Abstract: A tool that allows a user to salvage a tube of caulk after the nozzle has become clogged. The approach is to cut off the nozzle to leave a stub of sufficient length, tap threads into the stub, and screw in a replacement nozzle. The tool comprises a body having a generally semi-cylindrical recess conforming to the base region of the caulking tube nozzle. A blade is mounted in the recess for cutting of the nozzle at a predetermined distance from the base of the nozzle. A tap, suitable for cutting threads into the stub of the nozzle, is rigidly mounted to and protrudes from the body. The tool includes provision for rendering the blade ineffective to cut nozzles or fingers when the tool is being used other than in the cutting mode.

Abstract: A tool attachment for a percussion drill power tool which expands and sets, essentially but not limited to, fastening anchors used in concrete and masonry. The tool's body is generally cylindrical and is mostly hollow to slip over a drill bit (38, 74) of the percussion drill, using a spring clip (24, 124) to keep it from falling off. The opposite end of the tool has either a coaxial concave recess (54, 154, 354, 454) to place onto an anchor (58) or a coaxial plunger (260) to slip into a mostly hollow anchor (258) that are placed into a drilled hole (64, 264). The anchor (58, 258) is then expanded and set into the concrete or masonry by the hammering action transmitted through the tool by the percussion drill.

Abstract: A utility golf tool is set forth including a case with a plurality of spaced planar members integrally secured together by a medial interfitting integral rib to define an upper and lower compartment. The upper compartment includes a conventional cutting blade and an associated file blade. The lower compartment includes a divot repair tool and a golf cleaning brush comprising a plural series of rows of bristles of alternating height including spherical ends to minimize damage during a cleaning operation to a golf club, golf ball, and the like. A magnetic ball marker is received within a complementary recess within one of said planar member's outer surfaces for selective use.

Abstract: A portable multifunctional device for motor vehicles which includes a motor driven by an electric power source from the cigarette light socket of a motor vehicle. The motor has a high-speed revolution shaft for being operatively connected to a vacuum cleaner or the like, a low-speed revolution shaft having a reduction gear for being operatively connected to a jack or the like, and a cap for covering at least one shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting tool constituted by an elongated body having a first end and a second end, and being provided at each of these ends with means such as a screw thread for removably fixing a holding member or handle, and at its first end with a first cutting point.The second end is equipped with a second cutting point.The invention is applied to the production of a tool for cutting earthenware tiles.

Abstract: A bayonet and scabbard are capable of being pivotally connected to constitute a wire or metal tape cutting implement having a recess shaped to capture the wire or tape before such cutting begins. The bayonet blade has a tang extending into the bayonet handle which is of a yield strength greater than that of the handle but less than that of the bayonet blade. A finger guard is provided with notches adjacent the blade for engaging an edge of the cap of a receptacle for removing the same.

Abstract: A multipurpose tool particularly suitable for use by woodsmen comprising a blade portion which can be gripped in the hand and used as a hand tool for various purposes such as sawing, cutting, bottle or can opening, and wire stripping. The tool also includes an elongate slotted handle portion which fits between laterally projecting guide members secured to the blade portion so that when the blade and handle portions are attached together, the tool can be used as a hatchet.

Abstract: A tool for cutting a hose to length and for inserting a fitting into the end of a hose is provided. The tool includes a base which mounts a slide member for reciprocal movement therealong. The slide mounts a knife and a fitting member die, and is actuated by a handle connected by a linkage thereto. The base includes a notch to support a hose for cutting by the blade, and a support and bar engaging cam to retain the hose is positioned to have a fitting inserted therein.

Abstract: A knife sheath is provided including a rear side defining an upwardly opening receptacle portion for downwardly receiving therein the blade of a survival knife and a front side defining a pair of side-by-side upwardly opening compartments with one of the compartments having a plurality of aerial flares stored therein and the other compartment defining an aerial flare supporting compartment in which the base end of one of the aerial flares may be removably retentatively supported. The knife sheath defines a firing pin bore disposed immediately beneath and opening upward into the aforementioned other compartment and containing an upwardly spring biased firing pin therein for impact with a center primer portion of the base end of aerial flare retained in position thereabove.

