Illumination – With implement or hand held holder therefor – Hand tool
Patent
1998-05-05
2000-03-07
Spyrou, Cassandra
Illumination
With implement or hand held holder therefor
Hand tool
362120, 362202, 362205, B25B 2318
Patent
active
060330813
ABSTRACT:
A lighted tool for providing illumination to socket wrench sockets and the like. An adapter houses a battery-powered light source that may have a plurality of individual light sources. An extension projects inwardly into the adapter to mechanically engage the light. Flanges projecting outwardly from the extender are trapped between the adapter and a threaded ring that threads upon the adapter to trap the flanges, and therefore the extender, between the threaded ring and the adapter. The light may be illuminated by either compressing the light as by tightening the threaded ring or by a separate switch. Upon such compression, a spring- or other biased-contact may close the circuit to transmit the battery power to the lights. Furrows along the sides of the extender allow the light to transmit forwardly and to be projected upon and illuminate any tool held upon a forward projection of the extender and any nut, bolt, or other fastener head that is to be engaged by such a socket or other tool bit. In an alternative embodiment, the furrows are elongated to transmit the light forwardly along an extended sleeve. The light transmitted from the light sources held in the adapter are then more focused and less dispersed than for a shorter sleeve. In another alternative embodiment, an optic channel or fiber optic strand or cable is used to transmit the light from the light sources to the forward end of the extender, the socket or tool bit, and the fastener or other head or object.
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Boutsikaris Leo
Spyrou Cassandra
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