Abstract: A combination tool comprises an elongated lever having a handle at one end, two divergent fingers at the other end, and an aperture between the two ends adapted for engagement with a nut. One of the fingers includes a distal end and claw in spaced relationship thereto which cooperate to provide a fulcrum for movement of the lever, thereby to facilitate the removal and replacement of nuts which are locked on a threaded shaft by a locking member having bendable tabs projecting outwardly therefrom.

Abstract: A tool for extracting a printed circuit card from a holder the latter having a top and bottom guide tracks and a rear wall having contacts engageable by terminal tabs on the card, comprising a pistol grip type handle and a shaft extending perpendicularly outward from the handle. The shaft includes a hook on one end and is mounted to the handle at an opposite end. A plunger including a stop bracket is slideably mounted on the shaft and is propelled forward via a spring loaded trigger bracket. The hook is applied to the rear of the circuit card handle and the stop bracket rested on the bottom guide track. When the trigger is squeezed the hook pulls and extracts the circuit card from the holder.

Abstract: A scalpel blade remover in which the blade is clamped against a fixed block by manipulating a lever to cause a movable block to move toward the fixed block. The movable block is preferably made of resilient material and all other elements of the structure are made of metal such as stainless steel, all components being autoclavable. A tab is provided on the movable block to engage an end of the blade and move that end relative to the body of the blade and the scalpel handle to disengage the blade from the handle. The blocks are mounted upon a supporting surface, beneath which a sterile disposable box may be disposed. The supporting surface is slotted in a plane which includes the area of clamping of the scalpel blade between the fixed and movable blocks. The movable block may also be provided with a guide portion to ensure the clamping action, and the movable block may be provided with a relieved or cut-off end permitting a scalpel blade to be disengaged from the scalpel handle.

Abstract: A tool for inserting a printed circuit card into a holder the latter having top and bottom tracks and a rear wall having contacts engageable by terminal tabs on the card, comprising a pistol grip type handle and a shaft extending perpendicularly outward from the handle. The shaft includes a hook on one end with an opposite end mounted to the handle. A plunger is slideably mounted on the shaft and is propelled forward via a spring loaded trigger bracket. With the hook engaged to the bottom guide track the plunger is used to push and insert the card into the holder when the trigger bracket is squeezed.

Abstract: A tool for inserting a printed circuit card into a holder the latter having top and bottom guide tracks and a rear wall having contacts engageable by terminal tabs on the card, as well as the extraction of such cards frm the holder, comprising a pistol grip type handle and a shaft extending perpendicularly outward from the handle. The shaft includes a hook on one end and is rotatably mounted to the handle on an opposite end. A plunger including a retractable stop bracket is slideably mounted on the shaft and is propelled forward via a spring loaded trigger bracket. By rotating the shaft and retracting the stop bracket the hook is engaged to the bottom guide track allowing the plunger to insert the circuit card into the holder and its associated contacts, when the trigger is squeezed. To extract the card the shaft is rotated to engage the rear of the circuit card handle and the stop bracket rested on the bottom guide track.

Abstract: A multiple connector plug removal device includes two U-shaped levers having opposite arm portions 14 and 16 located on opposite sides of a frame 20 encompassing the plug and having the levers secured and fulcrumed to the frame 20 at points 28 and 30 so that as the levers are moved together by swinging the handle portions 18 thereof together the outer distal ends of the levers force pusher members 56 in a direction to separate the plugs. The arms on each side of the plug are secured together at 46 to compel the concurrent movement of the levers.

Abstract: A tool (10) for extracting a tubing segment (52) from a member (50) in which the tubing segment is inserted includes first and second handles (12, 14) terminating at adjacent ends in respective first and second jaws (16, 18). The handles are pivotally coupled and are configured so that, as the handles are swung toward each other, the jaw portions are separated. The jaws have mutually aligned apertures (30, 32) through which extends a rod or needle (44) having a first end (44a) extending beyond one of the jaws and a second end (44b) extending beyond the other of the jaws. The second end of the rod is externally threaded. A knob (46) is affixed to the first end of the rod for the purpose of threading the threaded end of the rod into the tubing segment and for bearing against the surface of the jaw adjacent the first end of the rod so that, as the jaws are separated, the threaded end of the rod is drawn through the aperture, drawing with it the tubing segment to be removed.