Abstract: A drill accessory kit for mounting screw-type fasteners is comprised of several drill bit holders and a screwdriving attachment. The bit holder engages a common twist drill bit in the chuck of a drill and allows one to drill a pilot hole to a desired depth in a workpiece with a cutting action which provides a proper-shaped hole for clean flush mounting or countersinking of a screw. Subsequently, the screwdriver attachment slips over the drill bit and engages with the bit holder, allowing a quick change from drilling to powerdriving of a screw.

Abstract: An assembly including a drill bit carried by a drill shaft and a detachable main socket for use in conjunction with an electric drill to permit combination power drilling and power socket driving functions. A crank provided with a secondary socket is engageable with the drill shaft to permit manual driving of the main socket.

Abstract: A device for handling packaging containers having a parallelepiped shape, made of cardboard or a similar material, which have a folded closure on a frontal surface, outer corners of which, projecting beyond sides of the frontal surface, form a folded triangle, the base of which corresponds to one edge of the frontal surface and the tip of which is attached to a lateral surface of the parallelepiped. A guide slit holds part of the closure fold and a cutting blade overlaps the guide slit. A frame surrounds the parallelepiped at least partially on four lateral surfaces and has a handle aligned approximately vertically to the plane of the frame on one frame section and a catch to engage under one of the folded triangles folded down against the lateral surface of the parallelepiped. The frame also has the guide slit with the knife in another frame section.

Abstract: A multi-purpose utility tool wherein an elongated straight handle is attached to a curved plate, the curvature occurring between a front edge and a back edge and being concave with respect to the top surface of the plate. The two side edges of the plate are mutually parallel and intersect the front edge at a right angle. The front edge is sharpened, the cutting edge preferably formed by bevelling between the top surface of the plate and the front edge. The handle is attached to the top surface of the curved plate, with the longitudinal axis of the handle forming an obtuse exterior angle with the curved plate at the point of attachment. A solid web, with a curved exterior edge surface, is formed between the back edge of the curved plate and the handle, the solid web extending tangentially from the back edge of the plate and curving toward the handle so as to terminate at its intersection with the handle.

Abstract: A survival tool having a multi-function tool head secured to an elongated hollow shaft. The tool head includes a shovel blade portion with a marginal edge terminating at a rectilinear shoulder portion that is attached to the hollow shaft. An axe blade is formed in one piece with the shovel blade so as to be substantially coextensive with the shoulder portion of the shovel. The cutting edge of the axe blade is substantially continuous with the portion of the marginal edge of this shovel adjacent the shoulder portion. A hammer is formed in one piece with the shovel and axe that has a striking face extending outwardly from the shovel blade adjacent the shoulder portion thereof opposite the cutting edge of the axe. The hollow shaft includes a transverse slot adjacent the tool head which is sized to slidably receive a one-piece bow. An adjustable pressure plate within the hollow shaft engages the central portion of the bow to secure the bow in place.

Abstract: An improved knife system provides for construction of wear-resistant precise coaxial alignment of pivots connecting "U"-section handle pairs to blade such that a recess in the blade can coact with a handle edge in heavy duty wirestripping without loosening the blade-to-handle pivots. In folding each of the "U"-shaped handles during construction the usual slight misalignments of blade-pivot holes in the two legs of the "U"-section of the handle caused by walking of the tapered handle blank being folded about a centerline between the blade-pivot holes, are avoided. First and second sets of holes are punched in spaced relation along the centerline at the same time as the blade pivot holes cause the handle bending to be precisely symmetrical about the centerline.

Abstract: A rescue axe is used for forcibly entering a vehicle. The axe comprises a head portion located at one end of a handle portion. The head portion includes a piercing entry section, a cutting section, and an impacting section. The entry section includes a metal piercing member on one side of the head portion. The impacting section includes a striking edge on a side opposite the metal piercing member. The cutting section includes a blade cutting edge extending rearwardly from an open mouth located on a side of the head portion between the one side including the piercing member and the opposite side including the striking edge. The head portion includes a blade member located between the blade cutting edge and the striking edge. The handle portion extends rearwardly from a further side of the head portion opposite the open mouth side of the head portion.

