Abstract: A tool to remove shock absorbers from an automobile comprising an elongated barrel or tubular portion have a hollow bore extending therethrough and a ribbed socket at one end to receive the retaining nut at the top of a shock absorber mounted on an automobile. The barrel or tubular portion has an abutment flange extending outwardly along the side wall to catch and bear against a portion of the A-frame part of the vehicle which is adjacent to the shock absorber. The abutment flange keeps the barrel or tubular portion of the tool from rotating and holds the retaining nut received in the socket of the tool from rotating. A socket wrench is inserted down through the bore of the barrel or tubular portion of the tool to receive the head of the bolt or rod which holds the shock absorber in place.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an impact nutcracker of the type having an anvil and an impact member aligned but spaced apart wherein the impact member and anvil are adapted to hold a nut therebetween. A striking device is provided to transmit an impact force to said impact member which transmits the force to the shell of the held nut, causing the same to be cracked and broken such that the kernel can be easily and conveniently removed. The present invention entails an improved impact nutcracker for cracking hard-shell nuts such as black walnuts and macadamia nuts. In order to achieve this, both the impact member and anvil is provided about inner face-to-face end portions with a nut receiving recess that is specifically shaped in a shallow and slightly rounded form to directly engage and surround a substantial portion of the hard-shell nut.

Abstract: A grinding unit especially adapted for use for grinding with a robot and in automatic machines. The unit is designed with a grinding wheel on an axially displaceable shaft, which is urged in a direction towards a surface to be ground by a spring. The grinding pressure is determined by this spring and the position of the grinding wheel is determined by the level of the grinding surface. The mass of the parts which are displaced under the influence of the grinding pressure can be made small. Only the grinding wheel, the shaft and a member, which is directly connected to said shaft, are displaced. Therefore, the grinding pressure is influenced only to an insignificant extent when changing the orientation of the grinding unit.

Abstract: A coil spring compressor for compressing a coil spring during the assemblage of sub-assemblies of automotive suspension systems, in particular, of the MacPherson type. The coil spring compressor is of the type which includes a head plate positioned above a base and movable with respect to the base. The coil spring compressor is provided with a pair of guide bars pending from the head plate and on which a slidable clamp carriage is mounted. The clamp carriage carries a clamping mechanism having a pair of clamping assemblies facing each other and positioned at both sides of the coil spring. Each clamping assembly comprises a pair of clamping arms interconnected with each other so that the clamping fingers provided at the inner free ends of each arms extend toward the coil spring to be introduced between two successive turns of the coil spring.

Abstract: An adjustable socket for a socket wrench or the like has a body member with two side plates, and between the side plates are jaw members which are concurrently movable parallel to the side plates to adjust the space between confronting jaw elements on the free ends of the jaw members. Pin and slot connections are used to change the positions of the jaw members. One embodiment of the invention provides for automatic adjustment when the socket is pushed against a hex-head fastener; and a second embodiment provides for manual adjustment by sliding an operating yoke forwardly on the body member.

Abstract: A puller mechanism for moving the end of a pipe into a collar mounted on a second aligned pipe in order to assemble a pipeline. The mechanism is constructed to be used in conjunction with heavy pipes, such as, for example, Johns-Manville Transite asbestos/cement pressure pipes. The mechanism includes a first semi-circular yoke assembly which is clamped to the pipe, and a second yoke assembly whose legs straddle the collar. The second yoke assembly is pivotally coupled to the first yoke assembly by a pair of arms on opposite sides of the first pipe. An elongated operating handle extends outwardly from the bight section of the second yoke, and the handle is used to turn the second yoke about a fulcrum. Two L-shaped members supported at the ends of the leg sections of the second yoke engage the rim of the collar to constitute the required fulcrum, so that when the handle is turned the end of the first pipe is pulled into the collar.

