Patents Examined by D. S. Meislin
  • Patent number: 7437977
    Abstract: A hand tool comprises a main body provided with a mounting portion including a plurality of arcuate protruding faces and a plurality of receiving recesses located between the protruding faces. Each of the receiving recesses of the mounting portion has an arc-shaped corner. A first distance is defined to be a distance between two walls of each recess.he two wall facing to each other. A second distance is defined to be a distance from a top to a bottom of each arcuate protruding face and a third distance D is defined to be a distance between two ends of a bottom side of the arcuate protruding face. A proportion of the first distance to the second distance is 1:1.6 and a proportion of the third distance to the second distance is 1:1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsieh
  • Patent number: 7437978
    Abstract: A self-adjusting locking vise grip includes a stationary handle, a stationary jaw, a pivoting jaw, a pivoting handle, a first link, a second link and a rail assembly. The stationary jaw is retained in one end of the stationary handle. The pivoting jaw is pivotally retained adjacent the stationary jaw. One end of the pivoting handle is pivotally retained on the pivoting jaw. The first link is pivotally retained by the pivoting handle. The second link is pivotally retained by the first link. The rail assembly includes a slide carriage, an adjustment screw and a rail member. The adjustment screw is threaded into the slide carriage. The slide carriage is slidably retained by the rail tube. The other end of the second link is pivotally retained by the slide carriage. The rail member is retained in the other end of the stationary handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Inventor: Robert L. Aldredge
  • Patent number: 7437973
    Abstract: A corkscrew includes a handgrip (1), a screw (2) associated to the handgrip (1) by means of a first pivoting connection (3), and an arm (4, 4?) comprising first abutting members (5, 5?) and associated to the handgrip (1) by means of a second connection (21) that enables the arm (4, 4?) to rotate, with the arm (4, 4?) being further capable of performing a second movement relative to the handgrip (1). The inventive corkscrew is characterized in that it comprises elastic means (10) that are adapted to affect at least the second movement of the arm (4, 4?) so as to assist in pulling out a cork (7) from a bottle (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Farmitaly S.R.L.
    Inventor: Mario Cellini
  • Patent number: 7434495
    Abstract: A hand tool includes a first part including a head and a shank. Three first holes are defined in the shank and each receive a first stop and a first spring therein. A second hole is defined in shank and located at an axis different from an axis of the first holes, a second stop and a second spring are received in the second hole. A second part is movably mounted to the shank and includes a positioning hole with which one of the first stop is removably engaged. The second stop is slidably engaged with a groove in the second part. A third part is mounted to the second part and includes button which is pushed to remove the first stop from the position hole so that the second part and the third part can be moved relative to the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Inventor: Yi-Ting Lin
  • Patent number: 7434496
    Abstract: A screwdriver handle includes first and second handle parts each having an end face with a pivotal coupling portion. The second handle part is pivotable between two positions relative to the first handle part such that the screwdriver handle is switchable between an in-line state and an angled state. Two positioning holes are defined in one of the end faces and a receptacle is defined in the other end face and aligned with one of the positioning holes. A positioning member is mounted in the receptacle and includes an end releasably engaged with one of the positioning holes to retain the second handle part in one of the positions. A control member is mounted on one of the first and second handle parts and operable to disengage the positioning member from the positioning holes to thereby allow the second handle part to pivot relative to the first handle part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Inventor: Bobby Hu
  • Patent number: 7434498
    Abstract: A toggle locking tool is provided with an adjustment screw assembly comprising a force-enhancing shank that enables the holding force of the tool to be multiplied manifold. The adjustment screw assembly comprises an adjustment screw conventionally adapted to be fed into and to engage a threaded bore in the outer end of the fixed handle of the tool; however said adjustment screw itself comprises an internal, fine-threaded bore that extends through the length of said screw, and that receives a threaded force-enhancing shank having a head portion adapted for turning manually or with a turning tool. An end portion of said shank extends beyond the adjustment screw to form the bearing surface which, in a conventional toggle locking tool, is provided by the tip of the adjustment screw. Rotation of the adjustment screw provides rapid, low-force locking adjustment of the tool, and subsequent torquing of the force-enhancing shank results in the application of a multiplied locking force to the jaws of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Inventor: Allen Johnson
