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    Locking pliers (also called Vise-Grips, Mole wrench or Mole grips) are pliers that can be locked into position, using an "over-center" cam action. Locking...
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    Channellock brand Locking pliers, also known as a vise-grip Circlip pliers, for fitting and removing retaining rings Round-nose pliers, for making loops...
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    Lineman's pliers (US English), Kleins (genericized trademark, US usage), linesman pliers (Canadian English), side cutting linesman pliers and combination...
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    by Stanley Black & Decker. It is best known for producing Vise-Grip locking pliers. Additionally, it produces clamps, drill bits, taps and dies, screw...
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    snapping involves applying a strong torque force to the lock cylinder, usually with a pair of locking pliers, thereby breaking the mechanism and allowing access...
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    movable jaws, but serrated: Locking pliers Pipe wrench (including Stillson type) Plumber wrench Tongue-and-groove pliers Wikimedia Commons has media related...
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    'over-centre', mechanisms to snap into position, for example in switches and locking pliers. Out of control, it can cause bridges to collapse. Positive feedback...
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    the mechanism of locking pliers. The pliers lock when the toggle mechanism is pushed over-centre. The Henry rifle uses a toggle to lock the breechblock...
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    Clothespin Tourniquet Neodymium magnet Vise Pipe clamp Utility clamp Locking pliers Odendahl, Manuel - Finn, Julian - Wenger, Alex: Arduino. Physical Computing...
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    conflicts with other sources which show the invention of the Vise-Grip locking pliers in Nebraska, United States, with an initial patent in 1921 and fuller...
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