Abstract: A combination tool for assembling and dismantling a lock nut of a bearing of a wheel axle of a wheeled vehicle includes a middle column, a first clamp block, a second clamp block, a regulating threaded rod, and a support rod. The first clamp block and the second clamp block are located at two sides of the middle column, and each of the first clamp block and the second clamp block has one end provided with a clamp pawl. The regulating threaded rod is extended through the middle column, for adjusting the distance between the first clamp block and the second clamp block. The support rod is extended through the second clamp block, the middle column and the first clamp block, to support and position the middle column, the first clamp block, and the second clamp block.

Abstract: The present invention is a fastener assembly, and a system including two panels secured together by the fastener. The panels may form part of a container with two portions secured together by the fastener, such as a door and a panel to which the door is hingedly connected. The container may have walls that are formed of a composite material with a metal edge channel. The fastener is suitable for joining panels that are relatively thick, such as those formed of a composite material. The fastener includes a screw rotatable in a body to move a crossbar into engagement with one portion of the container to clamp that portion to another portion of the container. The fastener is tamper resistant and operable completely from the exterior, without need to access the inside end of the fastener.

Abstract: A method for raising and lowering the feed and delivery tables of a printing press utilizes a drive-limiting tool which is attached to a conventional drill motor. The combination is used to turn the rotatable member of the printing press which in turn through the table's raising and lowering mechanism raises and lowers the feed table. The drive-limiting tool ensures that the table raising and lowering mechanism is not overdriven. It does so by automatically slipping off of the rotatable member of the printing press when the table raising and lowering mechanism reaches its upper and lower limits.

Abstract: A drain installation apparatus for installing a drain assembly in a drain hole of a plumbing fixture. The drain installation apparatus includes a bridging member for bridging over the drain hole. A support member extends toward the drain hole when the bridging member is positioned over the drain hole. A holding member engages a top of the drain assembly. A handle member is mounted on the support member for being gripped by a hand of a user to rotate the support member. An attachment member is mounted on the bridging member for releasably mounting on an inner surface of the plumbing fixture adjacent to the drain hole. A cup member engages an upper fastener of the drain assembly. A lower handle member is mounted on the cup member for gripping by the hand of the user to produce rotation of the cup member. An engaging member engages a lower fastener of the drain assembly.

Abstract: A tool for engaging and rotating an end plate of a threaded rebar coupler for installing a coupler on an end section of rebar. The tool comprises a member and a shaft attachable to the member. The shaft may be received in a rotary drill for mechanized rotation of the shaft and member about an axis of the shaft. The member includes a plurality of extensions for engaging an end plate of the threaded rebar coupler to induce rotation of the threaded rebar coupler for threading the rebar coupler onto an end section of rebar. The tool is adapted for use on a variety of differently sized couplers.

Abstract: A wrench cap of molded plastic defines an interior space into which project a plurality of lugs. The lugs engage ribs projecting from a threaded cover for a fuel filter housing. A conventional wrench or wrench handle cooperates with a hex coupling on the wrench cap to rotate the wrench cap and thus the threaded cover. This facilitates removal of the cover from the fuel filter housing so that a filter element in the housing can be changed.

Abstract: The invention is an apparatus that aids in the manual locking and unlocking of four-wheel drive hub mechanisms. Two disc shaped plates are connected together with an elongated section of steel rod of a length of approximately six to eight inches. A channel of approximately ½ inch in width is cut in the front surface of one of the discs for receiving the hub locking lever on the four-wheel drive vehicle. A section of a spongy textured material formed in the shape of a handgrip is wrapped around and secured to the rod section to provide a gripping surface. The extended length of the rod section allows for additional leverage which makes the locking and unlocking of the hub easier.

Abstract: The present invention is a tool (40) for use with anti-tampering devices. The tool resists jamming, simplifies use and has less complicated parts to produce. The tool includes a handle, shaft, spring, activation plunger and ball. The shaft extends from the handle. The shaft includes a cavity in the shaft having an open end at the bottom end of the shaft. The shaft includes a ball hole on the shaft within an area of the cavity. The spring is located in the cavity. The activation plunger extends from the bottom end of the shaft. The ball is located in the cavity, whereby the ball is positioned to be extendible out the ball hole.

Abstract: A multipurpose tool suitable for opening a number of different valve structures such as commonly found in public service domains such as fire hydrants, natural gas, fire trucks, etc. The tool is compact and is designed to grip a number of different size valve stems.

