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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7481138 | Adjustable bit tool for driving screwdriver screws and bolts A tool has an adjustable bit array of individual bit elements arranged along a longitudinal axis. The bit element to be used is selected by slightly rotating and then sliding an operating rod fixed to a central bit element that has the smallest diameter. Successivel... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7441483 | Tamper-resistant fastener and method and tool for use with same A fastener includes a round, blind hole or pocket in its head. Installation and removal of the fastener is accomplished with a tool containing an eccentric segment on the end of a shaft. When rotated within the pocket, the eccentric segment displaces laterally relat... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7225710 | Combination driver and combination fastener A driver has a tip that enables it to engage each one of a conventional hexagonal-head fastener and a conventional lobed-head fastener. The tip includes alternating flutes and crests. The crests are substantially flat to engage straight walls of a hexagonal-head. Th... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7197806 | Fastener for variable mounting A fastener assembly comprising a first wedge portion having an angled end, a second wedge portion having an angled end, and a fastener extending through the first wedge portion and the second wedge portion, wherein a portion of the fastener protrudes from one of the... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7175065 | Nailing gun with a dust-blowing device A nailing gun with a dust-blowing device, the dust-blowing device is attached to a side of the nailing gun and has an actuating device operated by pushing forward to actuate the dust-blowing device. Therefore, operation of the nailing gun with the dust-blowing devic... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7146885 | Sectionless length adjustment mechanism for tool shank Disclosed is a sectionless length adjustment mechanism for the shank of a tool (e.g., screwdriver) and for releasably locking the shank in any one of a plurality of positions relative to the handle. In one embodiment the mechanism comprises a sleeve having a front f... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7066062 | Torque-setting, tamper-resistant fastener and method and tool for use with same A fastener includes a round, blind hole or pocket in its head. Installation and removal of the fastener is accomplished with a tool containing an eccentric segment on the end of a shaft. When rotated within the pocket, the eccentric segment displaces laterally relat... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051630 | Insulated magnetic screwdriver Disclosed is an insulated magnetic screwdriver, including a shank having a tip at an end or each end thereof and a peripheral groove formed around a central portion thereof so that the central portion of the shank has a diameter smaller than that of each end thereof... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7024972 | Tool for removing and tightening screw-on drains Disclosed is a tool for both removing and tightening screw-on drains that is simple and easy to use, has a simple design and is easy to manufacture. The tool is capable of engaging an inner surface of a drain flange in a manner that is sufficient to transfer enough ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6973860 | Split-tip screwdriver with protective sleeve The present invention relates to an improved split-tip screwdriver. The split-tip screwdriver of the present invention prevents the movable sleeve from detaching from the remainder of the screwdriver by incorporating a retention rim on both the sleeve and the handle... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6928906 | Large self-forming socket A heavy duty, large self-forming socket having a plurality of retractable gripping pins bundled in parallel and held in a frame within a housing is disclosed. The frame is positioned axially within the housing by radially extending, elongated hold elements that are ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6904836 | Screw holding screwdriver adapter A screw holding screwdriver adapter includes first and second elongated mating elements held together by a mounting member. The mounting member engages the elongated mating elements in an opposed relationship so as to define a screwdriver shank engaging portion betw... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904835 | Mechanical coupler Disclosed is a coupler that grips the internal surface of a torque receptor such as a pipe or driveshaft to be turned. When torque is applied to the coupler, one or more gripping surfaces are forced apart by a cam mechanism. The gripping surfaces tightly engage the ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6874393 | Internal pipe wrench The invention is a pipe wrench product for rotating a hollow object, such as a pipe and a tube, by engaging the object interior. The product uses the interaction when contacting between shape-wise distinguishable curved driving and driven surfaces to control the dir... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6851342 | Anti-ovaling mechanical coupler Disclosed is a coupler that grips the internal surface of a torque receptor such as a pipe or driveshaft to be turned. When torque is applied to the coupler, one or more gripping surfaces are forced apart by a cam mechanism. The gripping surfaces tightly engage the ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6840140 | Adjustable marine and aviation tool A marine or aviation tool for moving and replacing a marine or aviation cover having a pair of spaced holes as a pair of pins which are adjustable to be aligned with the holes. The pins extend from head having socket therein for receiving either extender which coope... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6810776 | Sliding-toolbar garbage disposal unjamming device A garbage disposal unjamming device having a vertical shaft 14, a horizontal handle 10 at one end of the shaft, and at the other end of the shaft, a straight horizontal toolbar 16. The toolbar is slidably secured to the shaft through a transvers... