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Tongs with ends that move at right angles to the handles. I'm not quite sure how they would be built. I think there would be two pairs of connected tongs. One pair for handles and the other pair (at right angles) for grippers. The action of the handles would be transferred to the grippers with some mechanism
such as a rack and pinion.
Might not be particularly useful. You could show off to your friends at a BBQ.
illustration
http://imgur.com/a/GQkWA
[xaviergisz, Oct 21 2009, last modified Dec 13 2011]
Grass Trimmer
http://www.amazon.c...=1274451130&sr=1-20
Something like this, but with tongs rather than blades? [MechE, May 21 2010]
[link]
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Couldn't you simply make the tongs "L"-shaped? |
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With the hinge at the end of the longer length and
the grippers at the end of the shorter length? |
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Two tongs don't make a right (angle)... |
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I think Aristotle has misunderstood in which direction the tongs are orthogonal. The tongs are straight and not L-shaped. If the tongs were flat on the ground and the handles pushed in and out from the sides the grippers would move up and down. |
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This would be great for the barbeque if there was a thumb operated spring catch to swivel the hot end 180°. Flipping stylish! |
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There are surgical instruments (forceps) that work like this, but they are small and somewhat specialized. |
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It's just the same [UB], but more manly. Surgery is for wimps. |
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I've illustrated my attempt at designing this. It uses an arc-shaped rack attached to each pair of tongs with a pinion extending between the racks and transferring the force from one to the other. |
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No, most commercial ones have a simple bell-crank type arrangement. But this is very cool, [xaviergisz] |
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The illustration link above seems to link to some kind of spam site. |
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I've updated the illustration link. The free image hosting site that I was previously using must have turned into a spam site. |
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Would be good for chop-sticks too. |
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