Abstract: An automated driver for tightening a fastener bolt includes a housing body including a handle. A chuck is rotatably connected to the housing body. An actuation system is operatively connected to the chuck for rotating the chuck. A tool element is held by the chuck, the tool element configured to engage the fastener bolt. An alignment tool is connected to the chuck. The alignment tool includes a chuck receiving portion having an opening extending therethrough in which the chuck is located and a bit receiving portion having an opening extending therethrough in which the tool element is located. An end of the tool element extends beyond an end of the bit receiving portion.

Abstract: The hexagonal wrench auxiliary device has a body. The body has two ends, a first end surface and a second end surface. The first end surface and the second end surface are respectively defined in the ends of the body. The first end surface has a center and multiple mounting holes. The multiple mounting holes are respectively formed in the center and around the center on the first end surface and shaped in different sizes to correspond to and be mounted around one of the hexagonal wrenches. The second end surface has a connecting stem mounted on and protruding from the second end surface. The connecting stem may be held to push the hexagonal wrench and rotate the hexagonal head fastener. The body enlarges a moment arm of the wrench and provides a labor saving and easy holding effect.

Abstract: A hand tool and bit storage device configured to allow easy storage and access to a wide variety of bits. The hand tool comprises a body portion, a stem portion and a bit interface. The hand tool couples with the storage device. The storage device holds one or more tool frames or bit inserts each comprising a plurality of bits. The bit inserts are deformable to allow easy access to the bits contained therein. In some embodiments, the bit inserts may be locked in the storage device.

Abstract: A nut capturing socket assembly includes a socket, an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve. The socket has a non-circular shaped interior opening to receive a nut and a circular cylindrical outer surface area. The inner sleeve has a circular cylindrical opening at one end sized to slidingly receive the socket. The inner sleeve has a non-circular shaped opening at an opposite end of the same size and configuration as the non-circular shaped interior opening of the socket. A first abutment element is fixed relative to the socket and a second abutment element is fixed relative to the inner sleeve. An elastic element is positioned between the first and second abutment elements to bias the inner sleeve rotationally relative to the socket. The outer sleeve surrounds the inner sleeve is sized to engage the inner sleeve to co-rotate therewith. The outer sleeve captures the elastic element internally of the socket assembly.

Abstract: A screw embedder attachment for a hand tool handle is disclosed. The invention allows for the addition of a screwdriver functionality to hand tool handles at the end of the tool handle opposite the working end of the tool. Since the invention is placed over the exterior of the tool handle, it allows for assembly and reassembly of the resulting apparatus without the need for disassembly and reassembly of the tool. The invention may be attached and detached from the tool in a minimal number of steps and without the need for special tools, such that where the invention is not needed for a particular job, but the tool is, the invention may be stowed for later use. The invention may be practiced by hand tool operators desiring to reduce the number of individual tools that need to be carried and exchanged for a particular job. This improves the efficiency of work operations and may reduce the number of related injuries and accidents.

Abstract: A torque detection device includes an enclosure, at least one toque-strain bar, at least one adaptor, a coupler, at least one strain gauge, and a torque display unit. The toque-strain bar is enclosed by the enclosure and has opposite ends respectively forming coupling terminals for coupling with the adaptor and the coupler in either direction. The adaptor is connectable to a torque device, such as a hand tool, an electric tool, or a pneumatic tool. The coupler is connectable to a tool piece, such as a wrench socket. The strain gauge is directly mounted to the toque-strain bar to detect the value of a torque applied thereto and to convert the torque value into a torque value signal, which can be outputted in either wired or wireless manner. The torque display unit is mounted to the enclosure and receives the torque value signal from the stain gauge, whereby the torque display unit may perform displaying of torque value, alarming, and storage according to the torque value signal.

Abstract: A prior art sucker rod tong is improved to remove a coupling completely from a sucker rod assembly comprising sucker rods joined end to end by couplings. The prior art sucker rod tong has a rotatable jaw assembly and a lower backup wrench adapted to cooperate to unscrew a coupling joining first and second rods, where the coupling remains screwed to the second rod after it is unscrewed from the first rod. The improvement comprises a coupling extractor for unscrewing the coupling from the second rod so that the coupling can be replaced. The coupling extractor comprises a shaft having an extractor end portion on each end of the shaft and a shield around each extractor end portion, wherein the coupling extractor is designed and sized to fit within and to be rotated by the jaw assembly. The extractor end portion engages the inside wall of the coupling to unscrew the coupling from the second rod. The extractor end portion is preferably a tapered, left-handed spiral fluted easy-out extractor.

Abstract: A drive system cooperates with other tools, such as the drive mechanism of a socket type ratchet wrench to enable a user to use the wrench for its intended purpose at high speed by pulling an endless belt. The belt is contained within a chamber created by the attachment system in a manner to allow the belt to engage with an outer surface of a pulley. The pulley connected to the drive shaft of the socket type ratchet wrench to cause force to be transferred from the belt to the wrench drive shaft. The system utilized a cover operably coupled to the pulley to contain the belt while minimizing interference with the wrench. The cover contains the belt while also allowing an opposite end of the belt to hang loose and thus be easily accessible by a user.

Abstract: A wrench includes a handle having an end surface defining a socket and an outer periphery defining a hole in communication with the socket, a wrench head having a body portion inserted in the socket of the handle, and a recess aligned with the hole of the handle, and a fastener detachably fastened to the hole of the handle and having a distal end inserted in the recess of the wrench head. Accordingly, as long as the fastener is removed from the hole of the handle, the wrench head can be drawn out from the socket of the handle for maintenance or replacement.