Abstract: Various forms of tools are disclosed for effecting reciprocal movements between jaw members to be located between and exerting opposing thrusts on the flange and bolt head of a hollow wall anchor. For such an anchor driven through a plaster wall or wallboard with the flange brought flush against the inner surface thereof, the threaded bolt is unthreaded sufficiently to position the jaws as described. Operation of the tool to thrust the jaws apart causes the bolt to be drawn out axially, carrying the inner end of the anchor so as to decrease the distance between flange and inner end and deforming the anchor body for interlocking it with the wall material. Where such an anchor is initially only partly driven through the wall, due to its inner end being obstructed, the bolt is unthreaded and the jaws located between the thus spaced head and flange in the same manner.

Abstract: A pair of elongated levers are pivotally interconnected at a first pair of corresponding ends for relative oscillation and one of the first ends of the levers includes a lateral projection having a flattened terminus on its free end defining an abutment surface facing toward the opposite end of the corresponding lever. The terminus is provided with a slot therein including an open end opening outwardly of one peripheral portion of the terminus and a closed end generally centered relative to the plan area of the abutment surface. The lever not equipped with the lateral projection includes a laterally projecting bifurcated arm on its first end pivotally attached at its free end to a mounting lug on the first end of the other lever.

Abstract: A device for removing a percussion cap from the primer nipple of a firearm comprising a bifurcated plate with a pair of substantially co-planar arms defining an elongated slot therebetween. The slot is open at one end of the plate and closed at the other. The inner edges of the arms are tapered at a predetermined angle, so that distance between the arms decreases from the lower surface to the upper surface of the plate. At the upper surface, this distance is less than the outside diameter of the cap at its skirt, but greater than the diameter of the nipple at the point where the nipple meets the skirt. A handle is joined to the plate at an angle at which sufficient leverage can be generated to remove the percussion cap.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in removing and replacing a grinding wheel of a portable industrial grinder of the type having an output shaft, a grinding wheel support sleeve on the shaft, a non-circular collar formed on the sleeve, and laterally extending handles. The apparatus includes an upstanding housing having a top wall with a slot formed therein. The slot is open at one end and is dimensioned to receive and engage the non-circular collar of the shaft support sleeve of the portable grinder with the grinding wheel being supported on the top wall. The housing is equipped with an opening in at least one side thereof to permit the portable grinder to be positioned in the housing below the slotted top wall. A grinding wheel clamp adapted to engage the grinding wheel when it is supported on the top wall of the housing is provided.

Abstract: A tool for use as a special wrench, flywheel puller, valve remover, and valve and valve seat grinder. The tool includes two rectangular bars of steel which may be bolted in one of two positions to either provide an extension handle when the tool is used as a special wrench or to provide a double thickness of steel when the tool is used as a flywheel puller. One of the bars carries a pair of angle iron sections which define therewith a C-shaped clamp, and a threaded bolt protrudes through one of the angle sections for compressing a valve spring when using the tool for removing a valve. The threaded bolt also includes a handle for turning the same which carries a rubber disc which may be removed and chucked in a speed drill to grind a valve or valve seat.

Abstract: A device (10) adapted to seat on spaced, parallel rail surfaces of a card rack having a plurality of printed circuit cards (14), seated therein, each being characterized by a card rail (22) extended along the upper side edge thereof. The device includes a cylindrical bar (24) adapted to seat on the rail surfaces of the rack, a blade (42) projected radially from the bar adapted to be received beneath a card rail and a handle (40) affixed to the bar in diametric opposition to the blade for facilitating manipulation of the blade for lifting the card at its rail sufficiently for unplugging the card preparatory to the removal thereof.

