WERKZEUG ZUM ANBRINGEN VON CLIPS

A closure tool ( 10, 40 ) for closing heavy-duty clips ( 11 ) as used for example in the building trade and in agriculture has a body ( 13 ), a pair of handles ( 14 ) mounted on the body ( 13 ) on pivots ( 15 ) and a pair of anvils ( 18, 20 ) movable relative to each other from a spaced position to closure position in response to relative movement of the handles ( 14 ) and the body ( 13 ). A moving member ( 17 ) is engaged by the handles ( 14 ) and is movable therewith, and one of the anvils ( 18 ) is connected to and movable with the moving member ( 17 ). The handles ( 14 ) may have spigots ( 44 ) engaged in a slot ( 43 ) in a cylindrical moving member ( 17 ) in a barrel part ( 41 ) of the body ( 13 ), or each handle ( 14 ) may have a quadrant shaped first gear engaging a rack second gear moving member slidably mounted in the body.