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 Title: |
US4012068:
Litter tongs
[ Derwent Title ]
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Apodaca, Edward L.; North Glenn, CO 80233
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1977-03-15
/ 1975-08-12
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| Application Number: |
US1975000604051
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
B25B 9/02;
E01H 1/12;
Core:
B25B 9/00;
E01H 1/00;
IPC-7:
B25B 9/02;
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| ECLA Code: |
B25B9/02; E01H1/12;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
294/033;
294/050.8;
294/099.2;
606/210;
0D7/686;
Original:
294/033;
294/016;
294/099.R;
081/043;
128/354;
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| Field of Search: |
294/016,33,99 R,8.5
081/043
128/321,354
024/255 TZ
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| Priority Number: |
| 1975-08-12 |
US1975000604051 |
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| Abstract: |
A tong for picking up litter from urinals, formed by a pair of spaced planar jaws extending in parallel planes from an integral junction at one end towards the opposite end. The free ends of the jaws may be beveled inwardly to provide relatively sharp edges with substantially rectangular corners at the sides of the jaws, to grasp effectively all types of litter when the edges are moved towards each other by manually pressing the jaws together.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Lebowitz, Samuel ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Marbert, James B.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A unitary tong for picking up litter from a urinal by flexing the jaws thereof, comprising
- a. a pair of jaws of rectangular cross-section integrally joined together at one of the ends thereof by a solid joint and extending in spaced parallelism from said joint to free terminals at the opposite ends of said jaws,
- b. each of said jaws being of identical construction and of uniform rectangular cross-section up to said free terminals with a width of approximately four times its thickness to permit easy flexing and ready movement of said jaws towards each other by the application of manual pressure applied at any part and beyond the junction thereof, thereby to effect the approach of the free terminals of said jaws into close juxtaposition for grasping securely any litter therebetween, each of said jaws being of a length about sixteen times its width and normally spaced from each other a distance slightly greater than said width, and
- c. the free terminal of each jaw being of the same width as the remainder thereof but beveled to a sharp edge from the outer to inner face thereof, so that the juxtaposed sharp edges of both jaws, as well as the rectangular corners at the opposite ends thereof, are adapted to reliably grasp all types of litter therebetween.
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