Abstract: A skate wheel disassembling and assembling apparatus including a frame having a wheel support platform adapted to support a skate wheel in a bearing-removal position, a push-pull member mounted on the frame for back and forth movement along an axial path and provided with a hooked tip at one end for engaging a bearing seated in a skate wheel in the bearing-removal position, and provided at the other end with a pusher heat for reinstalling the bearings in the skate wheel. When a skate wheel is positioned on the wheel support platform in the bearing-removal position, a retracting movement of the push-pull member causes the hooked tip to engage the bearing extracting it from its bearing seat. A wheel guide and support assembly is mounted on the frame for receiving and supporting the unassembled components of the skate wheel and is pivotal to a position where the components are in alignment with the push-pull member.

Abstract: The invention comprises a tool for removing fuel injectors from diesel engines without damaging any adjacent component parts or user's hands. The invention comprises an elongated member having a U-shaped injector engaging member at one end. The elongated member has a locating pin which is adapted to fit inside one of several bolt holes along side a fuel injector in a diesel engine. The locating pin serves as a pivot for the mechanic to manually lever the injector loose from the diesel engine.

Abstract: A tool with a body member which can be braced between the engine block and an adjacent wall of the automobile has a sharp-pointed member movable under the control of a hand operated lever arm to penetrate a freeze plug in the engine block and become wedged in the plug so on reverse movement of the lever arm the plug is removed from the engine block. For use in inserting a new plug, the sharp-pointed member is replaced by a flat headed one which drives a new freeze plug into the appropriate block opening on appropriate operation of the lever arm.

Abstract: A hand tool particularly adapted for compressing an automobile shock absorber spring to facilitate repairs. The tool comprises a handle with a hook pivoted at the end thereof adapted to engage under a spring coil. An arm is pivoted near one end thereof intermediate the ends of the handle, and a downwardly facing hook on the end of the arm is adapted to engage over a higher coil of the spring. By pushing the handle with the hooks engaged, the hooks or jaws are brought closer together and a short extension of the arm swings across the handle, camming back a lock sleeve slidable thereon. When the arm extension and handle are in alignment, the lock sleeve is extended by a small spring to enclose the arm extension and prevent movement thereof. The compressed coil spring exerts a force on the jaws trying to separate them. This forces the arm extension tightly against the inner surface of the lock sleeve, holding the sleeve firmly in place against inadvertent retraction.

Abstract: Apparatus for aiding the mounting of end-fittings to hoses includes a pair of adjustable clamps, one for the hose and the other for the end-fitting, attached to a support. A post carried by the support carries in turn a lever-actuated press head disposed to force an end-fitting onto a hose held in the hose clamp. Also disclosed and claimed is an assembly including respective hose and fitting clamps and a support therefor.

Abstract: A V-belt for coupling at least two pulleys together, the pulleys having a substantially V-shaped groove, the belt being manually installable without moving or adjusting the distance between the pulleys. The particular usage of the present invention is for temporary (emergency) or permanent installation of a "fan" belt found on (but not limited to) conventional vehicles of the V-belt type. The device allows anyone, upon the destruction of a fan belt, to readily and quickly install a temporary pulley belt manually, without tools. For a permanent installation, a small implement may be used with the present device for increased tensioning of the belt in its proper position. The improved belt includes first and second free ends (male and female respectively that are firmly connected together by longitudinally interlocking a plurality of laterally disposed, inclined teeth located near the male end with lateral rows of inclined grooves located in an interlock passage in the female end.

Abstract: A device for attaching and removing rubber bearings about pipe stems is disclosed having bearing grasping assemblies pivotly attached at opposite ends of a cross brace plate having an opening through which a rear grip assembly can slide, and having lever arms pivotly attached at their middle section to one end of the bearing grasping assembly and pivotly attached at one of their ends to one end of the rear grip assembly.

