Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Handle clutched to head
Patent
1999-02-16
2000-01-25
Meislin, D.S.
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Handle clutched to head
81166, 81175, 81 58, B25B 1346, B25B 1316
Patent
active
060167238
ABSTRACT:
A ratcheting adjustable wrench having an elongated handle and having jaw means, including a fixed first jaw element and a movable second jaw element, attached to one end of the handle, with means for selectively manually initiating longitudinal relative movement between the first jaw element and the second jaw element comprising a threaded drive member axially aligned with the second jaw element and disposed between the second jaw element and the handle, and a complementarily threaded driven member fixed to said second jaw element and extending through the drive member, a bias spring disposed between the drive member and the handle first end and operable to normally urge the drive member and so the second jaw element toward the first jaw element, and ratcheting means operable in response to torque applied to the handle in a selected first direction to longitudinally fix the first and second jaw elements with respect to a fastener clamped therebetween, whereby said first direction torque is applied to the fastener, and operable in response to torque applied to the handle in a direction opposite the first direction to release the clamping of the fastener by permitting the drive member and so the second jaw element to move away from the first jaw element so as to permit rotary relative movement between the fastener and the jaw elements.
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Alltrade Inc.
Meislin D.S.
Thornton Robert R.
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