaped portion spaced from the shank portion is a claw, and at the end of the inverted U-shaped portion, is an elongated panel lifter portion which extends at an obtuse angle to the shank portion. The U-shaped and inverted U-shaped portions provide fulcrums on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the shank portion for the claw and panel lifter portions respectively.

Abstract: A pliers-like hand tool for removing headed plastic fasteners having a stem releasably anchored below a surface incorporates a pair of pivotably joined, wedge-shaped jaws and their associated handles. A spring positioned between the handles maintains the jaws open in readiness for insertion under the head of a fastener. A bend in the jaws provides a fulcrum for applying leverage against the underside of the head of the fastener. A series of graduated opposed elongated grooves formed in the edges of the jaws and oriented normal to the top surface of the jaws allow the user to apply controlled gripping force to the stem of the fastener in the region, adjacent the head, most prone to fracture by bending, thereby effectively immobilizing the stem with respect to the head of the fastener and minimizing bending of the stem in the sensitive region.

Abstract: A machine for removing hairpin spikes from railroad ties includes at least one hairpin spike pulling tool supported by the machine frame, each tool being positioned on one side of the rail for pulling spikes on that side of the rail. Each of the pulling tools includes a lower end portion having a pair of exposed hooks curved toward the center of the pulling tool and abutted against each other in a pivoting relationship. Each pulling tool is supported for movement from a retracted position to a position wherein the curved hooks of that pulling tool are positionable under the loop-shaped head of a hairpin spike on opposite sides of the spike. The machine also includes apparatus for supporting the pulling tools for movement from the retracted position downwardly and toward the hairpin spikes into a position wherein the pulling tools engage the spikes with the curved hooks and then move upwardly to pull the spikes from the tie.

Abstract: A stake extraction implement for primary utilization with respect to stakes used for concrete forms. The stake extraction implement is composed of an elongate member, incorporating a handle portion and a curved portion, and a pivotally connected gripper tool, incorporating a pair of jaws. When a stake is to be extracted, the curved portion of the elongate member is placed upon the adjacent concrete form and the jaws of the gripper tool are aligned to rest upon the sides of the subject stake. According to the method of use disclosed, as a lever movement of the handle portion is effected, effortless extraction of the stake from the ground is made possible by automatic clamping of the jaws of the gripper tool onto the stake, the stake having been nailed to the concrete form notwithstanding. The stake pulling implement is structured to permit user selection of either a first class or second class lever mode of operation, and two types of jaw members for the gripper tool are disclosed.

Abstract: A nail puller pulls nails from a board or the like by gripping the nail shank. The nail puller comprises a block with a gripping surface and a foot that is pivotally connected to the block. A long handle is joined to the foot. The foot and handle are pivotable to an open configuratoin whereat a space is defined between the block gripping surface and the foot. With the foot in the open configuration, the space is positioned over the nail shank, and the nail puller is lowered onto the board or the like. The handle and foot are pivoted to a closed configuration whereat the foot is proximate the block gripping surface to grip the nail shank therebetween. A strong force applied to the handle causes the block and foot to rotate as a unit about a fulcrum on the board or the like to pull out the nail. The undersurface of the block is curved such that the block rolls along the board or the like as it rotates to extract the nail. The foot or block gripping surface may be serrated to better grip the nail shank.

Abstract: A nail puller defines an elongated body having a static gripping jaw formed therein and a handle socket for receiving a handle. An elongated handle is threadably received within the handle socket. A moveable jaw is pivotally attached to the puller body and defines a jaw blade and an extending lever arm. A limit stop is interposed between the lever arm and the puller body to provide a limit on the closure of the static and moveable jaws. The puller body further defines a drive receptacle for receiving a drive portion of a lever-type tool such as a drive ratchet as an alternative for the handle. In an alternate embodiment, an additional handle socket is defined by the puller body having an angular orientation different from the first handle socket permitting the use of the removeable handle in alternate configurations.

Abstract: A nail puller pliers provided with a fulcrum lever that is adjustable to the contour of the surface on which it rests. One embodiment has a resilient pad mounted to the free end of the fulcrum lever. Another embodiment has the pad mounted to the free end of the fulcrum lever by use of a ball and socket joint. A further embodiment has a resilient foot threadably mounted to the pad disposed on the free end of the fulcrum lever. A final embodiment has the fulcrum lever pivotally mounted to the second end of the second arm.

Abstract: A tire stud puller which includes a pivotable element for increasing the leverage of the puller when it is in operation. The pivotable element is pivotable to a position adjacent to the body of the stud puller for storage.

Abstract: A tool for removing embedded screws and the like, having a pair of pivotally connected handles with screw removing heads at the ends thereof. The screw removing heads each have matching opposed clinching edges, including a pair of laterally spaced parallel clinching edges and a clinching edge at the bottom of each head which is perpendicular to the parallel edges and disposed between them. The parallel edges dig into the periphery of the screw head to allow torque to be applied to the screw as the handles are turned by a user, while the perpendicular clinching edges engage the underside of the head of an embedded screw to oppose slipping movement of the tool off the screw head and apply upward force thereto.