Abstract: A tool for removing headed stoppers from bottles such as champagne bottles, includes a base having a two fingered yoke and a side support, sized and shaped to engage the upper lip and the side of the neck of the bottle respectively, so that when a handle, pivotally attached to the base, is lowered toward the bottle, a pair of inwardly biased jaws slide down over the head of the stopper to engage its undersurface between the fingers of the yoke. Thereafter, the handle is lifted extracting the stopper while inwardly facing extensions positioned above the stopper on the jaws restrict upward motion of the stopper to prevent uncontrolled motion thereof.

Abstract: Screwing-in apparatus for set screws which can be operated by a wrench, for the connection of hollow rod elements with junction members of a framework, in which the junction members have threaded bores to receive the set screws and the rod elements have end members with middle bores for the passage of the shanks of the set screws. The heads of the set screws can be applied on inside shoulders of the end members for positioning. Other tubular elements are provided which extend inwardly from an opening in the wall of the rod element and open axially parallel to the middle bore in the end member and against it, in order to guide the drive elements of the screwing-in apparatus. A tubular, curved element forms a guide member for the screwing-in apparatus, in the rod element, in which a drive member or members are rotatable and axially immovable. The end of the tubular element which is turned away from the wrench is configured as a plug holder for the set screw.

Abstract: The piston-cylinder unit (30') of a power wrench presses against the arm (16), by means of a ball and socket joint (44, 45), for swivelling the ring (11), which is connected secure against rotation to the wrench head to be turned. The piston (35) and the arm (16) have complementary spherical surfaces (40, 41) which press against each other. The dimensions of the spherical surfaces can be selected in dependence on the maximum power to be transmitted. The result is a uniform power distribution and a force-free adaptation of the movements of piston (35) and arm (16), without jamming and tilting.

Abstract: An electrically-operated driver is constructed such that when a screw begins to be driven, axial movements of a bit is transmitted to a switch mounted on a reduction gear, which engages with a shaft of an electric motor, to turn on or off the switch. In the driver, a distance between the switch and a clutch bearing a thrust from the bit is made short so as to eliminate scattering in strokes required for actuating the switch, which scattering would be produced by axial accumulative errors of parts constituting an actuating mechanism for the switch. Accordingly, movements of the bit are transmitted to the switch with certainty to stably start and stop the motor of the electrically-operated driver.

Abstract: A stripping device for coaxial cables comprises a handle member and a guiding track member for a predetermined end length of a cable, rotarily mounted in the handle member. Knife means, mounted in a knife holder which is pivotally attached to the guiding track member, are provided to perform at least two spaced incisions in the cable. A locking means connects temporarily an inserted cable non-rotarily with the handle member. By pivoting the knife holder towards the guiding track member and at the same time rotating the guiding track member with the attached knife holder about the cable locked in the handle member, a first incision is made and extended along the whole periphery of the cable by the knife means which is closest to the end of the knife holder remotest from the handle member.

Abstract: A wrench comprising a body member having a lower jaw disposed at one end thereof, a head member having a spring engaging surface and a base engaging surface, the head member being pivotally connected to the body member in the vicinity of the lower jaw and defining an upper jaw, a handle member pivotally connected to the body member, biasing spring disposed between the body member and the handle member for biasing the handle member away from the body member, the handle member containing a lever engaging end portion which slidably engages the base engaging surface of the head member for separating the upper jaw of the head member from the lower jaw of the body member through the squeezing of the handle member toward the body member against the bias of the biasing spring, and a retaining spring attached at one end to the body and at the other end of the spring engaging surface of the head member, whereby, when the handle is released, the upper jaw of the head member is caused to close toward the lower jaw by the

Abstract: A bottle opener for bottles having twist-off caps including a container having an end wall with an opening therein adapted for insertion of a bottle-mounted cap therein. A cylindrical member is connected to and extends into the container from the opening. The cylindrical member is open at the end thereof opposite the opening in the end wall and has a passageway adapted for passage of bottle caps through the cylindrical member and into the container. Longitudinal ridges on the interior of the cylindrical member hold an inserted bottle-mounted cap so that turning of the container about a longitudinal axis thereof extending perpendicular to the end wall causes the removal of the cap from its bottle. Preferably the opener includes means such as resilient fingers for preventing detached caps in the cylindrical member from falling out through the opening in the end wall.

Abstract: A multipurpose socket ratchet wrench with a socket recess above the ratchet and a socket probe below the ratchet attached to a grip lever handle capable of attaining a plurality of secured angled positions relative to the ratchet head. A forked lever balance auxiliary handle is provided that is attachable over the grip lever handle end or the ratchet head end to provide for a variety of useful mechanical configurations. Further, a multiportion extension drive and a rapid cranking means are provided which further multiply the variety of configurations which can be safely and conveniently utilized with this device.

Abstract: A tool for removing packing from a feed tube including a cylindrical like member, generally formed of a pair of semi-cylindrical halves, each of the halves held together along adjacent edges by means of a hinge, the opposite adjacent edges of each cylindrical half having an extending ear through which a fastening member may locate for securing the cylindrical like member about the supporting tube, and a locking member for securing the cylindrical like member in place and for positioning of its forwardly extending piercing members for projecting into and cutting out packing from around the supporting tube and its stuffing box.

