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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4671718 | Expanding latch captive bolt fastener A fastener in which a captive bolt engages a cylindrical nut within a cylrical confining housing. The cylindrical nut has a longitudinal slot in which a pair of oppositely facing latches are disposed and which cooperate with the housing to prevent the ro... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4663998 | Magnetic wrench socket A socket for a socket wrench set, having a magnet in the bottom thereof, releasably held therein by a C ring. The nut, or bolt head, fitted in the socket is held by the magnet, and the C ring spaces it slightly from the magnet for a cushioning effect. The... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4664465 | Clip device The present invention provides a device for mounting a lamp socket, particularly for a candelabrum lamp having an elongated branch support having a passage for passing wires between the socket and an electrical source. The elongated support has a threaded... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4644831 | Adaptor sleeve This present invention is an improved adaptor sleeve which includes a hollow sleeve having a first bore opening at its first end for receiving a coupling end of a handle and a second bore opening at its second end which has a hexagonal cross section adapt... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4643052 | Bevel gear driven offset screwdriver arrangement A bevel gear driven offset screwdriver arrangement includes a housing which bounds an elongated passage and an opening which communicates with the passage and is centered on an axis that includes an obtuse angle of substantially between 100° and 135°, p... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4603608 | Remotely-manipulated apparatus for performing maintenance work in shielded cells The invention is directed to an apparatus for remote-controlled connection nd disconnection of threaded bolts in a flange joint located in a radioactively-ladened cell. The apparatus includes a remotely controllable impact wrench carrying an extension shaf... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4602534 | Ratchet wrench An improved socket wrench (300) is provided which includes a first pawl (318) sliding on a first slide surface (312) and a second pawl (320) sliding on a second slide surface (314). At least one of the slide surfaces is not perpendicular to a radial line ... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4570513 | Wrench with nut-retaining mechanism A box wrench has a mechanism for releasably locking a nut or bolt in the receiving cavity of the wrench, the mechanism comprising a detent which may be projected into the cavity or withdrawn from the cavity, an actuating lever for the detent on the outsid... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4553454 | Nut retaining socket with replaceable nut retainer A nut retaining socket wrench with a replaceable, resilient nut bore retainer. The nut bore retainer consists of a recessed, cylindrical piece containing an offset looped spring within the socket. A set screw and support plate confine the retainer to the ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4497226 | Cigar lighter socket shell driver tool A tool bit for facilitating the application of a cigar lighter socket to an apertured mounting plate in an automobile, comprising a driving member having a shank receivable in the chuck of a power tool, and a separate shouldered plug member carried by the... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4474090 | Nut installation tool The disclosure relates to a nut installation tool comprising a magazine for storing a plurality of nuts, a rotatable drive spindle having an internal configuration complementary to the external configuration of the nuts so as to slidably accept said nuts ... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4457654 | Tool gripping fastener A fastener comprising a head, a shank, and a cap. The head has a recess in its top surface dimensioned to accommodate an appropriate tool for installing the fastener. The cap covers a substantial portion of the head and conforms closely to the head, exten... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4406188 | Nut-holder attachment for open-end wrench A nut-holding attachment for an open-end wrench with fixed jaws is disclosed. This attachment has fingers at one end which are adapted to curve around the end of the wrench whereby to present a surface adjacent each face of the wrench in order to hold a n... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4357845 | Apparatus for manipulating wingnuts A universal wingnut wrench, which incorporates a grip apparatus capable of engaging various wingnut configurations, a drive apparatus adapted to be driven manually or by any of a variety of implements, and an integral magnet to adhere a wingnut to the wre... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4320674 | Screw fastening apparatus Screw-holding device for receiving a screw are supported from three directions around the device and incline, whenever necessary. The screw-holding devices move in parallel at times. There are also provided engaging devices that are combined with the scre... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4244246 | Wrench with automatic feed mechanism A hand-held wrench having a mechanism for automatically feeding a fastener into its driving tip. The wrench includes a hollow handle portion enclosing a spring-loaded shaft which biases a number of fasteners disposed within a driver portion towards the dr... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4207784 | Device for turning a nut means on a screw bolt An improved device for turning a nut means on a screw bolt arranged on a bolthole circle wherein the device includes: a support ring having recesses for receiving the bolt and the nut means; a turning unit fastened to the ring for imparting rotary motion ... