Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Handle clutched to head
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-27
2007-02-27
Wilson, Lee D. (Department: 3723)
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Handle clutched to head
C081S058200
Reexamination Certificate
active
10616285
ABSTRACT:
A wrench includes a wrench body having a ring portion and a handle portion. A retainer that holds a plurality of wedge members is disposed inside the ring portion. Wedge guide grooves are formed on the inner circumferential surface of the ring portion. Each of the wedge guide grooves has a free region which maintains the corresponding wedge member in a free state, and left-hand and right-hand wedge regions each of which maintains the corresponding wedge member in a caught state. The wrench is provided with a changeover mechanism for moving the retainer to a position at which the wedge member faces the corresponding free region, a position at which the wedge member faces the corresponding left-hand wedge region, or a position at which the wedge member faces the corresponding right-hand wedge region.
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Matsumoto Masakazu
Mikado Susumu
Taguchi Masahiro
Ladas & Parry LLP
Nikken Kosakusho Works Ltd.
Wilson Lee D.
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