PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a forceps whose pinching parts can be deformed according to the shape and state of an object.SOLUTION: The pair of pinching parts 5 and 15 of the forceps comprises: outer members 8 and 18 which are curved outward in the form of an arch inner members 9 and 19 which are fixed by back ends 9b and 19b of the outer members 8 and 18, form pinching surfaces and can be elastically bent and arched first and second elastic support members 10a, 10b, 20a and 20b whose ends 10a, 10b, 20a and 20b are slidably fixed in gaps 5a and 15a of the inner members 9 and 19 of the pinching parts 5 and 15 and whose back ends are sandwiched between the inner members 9 and 19 and the outer members 8 and 18 at their back ends 9b and 19b and are fixed and which are formed with a curvature larger than the outer members 8 and 18.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】対象物の形状や状態に従って挟持部が変形可能な鉗子を提供する。【解決手段】対となる挟持部5,15は外側にアーチ状に湾曲した外側部材8,18と、外側部材8、18の後端部9b、19bで固定され挟持面を形成する弾性曲げ可能な内側部材9,19と、挟持部5、15の隙間5a,15aに先端部10a´、10b´、20a´、20b´が内側部材9、19の隙間5a,15aに摺動自在で、後端側が後端部9b、19bで内側部材9、19及び外側部材8、18の間に挟着して固定され、かつ外側部材8、18よりも大きな曲率で形成されたアーチ型の第1、第2弾性支持部材10a、10b、20a、20bが形成されている。【選択図】図1
