Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Sliding jaw – cam-closing
Patent
1998-02-27
1999-12-07
Meislin, D. S.
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Sliding jaw, cam-closing
279114, B25B 1318
Patent
active
059964464
ABSTRACT:
A size adjustable wrench socket is disclosed which has a plurality of jaws which are slidably engaged within a jaw guide for moving radially inward and outward relative to the jaw guide for fitting threaded fasteners of various sizes. A controller sleeve is configured for engaging upwardly extending protuberances of the jaws, such that rotation of the controller sleeve in various directions will moved the jaws inward and outward relative to the jaw guide. The jaws further include a plurality of upwardly extending teeth which are formed into planar shoulders of intermediate portions of the jaws. A latch member is provided having a planar surface from which a plurality of teeth downwardly extend for engaging the upwardly extending teeth of the planar shoulders of the intermediate portions of the jaws. The latch member is movable from a latched position to a released position. When disposed in the latched position, the teeth of the latch member engage the upwardly extending teeth of the jaws to latch the jaws in a fixed position relative to the jaw guide. In the released position, the teeth of the latch member are spaced apart from the teeth of the jaws such that the jaws are movable relative to the jaw guide. The teeth of the jaws and the jaw guide are sized to provide indexed positions at which the jaws are spaced apart to correspond with predetermined, standard sizes of drive heads for threaded fasteners.
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Handley Mark W.
Meislin D. S.
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