Abstract: A wrench assembly of the type structured to be substantially continuously operated and hand held and manipulated which includes an adaptor structure which may be substantially continuously rotated and by virtue of its connection to a socket holder or like adaptor structure through appropriate drive components, such socket holder may be continuously rotated as long as the activating structure itself is continuously rotated.

Abstract: This invention relates a screwdriver capable of exerting a preset twisting force and characterized by comprising a tubular handle, a twisting rod, an adjusting thimble and a spiral spring. The said twisting rod has circular toothing on its projecting part to be engaged with the corresponding toothing on the block serving as a plug in the handle opening. The said spring fitted over the twisting rod between the projecting part of the rod and the projecting part of the adjusting thimble makes the said toothings engaged tightly. The degrees of engagement is used as measurements of twisting force. When the resistance of turning exceeds the preset twisting force the handle will slide on the said toothings and turn idly. This and the sound produced at this moment will remind the operator that the required torque has reached.

Abstract: A piece of foam plastic is introduced into a pocket of a life jacket fitted to it and made of flexible material, through an opening formed at the edge of the pocket. The circumference of the opening is shorter than the circumference of the piece of foam plastic. The piece of foam plastic is compressed between two arms in a U-shaped manner and then further compressed until the legs close. The pocket with the extended opening at its front is pushed over the bent piece of foam plastic. The arms, insofar as the opening permits, are spread apart. The pocket together with the piece of foam plastic located therein are pulled off of the two arms. The opening is then sewn up.

Abstract: A successive screw feeder driver, including a motor housing accommodating an electric motor and a transmission mechanism and formed with a handle, a screw chain magazine holding a continuous screw chain having a great number of screws attached at uniform intervals to a connecting strip by means of an easily breakable filament, a screw drive mechanism for driving said screws, and a screw feed mechanism for feeding said screws one after another to a predetermined driving position. The transmission is mounted between the motor and handle. The screw driving mechanism is projected from the front end of the motor housing by a predetermined length in a direction parallel with the motor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a helical gear drive assembly which can be utiized as a spring compressor for compressing an associated helical coil spring of the type commonly utilized on MacPherson strut suspension assemblies. The spring compressor includes a pair of elongate parallel threaded guide shafts having an upper spring engaging shoe secured to the upper end thereof and a lower support link secured at their lower ends. The gear drive assembly is mounted on the guide shafts intermediate the upper spring engaging shoe and the lower support link and is utilized to support a lower spring engaging shoe in spaced apart, facing relationship with the upper spring engaging shoe. Both the upper and lower spring engaging shoes can be formed of a helical configuration to provide positive engagement with the respective coils of the spring. The helical drive assembly includes a separate internally threaded sleeve mounted within a housing about each of the threaded guide shafts.

Abstract: A tool (30) for facilitating insertion or removal of a C-shaped spring clip in a burnable poison rod, or the like, includes an outer member (38) secured to a front handle (32) and an inner member (40) extending through the outer member and the front handle which is connected to a coaxial rear handle (34). The handles (32, 34) are interconnected for relative rotation by means of a set screw (64) and circumferential groove (56). The distal ends of the inner and outer members (38, 40) are notched to receive the spring clip and engage it for compression. Provided between the handles (32, 34) is a locking and release assembly (42) and an adjustable positioning ring (58) by which the spring clip can be compressed, locked in compressed condition for insertion, and then released in the desired position before withdrawing the tool.

Abstract: Service tool means for rack and pinion steering assemblies operably connected to the steerable wheels through tie rods extending from outer ball joints adjacent the wheels to inner ball joints connected to the ends of the rack. The service tool is made up of cooperating telescoped bodies having substantially matching slots, each ending in an enlarged notch, for allowing the tie rod and its attached inner ball joint to be passed through the slots and assume a position in the inner body where jaw means carried by each body adjacent its enlarged notch engage the rack and the ball joint for the purpose of relatively turning the ball joint while preventing turning of the rack.