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6675679 | Internal gripping pipe wrench Disclosed is a wrench that grips the internal surface of a pipe to be turned. When torque is applied to the wrench, one or more gripping surfaces are forced apart by a cam mechanism. The gripping surfaces tightly engage the internal surface of the pipe in... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6644149 | Extraction tool for tanged helically coiled inserts with improved removability An apparatus for removing helical thread inserts having a removal notch formed along a female thread surface. The apparatus can selectively extract helical thread inserts by selectively engaging the removal notch and actuating the end of the insert radial... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6435064 | Frost proof sill cock extraction tool A frost proof sill cock extraction tool for removing a broken sill cock. The frost proof sill cock extraction tool includes a bar. The bar is elongate and has a distal end and a proximal end. A peripheral wall extends between and is integrally coupled to ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6374710 | Universal cavity pit wrench A universal cavity pit wrench having a sleeve with an open end, a mounting panel secured within the sleeve, a plurality of pillar posts that are longitudinally compressible against the mounting panel, and the pillar posts extending out of the open end of ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6360636 | Tool for removing a drain basket or similar fitting A tool for removing a drain basket of the type in threaded engagement at the drain pipe of a sink, tub or the like. The tool has a body with a lug at the upper end, an intermediate section having external left-hand threads and a lower skirt section which ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 5927165 | Hex keys and other tools with non-slip feature The fastener-driving tool has an locking insert which expands or displaces to more securely lock the tool in the fastener. The tool has a distal end configured to engage a driving recess in a fastener, and has an annular recess adjacent the distal end, wi... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5806385 | Universal socket device A universal socket is described which is suitable for use upon a myriad of fastening means whereupon at least a plurality of pins are capable of longitudinal axial movement in concert and in conformity with contact with a workpiece. This result is achieve... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5669404 | Apparatus and method for replacing the diverter valve assembly in a faucet The invention herein disclosed is directed to a series of tools for repairing and replacing diverter valves. The tools are capable of functioning in many phases of diverter valve repair and replacement.... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5460064 | Universal socket tool A universal socket tool includes a housing having a square internal chamber which is open at a lower end thereof. An array of square pins is suspended in sliding relation in the chamber with the lower ends of the pins arranged for engagement with a plural... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5287778 | Universal screw driver The subject apparatus is an improved screw driver adapted to have an expanding head to adapt to different screw head types and sizes, such screw driver device apparatus comprising a hollow handle member affixed concentrically to a hollow shaft, with the h... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5224401 | Vicing tool for internally gripping hollow bodies, in particular, those of tubular nature A vicing tool for internally gripping hollow bodies, in particular, those of a tubular nature, which comprises a body (1) created in two halves (1a, 1b) having two mating faces (2a, 2b) and angularly displaceable with respect to one another about a rotati... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5193420 | Locking lug removal tool A tool is arranged with a first housing coaxially mounted in longitudinal alignment with a second housing, with a matrix of block pins extending in a spring-biased relationship from the first housing into the second housing, wherein the lock pins are arra... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5179877 | Tamper-resistant cable terminator system A tamper-resistant terminator includes a connector body rotatably encapsulated within a shield. A port in the shield receives a terminal of a cable transmission system therethrough for rotational engagement with a threaded bore within the connector body. ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 4576066 | Tool for removing fasteners from shock absorber cylinders The present invention relates to a tool for removing threaded fasteners of varying configurations of the type commonly employed to retain a vehicle shock absorber in an associated cylindrical shroud. The tool comprises a main body portion of a generally r... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4563922 | Torque transmitting device A torque transmitting device characterized by a shaft (14) having a horizontal axis (17), a first end, a second end, said first end being arranged to be inserted foremost into a bore in a workpiece, wherein the shaft (14) is formed with at least one groov... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4197889 | Security screw, driver therefor, and process A security screw has an axially directed drive hole in its head, with the axis of that hole being coincident with the axis of the screw itself. To turn the screw in either direction, the shank of a driver is inserted into the drive hole and turned in the ... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4197886 | Fastener driving tool and fastener holding nosepiece In a fastener driving tool having a fastener holding nosepiece comprised of three concentric sleeves, the middle one of which is axially movable to carry a circumferential array of radially shiftable balls to and from inwardly cammed engagement against ca... | 04/15/1980 |