Abstract: The invention is an apparatus that aids in the manual locking and unlocking of four-wheel drive hub mechanisms. Two disc shaped plates are connected together with an elongated section of steel rod of a length of approximately six to eight inches. A channel of approximately ½inch in width is cut in the front surface of one of the discs for receiving the hub locking lever on the four-wheel drive vehicle. A section of a spongy textured material formed in the shape of a handgrip is wrapped around and secured to the rod section to provide a gripping surface. The extended length of the rod section allows for additional leverage which makes the locking and unlocking of the hub easier.

Abstract: A tool is described for adjusting a slack adjuster. A slack adjuster includes an adjustment bolt and a sealing plate disposed about the adjustment bolt. The tool includes an end including a hex-shaped aperture for engaging the hex-shaped head of the adjustment bolt. The tool also includes an annular face including a pair of spaced apart pins for engaging the sealing plate. A hex is formed on the outer surface of the tool for engagement by a wrench.

Abstract: A tightening nut for a collet, which is tightenable by a key, has a nut body with two end sides, a plurality of depressions provided on at least one of the end sides of the nut body for receiving correspondingly shaped pins arranged on the key, the depressions being formed as grooves with a dovetail-shaped cross-section, so that pins of the key which have a shape corresponding to the dovetail-shaped cross-section of the grooves are insertable in the grooves, the grooves having an opening width adapted to be greater than a maximum width of the pins.

Abstract: A power valve wrench includes a power drive assembly having a motor and a speed reduction device driving an annulus which defines a large center opening and a plurality of lugs or recesses on the interior wall of the annulus. The opening in the annulus receives a drive member having complementary lugs or recesses. The drive member, in turn defines a concentric polygonal opening which may be square, hexagonal, octagonal or other regular polygon shape which receives a complementarily configured stanchion of a valve handwheel drive member. A selection of valve handwheel drive members having 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 slots may be utilized with the power valve wrench. A safety or retaining ring removably attached to the valve handwheel drive member retains the member on a valve handwheel.

Abstract: An oil filter body with two protruding tabs positioned to rest flush with the top edge of the oil filter. The key is a plastic unit designed to fit over the top of the oil filter and the key has two male posts which correspond to and fit into the filter's protruding female tabs. The key has a handle-like grip providing the user with a secure and comfortable grasp on the tool.

Abstract: A device for fixing and removing stud seats for boots. The seats are designed to be fitted from above the boot sole and receive the studs screwed from underneath the sole. The device includes a first portion forming a handle having a means for fixing the seats on a first surface and a second portion forming a handle having means for removing the seats from a first surface, the first surface of the first portion capable of being fitted into a second surface of the second portion, and the first surface of the second portion capable of being fitted into a second surface of the first portion.

Abstract: Described is a wrench comprising a base plate having a generally circular periphery. A plurality of teeth extend radially from the periphery of the base plate and are adapted to engage the indentations in the top of a compression ring of a base assembly. The base plate has a shaft extending upwardly therefrom. Preferably, the shaft includes a handle portion which an installer may use to apply torque to the tool and, thereby, to the compression ring. The shaft may, however, be adapted for engagement with another tool, such as a pipe wrench or electric drill.

Abstract: A tool for removing and installing an oil plug of an internal combustion engine comprising a handle, a drive shaft and a tool head. The drive shaft comprises a flexible material suitable for providing improved access to hard to reach oil plugs. The flexibility of the drive shaft also provides a means for limiting torque transmission between the tool and the oil plug, thereby preventing accidental overtightening, and consequent damage to the oil plug. A multitude of tool head designs are also envisioned by the inventor. Each tool head is designed to frictionally engage and retain the oil plug within the tool head during the installation and removal process allowing for easy, single-handed use of the tool during the servicing and repair of an internal combustion engine.

Abstract: Multi-function faucet wrenches include an elongated body member having a nut receiving socket at one end and a pair of laterally spaced spanner-like projections at the same end as the socket or at the other end. Where the spanner-like projections are at the same end as the nut receiving socket, an aerator receiving recess may be provided in the other end. Alternatively, one or more aerator receiving recesses may be provided in the outer surface of the member intermediate the ends thereof.

Abstract: A sink drain assembly includes a waste plug, a drain cap and a sink seal cap. The sink seal cap is formed and adapted to be attached to a sink drain conduit and to be mounted thereon in a sink drain opening. The waste plug and drain cap are detachably secured together so that the drain cap may be removably mounted on the waste plug and when so combined the waste plug and drain cap function to control the flow of water through the sink seal cap to the sink drain conduit. The waste plug, when removed from the drain cap, functions as a tool to remove the sink seal cap, thus the waste plug performing dual functions in the assembly.