Abstract: A folding pocket tool and knife of the type having paired handles pivotal to a blade for enclosing or extending the blade depending on pivoted position has an improved implement holding tool block that passes through an implement and co-acting with this, blade centerers on each handle hold the implement centrally between them. An economical liner-free aluminum handle embodiment has reinforcement and scarring-preventing spacers adapted for press-fit assembly. Clip-on attachment and other structure provide plier sections. A container provides advantageous "T"-handle facility for boring with the system, protrusive head pivotal fasteners facilitate scraping operation, and novel storage provisions are described.

Abstract: A tool for connecting a tap assembly to a tap body for making an electrical connection to an electrical cable having a conducting core and an insulator sheath and an outer conductor is adapted for hand rotation. A first end of the tool is adapted with an internal configuration to rotate a threaded tap assembly into a recess in a threaded aperture in the floor of a cable-engaging member. The second end includes a drill and a depth stop geometry to drill into the insulator sheath through the threaded aperture in the floor.

Abstract: A treasure digging tool is disclosed with an open elongated circular tube formed at one end thereof to which is secured a spring-biased mechanism that works in conjunction with the circular tube when digging for treasure. The depth to which the treasure digging tool may descend into the earth is controlled by a pair of depth slides. Initially, a knife that is releasably secured to the end of the depth slides is used to gain entrance below lawns by making a singular widened straight angle cut through the lawn surface. Additionally, a piston rides within the confines of the circular tube to help remove and repack the earth previously removed.

Abstract: A folding pocket tool and knife provides paired handles pivoted to swing around and be held together by a block in either the blade exposed or the folded position, doubly protrusive pivot pins at the handle free ends provide a choice of adjustable spanner wrenches; the knife blade has a tapered wrenching slot, one end-on and two offset screwdriver blades, and has also a hole for wire cutting in conjunction with jaw blades in the handles; toothed members exposed at cutouts in the handles act as jaws of nutcracker-type pliers; sockets in the free ends of the handle and in the block accept and retain standard size, standard shank punches, saws, screwdrivers, wrenches and the like; special blade and handle shapes and economy in blanking parts are also disclosed.

Abstract: A multiple use hand tool comprises an elongated housing defining a handle having a longitudinal through bore in which is slideably mounted a tool holding member for holding a utility knife blade at one end and a marking crayon at the other end for selective extension from the respective end of the handle for use. The tool holding member is releasable for sliding from the housing for removal and replacement of a tool.

Abstract: A stabilizer for archery bow of the type incorporating a flexible strip with a cord between its ends, bent into the bow formation, and for use for projecting an arrow, such bows normally being unbalanced in their stability, this invention incorporating a length of tubular member, fastened to the front of the bow, at a position generally downwardly of its central portion. The tubular member incorporates other structure in the category of a knife, track line, or other weight, to enhance the weight of the overall stabilizer through that quantity that balances the bow to the state of equilibrium at its central portion. The tubular member has a cavity to accommodate the weight structure, and a closure member for the tubular cavity.

Abstract: This invention is a shaving implement that includes a main body member attachable to a replaceable container of shaving cream, a brush mounted on the main body member for receiving shaving cream from the container, and a safety razor mounted on a yoke pivoted on the main body member.

Abstract: A survival knife is disclosed including hook members which are securable to the knife and angled rearward toward the handle. A ring is provided for securing a line to the pommel of the handle, thereby making the knife become a grapple. Several variations of location of the hook members are disclosed including the handle, the quillon and the blade. The hook members are fixed or pivotal and may be telescoping. A skeletal knife is disclosed, with openings for securing a line, and hook members to produce a grapple.

Abstract: A tool is disclosed for both drilling a hole and thereafter securing a screw anchor therein in a quick and expeditious manner. The tool comprises a handle with a threaded stem extending therefrom. The threaded stem allows a screw anchor and a hard plastic drill tip to be threadably mounted thereon. The tool facilates the manual application of sufficient drilling pressure to the thus mounted drill tip so as to form the appropriately sized hole for the screw anchor.