Abstract: Stepped roller pins roll within stepped lobes formed around the interior wall of a hollow cylindrical casing. A hollow cylindrical retainer or simple ring retainer hook into a recessed groove around the middle of the roller and interact with ridges or grooves in the casing to retain the rollers within the lobes. The retainer fits within the limits of movement of a larger diameter section of the roller so that maximum contact is made between the rollers and a smooth stud shaft which is encircled by the casing to any desired extent. The rollers move along the lobes until they lock tight to grip the stud shaft for threading or unthreading. The casing is provided with wrench gripping faces around the exterior. A wrench grips the casing from the side to operate it leaving both ends of the casing open to admit the stud shaft.

Abstract: In combination with a miniature jewelers' screwdriver, or similar tool, a barrel made of a stiffly flexible material (preferably a specified plastic) incloses the shaft of the screwdriver. The barrel provides at its working or tip end a set of flexible elements combined with a head holding groove to provide a gripping head which securely holds miniature screws or similar fasteners registered with the screwdriver tip. At the barrel's other end a coil spring around the shaft of the screwdriver exerts pressure to extend the barrel's tip beyond the bit of the screwdriver so that it will act to engage and hold screw heads.

Abstract: A wire stripping tool in which a pair of coplanar baldes have parallel cutting edges which do not close completely, and which bridge a pair of notches jointly defining a cylindrical space.

Abstract: A device for spreading two flanges (1, 2) mounted in opposite position in a pipe system (3), which device mainly comprises a conical screw element (7) to be inserted into a continuous hole of a flange, said element having an axial opening, in which fits a pressure member (6) having a pressure head face for the axial displacement of the pressure member in said opening, wherein the screw element (7) has a screwthread with at least three leads in order to adapt said device for a greater variety of hole diameters in the flanges (1, 2) and to guarantee the necessary guiding of the conical screw element (7) during insertion thereof.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for biasing the handles of a plier-type tool. The tool includes a pair of pivotally connected members, each member having a handle portion and a jaw portion joined together by an interconnecting portion. The interconnecting portions define pivot structure by which the members are rotatably connected and structure for capturing a coil spring that is operative to urge the handles apart. When embodied in an internal retaining plier, the handles are urged towards an equilibrium position. The spring capturing structure in each region comprises a slot defined by a pair of nonconverging arcuate edges joined at one end by a rectilinear edge forming a spring abutment and a spring seat at the other end including a spring retaining tongue.

Abstract: A socket wrench coupler that will hold a socket in place on an engaged bolt or screw head or nut during turning of the engaged member and during repositioning of a driving handle, and including first and second relatively movable housings arranged to rotate together in either direction as driven by handle means attached to one of the housings upon compression of spring means biasing the housings apart or to rotate separately upon expansion of the spring means.

Abstract: A seam roller to be used when installing carpeting which, when used, draws the opposed edges of adjacent runs of carpeting together while applying a downward pressure to tightly bond the carpeting to an adhesive layer. The tool comprises a roller mounting plate having at least two pairs of integrally formed opposed legs bent out of the plane of the mounting plate a first of said pair being generally at right angles to the plane of the plate while a second pair is bent at a predetermined acute angle with respect to the plane of the plate. A first roller assembly is journaled for rotation on an axle extending between the first pair of legs while each of the legs in the other pair supports two flat disc-like washers on independent axles in a parallel and spaced-apart relationship to one another. The respective diameters of the spaced-apart washers rotationally supported on the second pair of legs are such that their peripheries lie in a common horizontal plane.

Abstract: An open end ratchet socket wrench has sockets with a slot in the side wall. Teeth on the circumference of the socket engage and cooperate with pawls on the wrench head.

Abstract: An adjustable control assembly comprises first abutment means such as a U-shaped foot for placement against a workpiece, the first abutment means being provided on first spacing means such as a rod which is movable with respect to second abutment means such as a nut-like member, the second abutment means being provided on second spacing means such as a hollow tube which is movable with respect to third abutment means such as a combined pinch bracket and locator tube for attachment to a worktool, the preset distance between the first and third abutment means being adjustable to correspond to the desired initial position of the worktool with respect to the workpiece, and the preset distance between the second and third abutment means being adjustable to correspond to the maximum permitted advance of the worktool with respect to the workpiece, the preferred application of the adjustable control assembly being in the use of a rotary power tool to secure, to roof decking, a fastening assembly including an extensib

Abstract: A band or ring, split at one point in its circumference, forming end portions directed toward each other. A pair of handles are welded to the band, at the end portions, each at points distributed over substantial length of the band. The band is of work hardened steel, and knurled on its inner surface. The steel band is self-biased to an outer or enlarged size, and contractible to an inner or smaller size by squeezing on the handles, for gripping an object.

Abstract: A stud tensioning apparatus includes an array of arcuate jaw segments that are movable inwardly to cause grooves on the segments to engage the threads of the studs. The tensioning force is applied to the segments by a pull member that has hangers received by apertures in the segments. The hangers fit loosely into the apertures, permitting the segments to move pivotably in two perpendicular directions to compensate for misalignment between the stud and the tensioning apparatus.