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A cleko, also spelled cleco, is a fastener
Fastener

A fastener is a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together.Fasteners can also be used to close a container such as a bag, a box, or an envelope; or they may involve keeping together the sides of an opening of flexible material, attaching a Lid to a container, etc....
 developed by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company that used to temporarily fasten multiple sheets of material together before the pieces are permanently affixed. It consists of a steel cylinder body, a plunger on the top, a spring, a pair of step-cut locks, and a spreader bar. A special type of pliers
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 are used to push in the spring-loaded plunger.






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A cleko, also spelled cleco, is a fastener
Fastener

A fastener is a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together.Fasteners can also be used to close a container such as a bag, a box, or an envelope; or they may involve keeping together the sides of an opening of flexible material, attaching a Lid to a container, etc....
 developed by the Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company that used to temporarily fasten multiple sheets of material together before the pieces are permanently affixed. It consists of a steel cylinder body, a plunger on the top, a spring, a pair of step-cut locks, and a spreader bar. A special type of pliers
Pliers

Sorry, no overview for this topic
 are used to push in the spring-loaded plunger. This pushes down on the step-cut locks, which pushes them away from the spreader bars and allows them to come together. This allows the user to slip the locking jaws through a hole made through multiple sheets of material. When the plunger is released the spring pulls the locking jaws back towards the spreader bar, which separates the two jaws. The material sheets are then squeezed in between the step-cut area and the steel cylinder. This keeps the holes in the separate sheets aligned.