EP 0357490 B1 19930107 - CUTTING OR CLAMPING TOOL WITH A COMPOSITE HANDLE
Title (en)
CUTTING OR CLAMPING TOOL WITH A COMPOSITE HANDLE
Publication
Application
Priority
FR 8811447 A 19880901
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0357490A1] The present invention relates to a cutting or clamping tool having two branches or at least their handles (3, 4) which are made entirely of composite material, comprising a thermosetting or a thermoplastic polymer matrix component and a reinforcing component such as carbon powder or carbon fibres, glass fibres and/or aramid fibres. In the case of the handles alone being of composite material, only they are fixed to the metal parts, for example of a pair of secateurs, by means of bolts (12, 13) passing through a straddling region (30) between the handle and a metal part (8), the length of the straddling region being considerably shorter than the longitudinal dimension of the handle (3). Compared with traditional tools, such as secateurs or pliers, the handles of which are composed of a metal core integral with the other metal elements and covered with an overmoulded plastic material, the handle or the entire branches of composite material, according to the present invention, have a considerable advantage as regards the total weight, while retaining comparable, or even improved, strength. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B25B 7/00 (2006.01); B25G 1/10 (2006.01); B26B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B25B 7/00 (2013.01); B25G 1/10 (2013.01); B26B 13/00 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0357490 A1 19900307; EP 0357490 B1 19930107; AT E84254 T1 19930115; DE 68904270 D1 19930218; DE 68904270 T2 19930805; FR 2635710 A1 19900302; FR 2635710 B1 19930903
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 89402325 A 19890823; AT 89402325 T 19890823; DE 68904270 T 19890823; FR 8811447 A 19880901