Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Rigid jaws
Patent
1993-01-08
1994-01-11
Smith, James G.
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Rigid jaws
B25B 1306
Patent
active
052770885
ABSTRACT:
An accessory (10) for a wrench socket (12) is disclosed including a generally cylindrical magnet (32) secured to a generally cylindrical, nonmagnetic, compressible disk (26, 126). The disk (26, 126) has a shape having at least a portion (52) extending over the inner periphery of the well (14) of the socket (12) and is deformable under force to pass into and snuggly fit within the well (14) and magnetically insulate the magnet (32) from the socket (12). The magnet (32) has a size smaller than the well (14) and is secured to the disk (26, 126) generally concentrically within the well (14), with an air space being created between the magnet (32) and the well (14) for magnetically insulating the magnet (32) from the socket (12) in the most preferred form. The accessory (10) is removably insertable into the socket (12) of any design and model and without need for modification of the socket (12) and captures a fastener (16) slideably received in the well (14) of the socket (12) to magnetically hold the fastener (16) captive in the well (14) as the socket (12) is moved to the fastening location while not magnetizing the socket (12) or the fastener (16) sufficiently to be detrimentally magnetically attracted to metal adjacent to the fastening location. In preferred forms, the magnet (32) is received in a recess (46) formed in the disk (26, 126). In a further preferred form, the disk (126) further includes a second portion (54) of a size smaller than the first portion (52) for receipt in a connection passage (58) located intermediate the well (14) and the handle mounting end of the socket (12) and which is especially advantageous for sockets (12) having shallow depth wells (14).
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Vasichek Richard A.
Vasichek Robert J.
Kamrath Alan D.
Lillehaugen L. MeRoy
Smith James G.
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