Abstract: An easy-out type threaded fastener extractor combination tool wherein an extractor is combined with a drill head whereby the drilling and extracting operation is performed during the same operation. The extractor is slideable upon the drill bit shaft enabling the drill bit to penetrate within the broken bolt before the extractor engages the bolt. A suitable drive head is provided for a drill chuck or other force producing device.

Abstract: An improved writing tool consists essentially of a punctuation marking and error designation rubber seal supplemented by a capping furnished with seal stamping paste; two holes within the body, to permit insertion of a pen or a pencil stick, and a ruler; a clip serving to hold sheet of paper as well as pen holder; a cutter attached to the other side of the clip, serving to cut paper into smaller segments or chips as required. Such a tool proves to be advantageous and convenient in terms of utility, serviceability, endurance and convenience of application.

Abstract: In a first embodiment, a pair of cylindrical rods are held in closely spaced parallel relationship by support members mounted in the ends of the rods. The rods have confronting surfaces throughout their length. Pairs of overlapping cutting blades are mounted in the rods and between the confronting surfaces. A container is opened by being inserted between the confronting surfaces and drawn against the blades. When opened, the end of the container opposite the opening is then inserted between the rods and drawn between the confronting surfaces to empty the contents by pressing the opposite sides of the container together. In a second embodiment a flanged slot formed in a flat holder provides the confronting surfaces for emptying the container. Cutting blades mounted in the handle in way of the slot are used to cut the container open.

Abstract: A tool for making a plug connection between a plastic tube and a plastic case for electrical conductors has a cutting head which is designed to encircle the shell of a tube and which can be turned relatively to the tube. Extending into the interior of the cutting head is a first knife for chamfering the end of the tube as well as a second knife, at a distance from the first, for cutting a fircone-shaped rib in the shell of the tube. The cutting head is firmly connected to one end of a bar-shaped handle, which is provided at its other end with a bore head for making a hole in the wall of the case. The bore head comprises a cutter on an end of a steel hollow cylinder connected at its other end to the handle and projecting out from its respective front end.

Abstract: A kitchen utensil for facilitating the removal of the contents from boil-in-the-foil type food pouches (retort pouches). Such retort pouches are usually made from a laminate of three materials, i.e. polyester, which forms the outer layer, aluminum foil, which forms a barrier in the middle, and an inner layer of polypropylene to retain the food taste. The utensil has an elongated handle and a pair of elongated prongs extending in parallel from the handle at one end. The length of the prongs is at least as great as the width of the pouch. The prongs define a gap between them dimensioned to snugly receive two layers of the pouch material. The pouch can thus be inserted into the gap and the prongs moved over the pouch to cause the contents to be squeezed towards one end of the pouch. The utensil preferably also has a pouch opening device located at the free end of one of the prongs.

Abstract: A tool for tightening and cutting a band clamp is provided with a separable body and handle with the body and the handle having cooperating surfaces so that the handle can be associated with the body in a plurality of different angular relationships. A connecting pin is provided for holding the handle and the body in the desired angular relationship.

Abstract: A combination cable crimper and cutter. A frame mounts a piston for reciprocating axial movement. A reciprocating drive is connected to the piston. A pair of cable-crimping jaws is pivotally mounted on the frame and connected by links to the piston. A cutter anvil is mounted on the frame adjacent one of the jaws. A cutter is mounted on the jaw in cable-cutting relation to the cutter anvil.

Abstract: A multipurpose ski apparatus is presented which may be used to tune and groove a ski. The apparatus may be easily held by a person's hand. It has a file on its upper end for filing the bottom side of a ski, a metal scraper for scraping the bottom of the ski, two rotating blades coupled to its bottom surface for filing the sides of the ski, and a removable insert which may be placed into an aperture in the bottom surface for grooving a layer of wax applied to the bottom surface of the ski. The multipurpose ski apparatus may be used without a vise or any other anchoring device. A method for tuning a ski with the multipurpose apparatus is also presented which comprises the steps of scraping the wax off the bottom surface of the ski by the metal scraper, filing the bottom surface of the ski with the file fastened to the top end of the apparatus, and simultaneously filing the sides of the ski with the two rotating files.

