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| NOUN | - | (the) locking pliers [one or more pairs] |
Translation for 'locking pliers' from English to French
- locking pliers {pl} [one pair]
- pince-étau {f}outil.
- locking
- blocage {m} [de roue, mécanisme]tech.
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- locking washer
- rondelle {f} freintech.
rondelle-frein {f}tech. - central locking
- condamnation {f} électronique des portièresauto
- self-locking
- à verrouillage automatique {adj}tech.
- locking (mechanism)
- (mécanisme de) verrouillage {m} [dispositif]
- automatic locking system
- fermeture {f} automatiquetech.
- locking fuel filler cap
- bouchon {m} antivolauto
- locking up [of funds]
- immobilisation {f} [de capital]fin.
- pliers {pl}
- pince {f}outil.
- adjustable pliers {pl}
- pince {f} multipriseoutil.
- universal pliers {pl}
- pince {f} universelleoutil.
- pair of pliers
- pince {f}outil.
- cutting pliers {pl} [one pair]
- pince {f} à fil de feroutil.
- gripping pliers {pl} [one pair]
- pince-étau {f}outil.
- vise grip pliers {pl} [one pair] [Am.]
- pince-étau {f}outil.
- Mole grip® (pliers) [Br.] [locking pliers]
- pince-étau {f}outil.
Usage Examples English
- The first locking pliers, with the trade name Vise-Grip, were invented by William S. Petersen in De Witt, Nebraska, United States in 1924.
- A vise grip is not a vise but a pair of lever-actuated locking pliers.
- The Henry rifle and subsequent Winchester rifles use an arrangement of levers referred to as a toggle, similar in operation to locking pliers.
- Alternatively, a rotary tool with cutting disk can be used to extend the slot, the head can be gripped with locking pliers, or the screw can be removed with a pin spanner (snake-eyes driver) after drilling two holes in the slot.
- He was credited by "The Times" as the inventor of the self-grip Mole wrench although this conflicts with other sources which show the invention of the Vise-Grip locking pliers in Nebraska, United States, with an initial patent in 1921 and fuller developments patented in 1924.
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