Traveling Jaw Patents (Class 81/100)
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Patent number: 10315291Abstract: The present invention provides a wrench, and its structure includes a guide rod, a first pawl mounted on the guide rod, a sliding member sheathed on the guide rod, a second pawl mounted on the sliding member and matching with the first pawl, and a toothed block disposed on the sliding member and matching with the guide rod. The toothed block has a first position and a second position. When the toothed block is in the first position, the toothed block is slidable along the guide rod toward the first pawl, and is locked in the direction away from the first pawl. When the toothed block is in the second position, the toothed block is slidable along the guide rod toward or away from the first pawl.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignees: Hangzhou Great Star Tools Co., Ltd., Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Min Wang
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Publication number: 20140116206Abstract: A basin wrench is described having a telescoping assembly, pivotal jaws, a light, and a removable T-bar assembly. The wrench includes a polymeric housing having a contoured gripping region. The T-bar assembly includes a pivotally mounted hub and bar slidably retained within the hub. The T-bar assembly can be placed in a stowed position in which the bar is positioned alongside the housing. The wrench also includes magnetic retaining provisions to retain the T-bar assembly in its stowed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Ridge Tool CompanyInventors: Glen R. Chartier, Harald Krondorfer, Robert Englert
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Patent number: 8495933Abstract: An adjustable wrench includes two plates, a handle unit, a rotary unit and a control unit. Each plate has a first toothed portion. The handle unit is located between the two plates and includes a handle and a toothed ring. The handle has a second toothed portion. The toothed ring has multiple third teeth and multiple fourth teeth. The third teeth are engaged with the second teeth. The fourth teeth are located between the first toothed portions of the two plates. The rotary unit is located between the two plates and has a first jaw and a second jaw. The control unit includes having a controlling member and a resilient member. The controlling member is connected to the plate and has fifth teeth defined in one end thereof. The resilient member contacts the controlling member to engage the fifth teeth with the first and fourth teeth.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Yu-Shiang HuangInventor: Allen Huang
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Publication number: 20120067177Abstract: A multi-functional jaw wrench combined with self adjusting socket is provided. The multi-functional jaw wrench is comprised of one fixed jaw and one movable jaw at the first end of the handle and a self-adjustable socket that is rotatably attached on the second end of the handle. The self-adjustable socket comprises of many small diameter pins arranged inside of a bore surrounding a six phased rod placed at the center of the bore. The self-adjustable socket is rotatably engaged to a circular gears developed inside of a hole of a socket receiver that is developed on the second end of the handle via a socket head section. Another embodiment of the current invention of the self-adjustable socket receiver can be folded ±90 degrees to align the socket with the handle and enables a user reach a bolts located inside of a structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Inventor: Paul Sang Yu
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Patent number: 8006591Abstract: A adjustable wrench comprises a body used to operate the adjustable wrench including a fixed jaw extending outward therefrom and having a holder mounted on a top end thereof, including an arcuate recess fixed on a middle portion of a front side thereof; a movable jaw pivoted in the holder, serving as engaging a workpiece, and including a guiding rib relative to the arcuate recess extending from a bottom end thereof to be adjusted and moved along the arcuate recess; a locking mechanism axially displacing in the cavity of the body and including a control unit to operate the locking mechanism and to drive a pushing member, the control unit including locking and unlocking positions so as to move the pushing member across the notch of the arcuate recess and then to bias against the guiding rib, thereafter, the pushing member is driven to move downward, thus disengaging the guiding rib to slide freely.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2009Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Inventor: Chen Jun Fan
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Publication number: 20100294085Abstract: A adjustable pliers comprises a body used to operate the movable pliers including a fixed jaw extending outward therefrom and having a holder mounted on a top end thereof, including an arcuate recess fixed on a middle portion of a front side thereof; a movable jaw pivoted in the holder, serving as engaging a workpiece, and including a guiding rib relative to the arcuate recess extending from a bottom end thereof to be adjusted and moved along the arcuate recess; a locking mechanism pivoted in the cavity of the body and including a control unit to operate the locking mechanism and to drive a pushing member, the control unit including locking and unlocking positions so as to move across the notch of the arcuate recess and then to bias against the guiding rib, thereafter, the pushing member is driven to move downward, thus disengaging the guiding rib to slide freely.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2009Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventor: Chen Jun Fan