  • Patent number: 7434493
    Abstract: A ratchet driving mechanism includes a main body, an adjusting ring, and a ratchet wheel. The main body includes a grip-connecting member and a rotary seat connected fixedly to the grip-connecting member. The rotary seat is formed with two parallel insertion slots, in each of which two pawls are biased by a spring to move away from each other. The adjusting ring and the ratchet wheel are sleeved rotatably on the rotary seat. When the adjusting ring is disposed in an anchoring position, the pawls engage the ratchet wheel so as to prevent rotation of the ratchet wheel on the rotary seat. When the adjusting ring is disposed in a first-direction position or a second-direction position, two of the pawls engage the ratchet wheel so as to allow for rotation of the ratchet wheel on the rotary seat in only a corresponding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Inventor: Chin-Tan Huang
  • Patent number: 7426953
    Abstract: A tire bead breaker for breaking a tire bead between a tire and a rim or wheel to allow for easy removal of the tire from the wheel includes a main chassis, an activator unit, and an actuation arm. In one preferred embodiment, the activator unit is a pneumatic airbag. The activator unit may have a plurality of chambers. In one preferred embodiment, the actuation arm has a transfer section and an engagement section. The transfer section is for transferring movement from the activator unit to the engagement section. The actuation arm is preferably pivotably attached to the main chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Production Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Baker, Dan Barton
  • Patent number: 7415913
    Abstract: A fish tape pliers is formed with opposed planar and curvilinear edges that form or channel disposed distally from the pliers' pivot connection axis. In one operable embodiment, the edges frictionally engage the fish tape within the channel. The fish tape in pulling an electrical wire through a conduit, is directed away from the handles and the users' grip hand. The jaws may have differently contoured or cross-ridged surfaces to provide the desired frictional engagement without damaging the fish tape. The fish tape pliers includes diverse complementary features for crimping, stripping, bending and/or cutting an electrical wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Channellock, Inc.
    Inventor: Harry Reckhart
  • Patent number: 7409893
    Abstract: A tool for holding a rod having a threaded end, such as a bolt, in an aperture is disclosed. The tool comprises a handle with a knife portion extending from the handle. The knife portion has a first thread engaging edge and a second thread engaging edge that form a notch. The first thread engaging edge and the second thread engaging edge are configured and arranged to engage the threads on a bolt or a threaded rod to temporarily prevent it from being extracted from the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventor: Steven K Maymon
  • Patent number: 7398710
    Abstract: The present invention provides rotary positioning structure of the ratchet screwdriver. The rotary positioning structure includes two radial grooves, penetrating radially between the body of the ratchet screwdriver and the central axle hole. There are two -shaped snappers having a transverse rack and two vertical racks, and each is mounted separately into two radial grooves. The two vertical racks are inserted into two vertical slots. The transverse rack is placed opposite to the top flange of gear of the shaft lever. A flexible locker is used to press down the two -shaped snappers. A rotating drum is mounted and limited externally onto the body, while two troughs are arranged at intervals onto an inner wall of the retaining block opposite to the lower rivet holder, thereby forming a rotary positioning structure and offering a higher stability of positioning and ease-of-operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Inventor: Shih-Chi Ho
  • Patent number: 7395739
    Abstract: A portable screwdriver has a tip cartridge movably mounted inside the portable screwdriver. The tip cartridge can protrude from and be stored in the portable screwdriver and has multiple clamps formed, which hold the tips that can be individually detached from the tip cartridge and mounted on the portable screwdriver. Thus, the portable screwdriver is compact and facilitates carrying. Moreover, the portable screwdriver stores the associated tips inside and effectively prevents the tips from being lost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Inventor: Jui-Tung Chen
  • Patent number: 7395740
    Abstract: A fish tape pliers is formed with opposed planar and curvilinear edges that form or channel disposed distally from the pliers' pivot connection axis. In one operable embodiment, the edges frictionally engage the fish tape within the channel. The fish tape in pulling an electrical wire through a conduit, is directed away from the handles and the users' grip hand. The jaws may have differently contoured or cross-ridged surfaces to provide the desired frictional engagement without damaging the fish tape. The fish tape pliers includes diverse complementary features for crimping, stripping, bending and/or cutting an electrical wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Channellock, Inc.
