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Locking pliers

Locking pliers (also called Vise-Grips, Vice Grips, Mole wrench or Mole grips) are pliers that can be locked into position, using a bistable cam action. Locking pliers are available with many different jaw styles, such as needle-nose pliers, wrenches, clamps and various shapes to fix metal parts for welding. They also come in many sizes.

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History

Trade nameWilliam S. PetersenDe Witt, NebraskaTom Coughtrie
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Etymology

Samuel JohnsonDictionary.
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Operation

Welding
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Overview

PliersBistableCam
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Locking pliers

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Triples20
Avg. degree1.87
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Locking pliers

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related to history · 12
Locking pliers → De Witt, Later, Mole, Nebraska, Petersen, Son, The, Tom Coughtrie, United Kingdom, United States, Vise-Grip, William
related to Mechanism · 5
Locking pliers → After, In, Locking, The, This
related to Operation · 3
Locking pliers → Because, Locking, The

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pliers jaws locking united many mole action states spelling clamping object wrench using also cam welding name pressure closed handle

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Locking pliersrelated to historyThe0.60section
Locking pliersrelated to historyVise-Grip0.60section
Locking pliersrelated to historyWilliam0.60section
Locking pliersrelated to historyPetersen0.60section
Locking pliersrelated to historyDe Witt0.60section
Locking pliersrelated to historyNebraska0.60section
Locking pliersrelated to historyUnited States0.60section
Locking pliersrelated to historyLater0.60section
Locking pliersrelated to historyUnited Kingdom0.60section
Locking pliersrelated to historyMole0.60section
Locking pliersrelated to historySon0.60section
Locking pliersrelated to historyTom Coughtrie0.60section

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