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Publication number: 20100242686Abstract: A tool for gripping and manipulating components such as pipes and nuts; the tool having gripping surfaces provided on removable inserts in the head and jaw such that the gripping surfaces can be replaced if worn, or interchanged, according to need. In particular the invention provides a self-adjusting wrench and a plurality of replaceable or interchangeable gripping inserts for use with the wrench.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventor: Colin Graeme Gower
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Publication number: 20090133540Abstract: A pair of pliers include a shank, a fixed jaw locked onto the shank, and a movable jaw pivotally mounted on the shank and movable relative to the fixed jaw. Thus, the first contact point of the locking teeth of the fixed jaw and the second contact point of the first engaging teeth of the first toothed face of the movable jaw have a larger friction with a workpiece by a special angle design of the fixed jaw and the movable jaw to enhance the clamping force of the fixed jaw and the movable jaw on the workpiece, so that the workpiece is clamped by the fixed jaw and the movable jaw exactly and closely to prevent the workpiece from being slipped from the fixed jaw and the movable jaw during operation of the pliers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2007Publication date: May 28, 2009Inventor: CHIU-YING YU
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Publication number: 20080190248Abstract: The invention relates to a manual wrench for actuating cylindrical elements. The inventive wrench comprises a fixed jaw (1) and a moving jaw (3) which are disposed on one end of a handle (2), whereby the fixed jaw (1) is secured with a transverse keyed assembly. The invention also includes an elastic pin (5) which extends through said keying. Moreover, the face of the fixed jaw (1) that faces the moving jaw (3) is equipped with a toothed section (7) comprising identical teeth which extend along a curved zone such as to define a single arc.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2006Publication date: August 14, 2008Applicant: EGAMASTER, S.A.Inventor: Ana Urquizu Osa
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Patent number: 7114416Abstract: In a rotatively operating tool, a lever (5) having a head (4) at its tip end is turnably connected to a handle (6) provided at its tip end with a lower jaw (12). The head (4) is provided with an upper jaw (7) brought into engagement with an engaging surface (2a) of a bolt head (2). A spring (14) is mounted between the lever (5) and the handle (6) for biasing the lever (5) to turn it in a direction of abutment of a stopper face (11) of the lever (5) against the handle (6). When the handle (6) is turned in one direction, the lower jaw (12) at the tip end of the handle (6) is brought into abutment against an engaging surface (2b) of the bolt head (2), whereby the bolt head (2) is clamped between the lower jaw (12) and the upper jaw (7). When the handle (6) is turned in an opposite direction, it is brought into a state in which the clamping of the bolt head (2) is canceled.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshihisa Hasegawa
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Publication number: 20040050217Abstract: Disclosed is a tool having an axial passage, a top and a bottom, and a sidewall portion possessing porosity and permeability properties and constructed of a material having equal or better erosion properties than any substances produced and/or injected into any earth formation, said tool functioning as a filter to permit solids to pass or not pass depending upon their size, characterized in that the porosity and permeability can be programmed to any given value radially and longitudinally, said tool further including a means for circulating from outside, inward or from the inside outward to enable cleaning, wherein optionally said tool can be used in multiples.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2002Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Wilhelmus Hubertus Paulus Maria Heijnen, Donald George Maynard
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Publication number: 20010039859Abstract: The universal wrench consists of a handle (1) that is made of flat parts (2, 3) that are connected by pins and are provided with a coating (27) and with clamping parts (9, 10) on their ends and have offsets (2′, 3′), which form a support slot (10) for clamping body (8), as well as a clamping body (8) with clamping surfaces (13, 14, 15) and a bearing flange (23) with support slot (20) that has a varying diameter (18, 19) for swivel axis (21), which can move in recesses (17) of handle parts (2, 3) against a spring (25) and on which wrench body (8) can pivot and is mounted in an adjustable manner in the gripping opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 1999Publication date: November 15, 2001Applicant: MAX-HERBERT PASBRIGInventor: MAX HERBERT PASBRIG
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Patent number: 6305251Abstract: A universal wrench includes a handle that is made of flat parts that are connected by pins and are provided with a coating. The flat parts have clamping parts on their ends and have offsets which form a support slot for a clamping body. The clamping body has clamping surfaces and a bearing flange with support slot that has a varying diameter for a swivel axis which can move in recesses of the handle parts against a spring on which the wrench body pivots and is mounted in an adjustable manner in the gripping openings.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 1999Date of Patent: October 23, 2001Assignee: Lacrex SAInventor: Max Herbert Pasbrig