    Inventor: Harry Reckhart
  • Patent number: 7395849
    Abstract: A method for dismounting self-supporting tires (1) from the relative rim (2), said self-supporting tires comprising an outer cover (10) that contains a rigid auxiliary ring (16) provided with two flexible sidewalls (18, 19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Corghi S.P.A.
    Inventor: Remo Corghi
  • Patent number: 7392726
    Abstract: In a ratchet wrench, a frictional force generation mechanism including a first guide bush and a disc spring is attached to a shank with a locking pin to form a shank assembly. Spring force of the disc spring acts only on the inside of the shank assembly. The shank assembly is inserted from a central space of a first annular hold portion toward a second annular hold portion, and the shank is held by an inner wall of the second annular hold portion. In the back side on which the shank assembly is inserted, the drop-out of the shank assembly from the central space side of the first annular hold portion is prevented by a snap ring attached to a groove of the first annular hold portion. With this arrangement, constant friction is applied to the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: KTS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masakazu Nagata
  • Patent number: 7389714
    Abstract: A locking pliers tool with an improved dual action driver handle comprising two intersecting handles and interacting jaws. When the user grips the handle forward the resultant force produces a locking action. Conversely, when a rearward gripping force is initiated, the tool releases its grip on the object. A limited amount of energy on the inventive handle produces free movement of the handle and gripping mechanism to lock or release. The system operates with a handle and stationary jaw in conjunction with a second pivotally secured jaw and internal adjustment bolt. A second lever handle rests against the adjustment bolt. An over center toggle link connects the second lever handle to the pivotally secured second jaw. A tension spring interconnects the first handle and the pivotally secured second jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Inventor: Michael Heagerty
  • Patent number: 7387049
    Abstract: An economical system and method for eliminating manual operations in smaller scale animal feeding water bottle management is provided. A hand held cap removal tool captures the perimeter of the water bottle cap for automatic capping or decapping. Provisions for suspending the tool for convenient universal motion over a work area are described. The cap removal tool accommodates straight and angled water delivery tubes and most popular water bottle cap sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Inventors: Richard P. Ver Hage, Glenn Ver Hage
  • Patent number: 7387055
    Abstract: An accommodating handle for hexagon spanner includes a box which is approximately a triangle and is assembled by an upper box and a lower box, wherein the three points of the triangle inside the lower box are respectively disposed a pillar, the three edges of the box are concaved inwardly to be arcs, a turning piece is mounted at the edge and one end of the turning piece is a pivoting end for pivoting on the box and the other end is a moving end having wedging points for wedging at the locations adjacent to the three points of the box, plural hexagon spanners in various sizes are sleeved on the pillar of the lower box in size sequence, and the three points of the box are respectively mounted an indentation for penetrating the working end of the hexagon spanners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Inventor: Yi-Feng Liu
  • Patent number: 7380482
    Abstract: A high-strength ratchet structure for ratchet wrench is disclosed to include a driving block with two transverse sliding grooves, two pairs of directional block members respectively movably mounted in the sliding grooves of the driving block, two spring members respectively mounted in the sliding grooves and supported between the associating directional block members, a ratchet member coupled to the driving block, and a direction control ring selectively set in a first position where the ratchet member is locked to the driving block, a second position where the ratchet member is prohibited from clockwise rotation relative to the driving block and allowed for counter-clockwise rotation relative to the driving block, or a third position where the ratchet member is prohibited from counter-clockwise rotation relative to the driving block and allowed for clockwise rotation relative to the driving block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Inventor: Fu-Yi Chan
  • Patent number: 7377196
    Abstract: A corkscrew includes a support member having two opposite sliding slots, a movable rod slidably mounted in the sliding slots of the support member, a resting member mounted on the support member, a screw member mounted on the support member, a cover mounted on the support member, and a pull handle pivotally mounted on the cover and formed with a tongue located between the sliding slots of the support member and the movable rod. Thus, the angle between the pull handle and the support member is adjustable, so that the user can pull the pull handle upward relative to the support member to pull the cork of the bottle upward successively until the cork is removed from the bottle so as to remove the cork from the bottle easily and conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Inventor: Hsing-Hui Chen