Abstract: A knife system with symmetrical "U"-section swing handles has a removable, integral accessory detachably force fitted to it to lock the handles together in blade-exposed or use-position, and to serve as a scraper, a pair of offset screwdrivers providing finger relief, and a grip improver. The force-fit may advantageously include three types of engagement between the lock and the handles for maximum security. The lock may be easily installed by tapping it with or against something; removal is difficult except by appropriately directed tapping.

Abstract: A combination tool having a central shaft which may be rotated by a power tool. The shaft has a drill bit mounted in its front end so that rotation of the shaft causes rotation of the bit. The shaft is fitted in the bore of a sleeve or tube, the tube having a nut driver socket head at its front end. By advancing the tube on the shaft, complementary flats on the shaft and in the rear of the tube are mated to couple the shaft to the tube in a driving relation. The tube may be advanced to recess the drill bit within the tube to free the socket for use in a socket driving tool.

Abstract: The adapter for the torquing tool includes an elongated body having a bore in at least one end to accommodate a driver bit and a coupling means for detachably attaching the body to the tool. A depth adjustment bushing is threadably engaged within said bore, with the bushing being externally threaded to engage the bore. The bushing includes a body section and a shank section. An axial passageway extends through the shank section and an axial slot extending through the wall of the shank in communication with the passageway. A screw extends through a radial threaded opening in the body and into the axial passageway through the slot so when the driver bit is housed within the body section and extends into the passageway, it is held in place by tightening the screw. In a preferred form, the passageway has a hexagonal cross section for mating engagement with a hexagonal end section of the driving bit.

Abstract: Described is a belt buckle to which may be attached a tool in the form of a flat plate. The buckle body is formed by a fitting case and a base plate mounted to the rear surface of the fitting case. A leaf spring is mounted in the buckle body for pressingly holding the tool in the housed state. The plate spring has a pair of short strips for acting on the central part of the tool and a long strip for acting on the inner end of the tool. The upper and lower sides of the foremost portions of the fitting case are bent back to provide an engaging portion for preventing inadvertent withdrawal of the tool from the buckle body. When withdrawing the tool housed in the buckle body, it is only necessary to apply finger pressure on the end of the tool exposed through the central end notch of the fitting case.

Abstract: The present invention relates to rotary tool bits driven by electric tools where torque forces are transmitted to the rotary tool bits by way of adapting means through the shank portions of other tool bits already in the electric tools. These adapting means comprise elongated members closely, axially aligned disposed about these rotary tool bits and have inside surfaces adapted to fit said shank portions. The elongated members are pressed against said shank portions by compressing means which might be sliding sleeves. The adapting means might comprise two, three or six such elongated members. Low friction sliding sleeves with interior rolling members for such rotary bits are also provided.

Abstract: A unique connector and insertion tool are disclosed. The connector is hollow with screw-type threads on its outer surface, an enlarged head at one end and a non-sharp configuration at the other end. The insertion tool has a non-sharp elongated shaft or piercer attached to a handle; the end of the piercer is adapted to allow piercing and passage through the materials being secured together. The connector slides over the piercing shaft, is held in secure non-rotating relation thereto, and is configured to penetrate the materials and be screwed into place by the insertion tool. The entire piercing and connection operation may be conducted in a twisting motion with just one hand.

Abstract: A holder for taps and dies has an elongated holding portion having sockets for holding dies in fixed position for use, elongated recesses for storage of taps therein, a drive socket for reception of taps thereinto for use, a movable retainer secured over the recesses for selectively retaining the taps in the recesses and releasing the taps individually for engagement with the drive socket, and retention means cooperating with the holding portion, the retainer, and the taps for retention of the taps on the holding portion for preventing loss of the taps from the holder during their aforesaid release for engagement with the drive socket.