Abstract: The invention provides a tool for facilitating the removal or mounting of valve springs of overhead valve internal combustion engines compressors or the like. A manual lever is adapted to receive at one end an upstanding bolt or stud on the cylinder head and to be secured thereto by a nut. It has a longitudinally slidable adaptor for pressing down the valve spring and openings for access to the collets.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a foot-actuated press assembly adapted to hold and operate upon an automotive gear reduction starter drive assembly having a housing with a gear reduction shaft rotatable between two bore bushings therein. The foot-actuated press assembly includes a frame and a support plate coupled to the frame. A pair of alignment dows are coupled to the support plate for engaging bolt holes located in the starter drive housing for locating a rotational axis of the gear reduction shaft in known registration with the frame. A locking device is coupled to the support plate for being movably juxtaposed adjacent to the support plate for locking the starter drive housing therebetween.A plunger rod is movably coupled to the frame in registration with the alignment dows for operatively coupling with and exerting an axial pressure on the gear reduction shaft in a direction toward the support plate.

Abstract: A hand tool for quickly, easily, and cleanly removing concentric knockout rings from electrical sheet metal enclosures. The tool is an elongated member fabricated of flat metal stock. Notches in opposite edges at one end of the tool are adapted to engage opposite inner edges of a knockout ring having a central opening. The tool is rocked back and forth pivoting the two halves of the knockout ring about the tabs retaining it in the sheet metal of the enclosure until the tabs fracture completely severing the knockout ring from the enclosure and providing an opening in the enclosure wall for accommodating cable or conduit.

Abstract: The device is useful for attaching and detaching an electrical meter of the type having a base secured to a glass enclosure and to one or more prongs. The prongs in turn are adapted to fit into sockets provided in a meter base having a rim provided with a flange spaced apart from the meter base. The device includes a U-shaped stabilizing member having pads mounted at the free end. The pads are accommodated in the space between the flange and the meter base. A collar is slideably connected to the stabilizing member and is adapted to releasably engage the glass enclosure. A handle is pivotally connected to the stabilizing member and two or more links pivotally interconnect the handle and the collar for causing the collar to slide relative to the stabilizing member upon pivotal movement of the handle. Such pivotal movement causes the prongs to move selectively into and out of the sockets.

Abstract: Hole forming devices have to be engaged between forms prior to pouring concrete. They are adapted to expand when in position to engage the inner faces of the forms thus holding them in position. The jack is a telescopic rod or tube having a heavy expansion spring surrounding same and normally urging the two portions of the hole forming device outwardly, but being held in the compressed or "set" position by means of a pin engaging through the two portions of the telescopic rod or tube. In one embodiment, when the pin is pulled, the sharpened ends of the rod or tube move away from one another, pierce the end caps of the forming device and engage the faces of the forms and at the same time move the end portions of the forming device outwardly into contact with the inner faces of the forms. In another embodiment, the ends of the rod or tube move outwardly and engage end pieces which in turn move outwardly and urge cylindrical saw-tooth end caps into contact with the inner faces of the walls of the form.

Abstract: A handtool is disclosed particularly adapted to engage concrete forms for prying the same loose from the concrete after setting. The tool includes a gripping mechanism carried on a tool frame, the gripper mechanism enabling the lip portion of the concrete form to be gripped or clamped during the prying operations to maintain the engagement of the tool with the concrete form. The tool frame includes a support member for the gripper mechanism extending transversely to the tool handle which provides leverage for prying the form while it is engaged with the gripper mechanism. The gripper mechanism consists of a self-engaging cam clamp element pivotally supported and spring-biased to the engaging position with a release handle provided for releasing the grip from the form.

Abstract: A stator vane is removed from an arcuate casing by placing a conforming mold over the vane airfoil with portions thereof extending axially on either side of the airfoil to provide driving surfaces, and repetitiously imparting a precisely directed impact to the driving surfaces to move the vane circumferentially within the casing. Impact to the driving surfaces is made by way of an elongated arm which is supported at its one end so as to be pivotable about the axis of the casing, and whose other end is bifurcated to straddle the vane row and impinge against the driving surfaces. In this way the individual vanes may be removed from a single stage without incurring significant damage thereto and without removing any vanes of adjacent stages.

