LatchTool Designs a Pair of Pliers that Levels the Playing Field
Gives women, the elderly and infirmed the hand strength of a weightlifter.
Colorado Springs, CO (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) April 25, 2005 -- Late last year, LatchTool introduced its
PowerCylinder™, a mechanical force amplifier that leverages pounds into tons.
Its sophisticated three-speed system uses encapsulated hydraulic circuitry to
multiply an input force 60 fold. Design News, a magazine for design engineers,
picked the PowerCylinder a best product of the year for 2004.
Now the
Company has integrated a simpler version of its encapsulated hydraulic circuitry
right into a pair of pliers. Roughly 70 years ago, Christian Peterson invented
what was to become the Vise-Grip®, pliers with a mechanical system that once
tripped allow the tool to stay latched on to whatever it has grasped. It takes
substantial hand strength to set a Vise-Grip® type locking pliers; even more to
release its hold. Now comes the LatchTool invention where a 30-pound squeeze can
deliver nearly triple the clamping force of a locking pliers. And even better, a
push of a button releases its grasp.
For some idea of relative strengths,
a man's grip averages 50 pounds, a woman's 30 pounds. With LatchTool's new
PowerPliers™, a 15-pound grip will deliver the same force a man can deliver with
a conventional locking pliers. The Company has patented its technology and is
now seeking venture partners to manufacture and market their
PowerPliers™.
Contact:
Bob McPherson
LatchTool Group
Colorado
Springs, CO
719-488-8800
www.latchtool.com
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