Abstract: A driving tool (102) comprises a socket (108) mounted at an end of a shaft (103). Shaft (103) has a deformable shaft portion. The socket (108) comprises a plurality of resilient jaws (110) which are adapted to be compressed together to grip a head of a fastener. A sleeve (105) comprises a deformable portion (106). The sleeve (105) is slidably mounted on shaft (103). A collar (118) is mounted to the end of sleeve (105) and is slidable along deformable shaft portion (104) and over jaws (110). Length adjustment means is provided to enable adjustment of the length of the deformable shaft or the deformable sleeve. The length adjustment means comprises a first sleeve member (130) having a first threaded portion threaded onto a second threaded portion of a second sleeve member (136).

Abstract: The application relates to a pair of pliers (1). More specifically the application describes a pair of single-handed automatically self-adjusting water-pump pliers for clamping or gripping a workpiece. The pair of pliers comprises a first and a second handle (2,3), each handle comprising a jaw portion (8,9), a neck portion (6,7) and a handle portion (4,5), a spacing means (10) between the handle portions (4,5) for adjusting the opening width of the jaw portion (8,9); and the two handles (2,3) are pivotably and slidably connected to each other by means of releasable locking means (13).