Abstract: A termination apparatus for electrical connectors, which includes an improved apparatus for applying operating forces from an apparatus operator to rotatable insertion arms, is provided for use in inserting a plurality of insulated conductors into respective insulation piercing contact portions of an electrical connector. The disclosed apparatus includes a frame, a removable support structure for a connector, which aligns the insulated conductors adjacent respective insulation-piercing contact portions of the connector, a pair of oppositely disposed insertion tools that are rotatably mounted on the frame for movement toward and away from each other and that carry insertion tools for inserting the insulated conductors into the connector, and an assembly that more effectively applies and distributes operating forces to the insertion arms during a termination cycle.

Abstract: Bottom loading couplers transfer petroleum and other products into tank trucks and the like. It is necessary to replace an annular seal which is held in place by a metallic ring to maintain adequate sealing of such couplers. A circularly symmetrical wrench slides over the ring, extends fingers thereunder and is levered to provide an upward force upon the ring which removes it. After replacement of the radial seal and ring is replaced with the same wrench which exerts a force atop the ring via an opposite application of the levering arrangement.

Abstract: A pincer-like tool for attaching a selected slotted plastic head to the shank of a key and for detaching the head therefrom. The tool has a pair of pivotally connected members, one of which provides the body of the tool and has opposite flat-surfaced sides, each of which is designed to receive and hold a slotted plastic head in position to have the shank of a key forced into its slot or expelled therefrom -- depending upon which of the two sides of the body the head is placed on -- by the advance of a carriage that is slidably mounted on the body; the other one of the pivotally connected members being a short and long armed bell crank lever having its short arm drivingly connected with the carriage and its long arm overlying a handle on the body to form a pair of pincers which, upon being gripped and squeezed together, advance the carriage.

Abstract: A sheet metal working tool for turning an edge of sheet metal perpendicular to the main portion of the sheet metal and for opening Pittsburgh locks formed in said metal.

Abstract: A tool for mating two pipes, having two pairs of arcuate clamping jaws of adjustable locked diameter moved towards each other by a pair of linking means mounted to opposite sides of each pair of jaws so as to lie and move in a simple plane. Inserts are provided to further reduce the jaws locked diameter.

Abstract: A clamping tool for disposing a resilient clip over clamping structures adapted to be secured together. The tool comprises a seating member adapted to receive the head of the clip, a C-shaped arm connecting the seating member to a handle assembly and a toggle assembly. The toggle assembly has a movable shaft extending into a bore provided in the handle assembly and in the direction of the seating member. A lever arm is pivotally connected to the shaft to direct the shaft against one side or edge of the clamping structures such that a clip received in the seating member and disposed over the clamping structures located between the shaft and the seating member, will, upon application of adequate manual force, extend over and secure the clamping structures together.

Abstract: A device for use in removing an individual cutting tooth from the reciprocating drive bar of a sickle mower. A substantially U-shaped guide is positioned on the two adjacent guard members of the sickle mower that are located on either side of the individual cutting tooth that is to be removed. A handle is pivotally attached to the guide. A hook member is pivotally attached to the handle at a location above the location where the handle is pivotally attached to the guide. The hook member is positioned so as to grasp a portion of the individual cutting tooth that is to be removed. A strut member is pivotally attached to the handle at a location below the location where the handle is pivotally attached to the guide. The strut member is positioned so as to engage a portion of the reciprocating drive bar adjacent the individual cutting tooth that is to be removed.

Abstract: A first lever has an end which engages the fixed member, a second lever has an end which will dig into the movable member and a link is pivotally connected to each lever adjacent its working end so that both levers may be squeezed together causing the working end of the second lever to dig into the movable member. The second lever may then be moved axially to pull the movable member.

