Abstract: A portable hydrant wrench for use by one man comprising one or more drive bars having a rectangular cross-section and employing a detachable socket wrench at one of the free ends. A flange is secured to the hydrant to be serviced provided in conjunction with the hydrant for one embodiment of the invention having an external rotatable support for a platform for positioning the drive bars in the center of the hydrant so that a turning device can be used to turn the tool with out providing any twisting force to the hydrant. Another embodiment of the invention provides for an internal platform within the hydrant for supporting internal power transmitting means to turn the drive bars and so operate, remove or replace the valves located underground.

Abstract: A tool for driving wooden plugs in spike holes of railroad ties following removal of railroad spikes from the wooden tie prior to track regauging and/or replacement. An elongated main body rod of steel is provided having a permanently affixed collar or washer at one extreme end thereof and another permanently affixed collar or washer approximately midway thereof. Slidably mounted between the two collars is a hand-operated driving weight. The other end of the elongated rod has a reduced rod extension portion which has a slidable plug holding sleeve thereon. The extreme tip of this other end is threaded and receives an adjusting nut on the threads for predetermining the desired depth of wooden plug driving into a railroad tie.

Abstract: A hand tool for assisting in the manual closure of integrated circuit (IC) storage and shipping cartridges, includes a base and a shank extending normal from one end of the base and terminating at a grip or stop formation. A pair of tines extends normal from another end of the base, along a direction of the shank. A hinged flap is mounted next to the second end such that it is rotatable to assume a position spaced parallel and extending along the tines. In use, the tines are inserted into an open end of a cartridge full of ICs, with the shank lying along the outer edge of the cartridge and thereafter pressure is manually applied via the tines against an IC to clear a pair of holes in the cartridge and permit insertion of a closure pin through the holes and between the tines. The flap is positioned against the pin to assist in driving the pin into an interference fit. After the pin is inserted the ICs are firmly retained in the cartridge in the well known and desired manner.

Abstract: A device for aiding nailing of nails into and through the top or peak portions of the corrugations of a corrugated sheet of metal such as tin; a slotted metal block with the bottom side thereof configured to closely overlie and fit over and onto the hill portion of a corrugation of a corrugated metal sheet with the side portions of said bottom side being received down in the valley portions of said sheet on each side of the overlaid corrugation hill portion, with means provided in the slot to there receive and hold in place a nail to be driven through the hill portion of the corrugation and into a roof or wall supporting surface therebelow; a device fitting over and engaging, with the base portion thereof, a corrugation of a corrugated metallic sheet, such device receiving and holding a nail therewithin in order to direct the nail not only into and through the top of the corrugation but perferably additionally at a slight angle from vertical.

Abstract: The guide comprises a pair of elongated matching bars with nail or screw bores through the mating surfaces thereof. The two bars are normally maintained slightly apart to lift over the heads of nails by compression springs and include rotating cam clamps which can close the strips together against the spring pressure. One embodiment includes end clamps for engaging the opposing edges of a board and the edge of a further board to be nailed at right angles thereto so that the nail positions are correctly located. Lengthwise and width adjustments may be provided in the guide. Another embodiment permits the guide to be slipped under nail heads that have been started in order to support the nail as it is further engaged by the hammer or out from under nail heads having been both started and initially driven. The device may have guide drillings both perpendicular and at an inclined angle to the surface upon which it is engaged.

Abstract: A tool designed to engage a substantial concave surface of the retaining pins in the receivers of Remington shotgun models 1100, 11-48, 878, 870, S-58 and 12; Remington rifles models 742, 552, 760 and 42; Sears Shotgun models XL 200 and M300, Winchester shotgun models 1400 and 120, Smith & Wesson shotgun model 1000 and Franchi model 48AL shotguns, to exert a substantial, sufficient dislodging force on the retaining pins to cause removal of said retaining pins from said receiver upon the application of a linear, pushing moment to said tool.

Abstract: A clamping apparatus for hammering a hardened nail comprises a nail clamping device adapted to clamp a hardened nail, a ring sleeve receiving the clamping device at it's inner surface and an elongated handle connected at the outer surface of the ring sleeve. The clamping device is a truncated cone made of an elastic material and having an axial through center hole and a longitudinal through groove from the axial hole radially outwards to an outer surface of the cone. The ring sleeve has a tappered inner surface to taperingly engage with the truncated cone. The handle has predetermined length and two ends for connecting different sizes of ring sleeves.

Abstract: A framer's tool consists of a handle member on which is provided an anvil portion for abutment with the outside surface of a picture frame. An actuating rod extends forwardly from the handle member, and is attached to an operating trigger pivotably mounted therewithin. A driving jaw adjustably mounted on the forward portion of the actuating rod, and has a magnetic component on its lower end for setting framer's points, brads and the like, positioning them with a rearward orientation to be squeezed by the tool into the inner surface of the frame component. The anvil portion on the handle member may have a pair of spaced resilient pads mounted upon it, which cooperate with a rib on the confronting surface of the jaw to bend, and thereby fracture, a prescored piece of glass squeezed therebetween.

Abstract: A nail holder is provided and consists of an elongated bent body member and a magnetic head having a V-shaped slot therein which employs a magnetic field of a magnet to hold a nail in the V-shaped slot so that the nail can be driven into a surface area by a hammer.

Abstract: A device for holding a screw or the like in which a body has a generally C-shaped recess adapted to grip the screw resiliently and opening into an edge of the body to enable the body subsequently to be disengaged from the screw. The C-shaped recess is provided with inwardly projecting resilient elements thereon which grip the screw or the like.

Abstract: A model construction tool for use with pins of the type used in model construction comprising a rigid body having opposite ends and a hammer surface at one of the ends adapted for pounding the pins into a surface. The body has a generally annular flange at the other of its ends with at least one slot in the flange for removing pins. The body is constructed of non-magnetic material and a magnet is carried by the body for picking up pins.

Abstract: A wrench for a cylindrical pin and the like adapted for connective mounting to, supporting, handling, maneuvering and rotating the pin, the pin having a wrench engageable hole therethrough, the wrench including a frictionally operable curvilinear pin engaging recessed portion, an end operating handle portion, and a pin hole engaging end, the wrench, when engaged to the pin with the hole operatively interengaged, being operable for positionally, maneuverably and rotatably moving the pin.