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Patent number: 6026714Abstract: An adjustable wrench is composed of a handle and a clamping member fastened pivotally with the handle and provided with two clamping surfaces forming therebetween an angle of 120 degrees. The clamping member is capable of turning on a pivoting point which is located at the center of the pivoting position of a clamped portion of the handle. The pivoting position has a horizontal width which is 3-3.5 times a distance between a longitudinal line of the pivoting point and a longitudinal line passing the curvature center of an arcuate lower clamping surface of the clamped portion of the handle. The arcuate lower clamping surface has a curvature radius which is 2.5-3.5 times a distance between the two longitudinal lines. The arcuate lower clamping surface has an arc line length corresponding in location to a circle center angle ranging between 70 and 90 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1998Date of Patent: February 22, 2000Inventor: Jong-Shing Chang
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Patent number: 5247715Abstract: An adjustable spanner wrench and combination tool for use by firefighters provided. An elongate handle has first and second ends between which a variety of firefighter's tools are defined. A first jaw portion is affixed on one end thereof to one end of the handle. The first jaw portion extends from the one end thereof as a pair of spaced apart generally parallel side walls. A first end of a second jaw portion is movably fitted between the parallel side walls of the first jaw portion. The second jaw portion is further provided with an elongate slot having a plurality of slot projections extending therefrom A hinge pin is affixed between the parallel side walls of the first jaw portion and passes through the elongate slot of the second jaw portion. In this way, the second jaw portion may be selectively positioned by allowing the hinge pin to come to rest in one of the plurality of slot projections. Also, the second jaw portion is free to rotate about the hinge pin through an angle of approximately 270.degree..Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1992Date of Patent: September 28, 1993Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Laurence E. Nishiguchi
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Patent number: 4893528Abstract: An adjustable spanner includes a handle having a mounting end having a pressure edge and a thinned portion, a movable piece having a multi-angular surface capable of cooperating with the pressure edge to grip therebetween a tubular article and an engaging portion which by means of a pivoting medium is slidably and pivotably mounted on the thinned portion, and a positioning elastic piece having a first end fixed to the handle and a second opposite end engaging with the movable piece.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 1989Date of Patent: January 16, 1990Inventor: Chang Chung-Hsing
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Patent number: 4753140Abstract: A wrench comprises a lower jaw member which has a handle portion, and is provided with a lower grip teeth portion formed in its front end surface adjacent to which a longitudinal guide hole is formed therein; an upper jaw member which has a substantially reversed-L shape, and is provided with a leg portion inserted into the guide hole of the lower jaw member in a slidable manner, and has an upper grip teeth portion formed in a head portion thereof so as to be opposite to the lower grip teeth portion of the lower jaw member, and has a longitudinally elongated hole formed in the leg portion; a swingable pawl which is inserted into the elongated hole of the upper jaw member and supported by a supporting pin both ends of which are mounted on opposite walls of the guide hole of the lower jaw member, and engages with a side wall of the elongated hole of the upper jaw member in detachable manner; and a spring for urging the upper jaw member always to its gripping position.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1986Date of Patent: June 28, 1988Assignee: Top Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takeshi Majima
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Patent number: 4483220Abstract: This invention relates to an adjustable spanner wrench for rotating a cylindrical rod guide cap having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart openings. The adjustable spanner wrench includes an elongated handle with a first and a second arm member attached thereto. The first arm member is rigidly attached to one end of the handle while the second arm member is adjustably attached at a distal point from the first arm member. Secured to each of the arm members is a tool with a hardened flat tip. These tools are held in an oppositely aligned and parallel relationship by the first and second arm members and are designed to engage two of the oppositely aligned openings in the rod guide cap. The adjustable spanner wrench further includes adjusting means associated with at least one of the arm members for urging the first and second arm members together so that the two tools positively engage two of the openings in the rod guide cap.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1980Date of Patent: November 20, 1984Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventor: Aloysius C. Shindelar
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Patent number: 4151764Abstract: On a conventional pipe wrench, an L-shaped lever arm has the short bisected arm segment cooperatively disposed over and secured by a fixed pivot to a linear extention of the threaded section of the adjustable pipe jaw. A free pivot disposed at the terminus of the bisected arm secures a roller between and in the short bisected arm segment. The L-shaped lever arm and pivoted roller are adaptively sized and shaped to provide a lock means for the pipe jaw when the lever handle is pressed down against the pipe wrench handle, locking the roller against the wrench handle by compressing the roller in detent against the wrench handle.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1978Date of Patent: May 1, 1979Inventor: Lorne Bunn