Abstract: An improved speedometer cable housing release and removal tool for disconnecting a speedometer cable housing from the speedometer head of an automobile or the like. The tool has an elongated curved body portion or handle with a linear portion at one end of the handle and extends to form a combination fulcrum-guide that is disposed generally in a plane perpendicular to the handle. The combination fulcrum-guide has a bending radius along a cable housing receiving groove permitting the tool to straddle the speedometer cable housing, thereby permitting the speedometer cable housing to serve as a finder for the tool. A depressing arm is connected to and proceeds from the combination fulcrum-guide generally parallel to an axis extensive through the linear portion of the handle. The depressing arm is of adequate length to reach a release trigger which is attached to the speedometer cable housing.

Abstract: A bushing removing tool which includes an elongated handle portion and an operative head extending transversely of the handle portion and to one side thereof. A hook projection at an end of the operative head faces away from the handle portion and is engageable with the interior of a tubular bushing while a portion of the operative head remote from the hook projection acts as a fulcrum so that the tool can be swung to cause the hook projection to free the bushing from a bushing support.

Abstract: A tool for removing a retaining pin from a tooth of a ground engaging tool assembly of the type in which the tooth has side walls defining a socket which receives a shank of a mounting member, and in which the retaining pin impales aligned holes in the tooth side walls and in a through bore of the shank and is secured by a split washer that is held in a cavity surrounding an end of the through bore and engages a circumferential groove in the pin. The tool includes a mounting element that embraces the tooth to align a stud with the pin, and force multiplying means for moving the stud effectively axially to slide the pin endwise out of engagement with the washer.

Abstract: A simple, low-cost, high mechanical advantage pulling tool especially adapted for use in detaching electrical termination appliances such as transformer elbows is provided which ensures quick, safe, elbow separation with reduced probability of flashover through the use of an elbow-gripping tool and a juxtaposed, pivotally interconnected, lever-actuated pushrod which permits the user to smoothly detach a stuck-in-place elbow without unsafe abrupt jerking movements which can cause the user to lose his balance in dangerously close proximity to energized electrical equipment. The tool includes an elongated, insulative pole having elbow-gripping structure thereon with an adjacent lever-actuated pushrod pivotally linked thereto permitting relative axial shifting movement between the pushrod and elbow-gripping pole.

Abstract: A tool for applying a fastener having rod engaging tongues to a rod comprising a support tube; a rod clamping assembly mounted in said, and movable longitudinally relative to said tube; a lever arrangement pivotally connected to said assembly for producing said relative movement; a release projection mounted in said tube and adapted to cooperate with said clamping assembly to release a said rod when gripped thereby; and a spring biasing said clamping assembly, in the direction opposite to said relative movement, into cooperation with said release projection; said tube being adapted to cooperate with a said fastener and, upon operation of said lever arrangement to produce said relative motion, to move said fastener along a said rod when engaged by said clamping assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing taper lock bolts from aircraft wings having a lever arm and a bolt which acts as a fulcrum for the lever. The fulcrum bolt is attached to the aircraft wing by means of a taper lock bolt which is adjacent to the taper lock bolt to be removed. The lever arm is operated by a pull rod which passes through a hole in the wing. A commercially available porta power tool provides an upward force on the pull rod to turn the lever arm around the fulcrum bolt to apply a downward force on the taper lock bolt to be removed.

Abstract: An apparatus for joining the free end of a first pipe to a coupling collar secured to the end of a second pipe includes a longitudinally extending member adapted to engage the coupling collar while supported by the second pipe, and a flexibly extending member secured to the lateral member. With the pipe ends adjacent, the flexibly extending member is wrapped spirally about the first pipe and secured thereto. A lever member adapted to engage the flexibly extending member is then placed on the longitudinally extending member, and operated to tension and pull the flexibly extending member, which draws the end of the first pipe into the coupling while also rotating the first pipe.