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"Cobra" |
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Water pump pliers are gripping pliers with an adjustable joint. The jaw width and accordingly the gripping capacity change according to the set position. The angular or oval jaw opening is usually serrated and is also referred to as the burner hole. Originally the water pump pliers were used to tighten the packed glands in water pumps in motor vehicles, which is how they got their name. Water pump pliers are suitable for gripping all kinds of items with larger diameters too, regardless of whether they are round, square or hexagonal.
The more adjustment possibilities a water pump pliers has, the better.
KNIPEX water pump pliers are constructed for self-gripping on the material. If the pliers have been set right at the beginning, it ist no longer necessary to press the handles together. Pressing the top pliers shank is enough. This considerably reduces manual effort when working.
KNIPEX water pump pliers Cobra and Alligator have a box joint, i.e. one shank in the pliers is pushed through a slit in the other shanks. This stable bilateral guide enables the pliers to withstand larger loads also. Both models also have an anti-pinching guard: the handles of the pliers do not clamp on top of each other in any setting position.
In addition, the teeth of the Cobra- and Alligator water pump pliers are induction-hardened, which ensures that they still grip tightly and securely even after a long period of use.
The KNIPEX-Cobra has the most progressive technical features in water pump pliers:
Its jaw opening can be set quickly and comforably directly at the workpiece at the touch of a button. No more time-consuming trials to find the right opening width.
Instead: set the top jaw half at the workpiece, press the push-button. This rules out unintentional adjustment, as for example when the pliers are put aside for a moment or during the gripping action with the Cobra.