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4161896 | Theft prevention assembly for use with car wheels A theft prevention assembly for use with car wheels and the like includes a threaded sleeve adapted to be threaded onto a wheel mounting stud in place of the usual lug nut, the sleeve having an enlarged head portion at its outer end which is loosely encir... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4145939 | Drain plug holder A drain plug holder assembly includes a socket adapted for engaging and rotating a drain plug and includes liner members for insertion therein, having various thicknesses and designs to accommodate differently sized and shaped drain plugs. The socket has ... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4127000 | Method and apparatus for installing chemical anchor bolt assemblies in earth formations A method and apparatus for installing chemical anchor bolt assemblies in earth formations comprising the step of abutting the end of the anchor bolt protruding from the earth formation with a predetermined force such that turning of the nut on the end of ... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4121485 | Tool for removing a watch case back A tool capable of removing the back of a watch from a watch case in which the watch back is of the type having an edge projection on its periphery. The watch back is received in a cylindrical cavity of the tool which has an internal inclined camming surfa... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4114663 | Automatic screwdriver An automatic screwdriving and feeding apparatus has a screwdriver body with a tubular housing axially moveable thereon. Screw holding elements are mounted in the tubular housing and are resiliently biased inwardly, or are resiliently deformable, so as to ... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4112988 | Fastener holding attachment for a tool A holder formed of a strip of resilient material has a center portion provided with a longitudinal slot, and opposite end portions. The end portions are connected to the shank of a tool and the center portion passes around the end of the tool allowing the... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4072070 | Remote access washer with bolt alignment tool An aligning apparatus for inserting a bolt and a washer in a remote or reicted place for securing equipment. A standard washer is permanently attached to the end of tubing, a bolt is inserted in the tubing through the washer and held in position by a too... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4063472 | Remotely actuatable device for rotary knob A remotely actuatable device for controlling a rotary knob or the like which includes an annular plate and an annular toothed member with a handle pivotally mounted on the plate and having a toothed end engagable with said annular toothed member.... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4060113 | Tightening device for threaded screw part A tightening device for threaded screw part having an engaging part to be engaged with the threaded screw part to be tightened and a main body continuous with the engaging part, wherein a groove is formed on at least one surface portion of the engaging pa... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4059033 | Oil cap remover A twelve inch straight rod manually actuated by a cross bar handle fixed to one end thereof, the opposite end of said rod having mounted thereon a device for engaging and hooking onto a certain type of oil cap widely used by American automobile manufactur... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4058032 | Open-end wrench An improved open-end wrench which will retain an appropriately sized nut in the U-shaped recess at either end of the wrench, thus preventing loss of the nut and freeing one hand for other activities. Resilient insert means such as a spring wire clip or eq... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4048875 | Apparatus for screwing a threaded nut onto a steel rod The tool or device of the invention operates on an anchoring rod of the type which has spiral threads which threads only extend around a portion of the circumference thereof. Such an anchoring rod, when used to secure ceilings in mines, for example, has t... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4016783 | Valve wrench An improved wrench designed particularly for screwing a polished angle valve or other plumbing fitting without leaving unsightly teeth marks on it; the wrench including a hollow housing at one end of a crank handle, the housing being placed around the val... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3977063 | Apparatus and method for removing a sprinkler head from a pop-up sprinkler casing A tool for gaining access to a pop-up sprinkler head when in a sprinkler casing, and for insertion into and removal from the casing of the sprinkler head; also a method for using the tool for gaining access to the interior of the casing and for sprinkler ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3970407 | Rotary cutter A rotary cutter is disclosed herein having a hollow body adapted to be mounted on to the chuck of a power driven device such as a hand drill or the like. Within the hollow of the body, there is a metallic and magnetic member formed with a central slot or ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3964151 | Tool for adjusting motor vehicle suspension sytems, and method of using same The invention relates to a tool for adjusting the shock absorption characteristics of a strut-type motor vehicle suspension system having a shock absorber with an axially extending piston rod for attachment to the vehicle chassis, the rod having a threade... | 06/22/1976 |