Abstract: An automatic wrench comprises a high-torque, a low-torque, and a locking device. The wrench control system includes a torque detector and a rotation angle detector, in response to whose signals passing through an AND gate a control unit delivers a command to end the thread tighening by the rotation actuator of the high-torque device in screwing a pipe string together or to end the initial loosening of the thread with the aid of the same actuator in screwing it apart. The control unit incorporates a unit for monitoring the duration of the command execution, which stops operation of the high-torque device if no signal comes from said AND gate during the time alloted to accomplish the tightening or the initial loosening of the thread.

Abstract: A cylinder is rotatably located in a head of a wrench. Ratchet teeth located in a groove around the periphery of the cylinder acts in conjunction with a pawl to secure the cylinder in position and to provide ratchet action. An insert with axially located socket rotates with the cylinder to act on a fastener.

Abstract: A variable adjustable wrench adapted to tighten or loosen nuts and bolts in somewhat inaccessible locations, has a head which is rotatable with respect to the handle such that the angular relationship between the head and handle is variable. A retaining means holds the head in a fixed angular relationship to the handle during the application of a force to a nut or bolt and permits the angular relationship to change while a force is not applied such that a virtually inaccessible nut or bolt can be tightened or loosened by wiggling the handle of the wrench. Means are provided to return the head to the original position after the head has reached its limit of angular travel.

Abstract: A fluid-powered torque wrench connectible to external fluid lines including an elongated cylindrical body having ports for introducing pressurized fluid therein; an output shaft rotatably disposed within the body and having a drive end for securing a socket thereto for engaging and driving a nut by rotation of the shaft; linear-to-rotary transmission means disposed within the body and operable to provide relative rotational movement between the shaft and the body, the transmission means including a piston for application of fluid pressure to one or another side thereof to produce linear movement of the piston within the body, and means for translating linear movement of the piston into relative rotational movement between the shaft and the body; an elongated lever arm having a head end portion for rotatably supporting and selectively engaging the body, and a handle end portion for holding the lever arm stationary; a ratchet operative between the lever arm and the body for preventing rotational movement of sai

Abstract: An automatic stud driving tool is provided having a carriage, and a set of jaws disposed within the carriage. The jaws and carriage are provided with permanent contours that prevent the jaws from being withdrawn from the carriage when the jaws are open, but which do not prevent such withdrawal when the jaws are closed. The carriage and jaws are rotationally interlocked, and the carriage is capable of axial movement within a body element only when the jaws are closed, and axial movement of the carriage within the body results in the engagement and disengagement of a rotational drive from the carriage. Automatic operation of the tool can be enhanced through the use of a depth gauge.

Abstract: In a pneumatically driven power torque wrench comprising a frame stopped from movement relative to a related structure, a hydraulic cylinder and ram unit carried by the frame, a work output shaft rotatable relative to the frame and coupled with work to be turned in axial alignment therewith, a lever arm with one end freely rotatably engaged about the shaft and its other end drivingly coupled with the cylinder and ram unit; and ratchet means between the shaft and lever arm. The ratchet means comprises a ratchet wheel about the shaft and a plurality of circumferentially spaced spring-loaded pawls pivotally carried by the lever arm and engaging the wheel. The shape and the circumferential spacing of the teeth on the wheel and the pawls are such that when rotary driving engagement is established between the shaft and the lever arm, the central rotative axes of the work, shaft and said one end of the crank are concentric, independent of any bearing support between the shaft and the frame.

Abstract: A device or tool for facilitating removal of overhead automotive valves for inspection and repair of the stem and sleeves comprising a knob operated toggle mechanism which is inserted in the opening left after removal of a spark plug. The toggle mechanism holds the valve tight against the seat on the cylinder head interior permitting removal of the overhead spring and accompanying parts. After completion, the spring and retainer are replaced, the tool removed and the spark plug replaced. This emiminates the use of compressed air for this purpose as was previously the case.