pliers [3]![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Hand tools with two movable jaws of fixed or variable gaps, intended for gripping or clamping objects.
locking pliers ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Used as pliers, wrench and vice, it has variable-gap jaws for gripping and clamping objects.
release lever ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Lever for unlocking the pliers and releasing the grip.
rivet ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Riveted assembly part that is the axle of articulation for the release lever.
toothed jaw ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Striated straight or curved part that, with its twin, grasps or clamps an object.
adjusting screw ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Screw regulating the jaws’ gap.
lever ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
The pressure of the adjusting screw raises or lowers it, thereby controlling the jaws’ gap.
spring ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Tight when the handles are closed to lock the pliers, it resumes its shape when unlocked and the handles return to their initial position.