Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Rigid jaws
Patent
1991-08-26
1992-07-07
Smith, James G.
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Rigid jaws
811245, 81437, B25B 1300
Patent
active
051272890
ABSTRACT:
A wrench for selectively turning a either conventional polygonal nut or a locknut having a key-receiving configuration onto a threaded stud including a wrench body, a polygonal bore in the wrench body, a rectilinearly slidable bit in the bore and biased to an outwardly extending position by a spring, a nose on the bit for mating engagement with the key-receiving configuration of the locknut, a first shoulder within a counterbore of the wrench body for engaging an end of the locknut, the bit being retractable against the bias of the spring when the polygonal nut is inserted into the polygonal bore for mating engagement therewith, and a second shoulder on the wrench body for engaging a shoulder on the polygonal nut.
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Gastel Joseph P.
McGard, Inc.
Smith James G.
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