Abstract: A hammer-drill is adapted for drilling a hole in masonry and subsequently driving a threaded masonry fastener therein. The hammer-drill has a driving output shaft nested concentrically within a driving output sleeve. The shaft and sleeve both extend forwardly of the tool housing, and both are driven continuously by respective gearing in the tool. The sleeve, however, is driven at a substantially lower rpm than the shaft and at a higher torque. After the hole is drilled, a tubular member is releasably and drivingly coupled to the sleeve. The tubular member encloses the masonry drill bit, which is continually rotated, and the drill bit need not be removed from the tool to seat the fastener. The tubular member has a forward portion provided with a socket for the head of the masonry fastener.

Abstract: Apparatus for inserting wires into terminals on opposite sides of an elecrical connector in a single stroke comprising first and second wire insertion heads mounted on respective opposite sides of a connector holder which includes a slide mounted on an anvil and linked to an insertion ram carrying the first wire insertion head so that wire insertion movement of the insertion ram relative to the holder produces corresponding movement of the slide.

Abstract: A compound tool for installation of a cable tie band. The elongated tool has a transversely disposed open-ended, rectangular slot that broadly approximates the tie band in cross-section and through which the free end of a loosely assembled tie band is threaded, firmly tensioned and finger clamped on the tool handle, the tool bottom being fulcrumed on the band at the tie head. The tool is then rotated to tighten the band and secure the bundle. A cutter blade, incorporated in the tool structure, is so pivotally mounted and configured that in the shearing of the excess of tie band, the blade initiates shearing at the outside edge of the band-slot assembly and continuously during shearing exerts only a clamping force which influences the tie band into the slot.

Abstract: An electrical wire handling tool (10) is disclosed. This tool is useful for cutting jumper wires to any required length and at any location, for installing jumper wires into slotted beam connectors, and for removing no longer needed jumper wires from such connectors. The tool is comprised of a handle (20) which has first and second recesses (23,27 and 25,29) in oppositely disposed ends (24,28 and 26,30). In the first handle recess there is affixed means (40) for coupling electrical wires to the connectors. In the second handle recess there is affixed means (60) for removing electrical wires from connectors. The tool further includes a third recess (32) in an intermediate, internal region (31) of the handle which has housed therein means (80) for cutting electrical wires.

Abstract: A utility knife comprising a fixed blade and a tool-shaped shank with a pivotally mounted housing selectively movable between a first position about one edge of the shank to use the knife-blade and a second position about one edge of the blade to use the shank as a tool.

Abstract: A hiker's hatchet with a knife sheathed in the handle of the hatchet whereby the grip of the knife also forms the grip of the hatchet, but when belt carried the knife may be removed without removing the hatchet from the belt, and when used as a fish knife the knife protrudes beyond the hatchet head, thereby in one unit providing a skinning and cleaning knife and a beheading hatchet.

Abstract: A removable element for a tool system is disclosed. The element may be used in a system of slide-on tools and adaptors that eliminates a two-handed operation for changing tool bits. The element comprises at least one prong located at one end at a selected distance and substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the tool system. The prong is adapted to slidingly fit and rotationally abut with another element of the tool system to transfer rotary motion between the elements, and means are provided for supporting a tool bit on the axis of rotation at the other end of the element from the prong.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to apparatus for trimming and inserting insulated conductors into wire in slot, electrical terminals of a connector housing. The tool indexes to multiple positions along the housing and is designed for operation in the palm of a hand.

Abstract: A survival tool has a cylindrical container portion for carrying small items helpful to survival, and a flattened plane-defining body portion with a large central void creating a hand grip, the edges of the body portion defining a straight axe edge, a game skinning notch, and a saw blade, the axe blade and container being oppositely positioned to make the tool useful as an axe by insertion of a stick into the container which acts as a socket to receive same.

Abstract: Apparatus for attaching a drill bit to a power tool. A first adaptor can be chucked into the tool. A second adaptor has a shank with a first longitudinal groove extending from one end and a second lateral groove intersecting the first. The shank is received in a bore of the first adaptor and a protrusion engages in the first and then the second groove as the shank is inserted and then rotated. The bore has a resilient spring member which engages the shank of the second member and prevents undesired counter-rotation. The first adaptor is equipped with a hexagonal recess which can, alternatively, engage hex-headed fasteners or the hexagonal stem of an internal recess driver attachment.