Abstract: A wrench coupling device provides for temporary construction of wrench combinations for length extension and/or avoiding obstacles in an engine compartment or other location where nuts are not directly accessible using a standard wrench. The coupling device has a pair of heads adapted for fitting a wrench thereto, which may be hexagonal or another polygonal shape that mates with the teeth and/or faces of a wrench end. One or both of the heads may be fitted with o-rings or magnets to removably secure a wrench with a friction/magnetic link. The ends of the heads may be threaded to accept cover plates that secure the device to the wrenches in a more permanent configuration in which the wrenches will be secured to the coupling device until the cover plates are removed.

Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a parts replacement structure that ensures effort-saved and smooth operation and prevents parts from getting lost. The wrench has a handle having an end forming a head portion that rotatably receives therein a driving collar. A lid plate is fixed to the head portion to retain a pawl member that engages and controls the rotation of the driving collar. The pawl member includes a pusher pad positioned on and movable along a top of the lid plate. A retention block is set at the side of the pawl member opposite to the driving collar to apply a biasing force to the pawl member through a push bar. In this arrangement, the push bar will not get lost when the pawl member disengages from and thus releases the driving collar for replacement.

Abstract: The present invention provides a screwdriver bit set with identification functions. Each bit body in the set has an insertion end, an actuating end and a neck portion. An aluminum alloy identification ring includes a trepan boring for assembly onto the neck portion of the bit body. The aluminum alloy identification ring also has an outer ring surface protruding from the neck portion of the bit body. An anodized protective film is formed on the surface of the aluminum alloy identification ring. The protective film presents bright color and a corrosion-resistant property, helping to prevent discoloring and provide durable identification effects with improved applicability.

Abstract: A drive system cooperating with the drive mechanism of a ratchet wrench enables a user to use the wrench for its intended purpose and also spin the drive at high speed by pulling an endless belt. The belt is contained in a manner which causes structures on the belt to engage with exposed gear teeth of the ratchet wrench or an attachment. The containment structure provides for proper alignment and positioning of the belt to allow for the desired engagement with the drive teeth even after the user releases grip from the belt. The containment structure further allows an opposite end of the belt to hang loose and thus be easily accessible by a user. The drive system can be used on a socket ratchet without exposed teeth by adding gear teeth to a ratchet drive member or socket either permanently, as an added part or as an extension to the socket ratchet or socket.

Abstract: A bit having an identification function includes a head portion for driving a fastener and a shank portion connected to the head portion. The shank portion has a first recess defined therein. The shank portion has a first recognition portion formed in the first recess and made of plastic injection molding. The shank portion has a second recess formed in the outer peripheral of the first recognition portion. The shank portion has a second recognition portion formed in the second recess and made of plastic injection molding. The second recognition portion has an identification portion defined therein and being concave. The first recognition portion, the second recognition portion, and the identification portion provide the identification function.

Abstract: Reaction adaptors for torque power tools pneumatically, electrically, hydraulically and manually driven, tools having the adaptors, and methods of using the same, are disclosed. In one illustrative example, a reaction adaptor of an apparatus for tightening or loosening a fastener includes: a first force-transmitting element attachable to a reaction support portion of the apparatus; a second force-transmitting element slideably attachable to the first element; and wherein the adaptor is adjustable to abut against a stationary object.

Abstract: A reversible ratchet device is provided as a low-torque application wrench in the form of an elongated body carrying a ratchet mechanism thereon, the ratchet mechanism being operable under low-torque conditions such as are present with initial driving or final loosening of a workpiece. The device includes the ratchet mechanism carried directly on the body, both being co-axially rotatable with each other and with the workpiece.

Abstract: When bolts are fastened to tack a door to a car body by means of a conventional impact wrench, the shavings stick to the surface of the door or car body, thereby to cause the poor coating quality such as a seeding when the inter-coating or finish-coating is performed in the coating procedure. An impact wrench provided is a fastening tool for fastening a bolt gripped by a socket, in a nut. The impact wrench includes a suction cover for covering the surroundings of the socket, and a suction port capable of sucking the atmosphere in the portion covered with the suction cover, and is constituted such that the atmosphere in the suction cover is sucked through the suction port to recover the shavings left at the time of fastening the bolt. This constitution makes it possible to prevent the shavings from being scattered to the surroundings.

Abstract: A socket assembly includes a socket having a mounting hole which includes a plurality of insides and yield recesses located alternatively between the insides. A control member is rotatably mounted to the socket and has a through hole, a plurality of stops extend inward from an inner periphery of the through hole. The stops are deformable when being applied with a force along the axis of the through hole. A polygonal object can be forced into the mounting hole by squeezing and bending the stops. After the object is loosened and received in the socket, the stops support the nut from dropping from the mounting hole. When the control member is rotated to off align the stops from the path that the corners of the polygonal object may drop, the object is easily take out from the socket.

Abstract: An adapter engagable in a hole of a driving end of a tool includes a body receivable in the hole. The body includes a cavity in which an elastic member and a cover can be received. The elastic element can provide a force for pushing the cover to abut against the wall of the hole such that the adapter is securely retained in the hole.

Abstract: A screwdriver helper includes a handle, a guide, and a bit. The handle defines a through hole therein. The guide is affixed to the handle. The guide comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, and a through guide hole defined between the top surface and the bottom surface. The top surface is faced to the handle. The guide hole is corresponding to the through hole of the handle. An axis of the guide hole is perpendicular to the bottom surface. The bit is positioned in the guide hole. The bit comprises a tip and a head. The tip is in a shape of a screw head. The head defines slots in a top end thereof. The bit is movable along the axis of the through guide hole. The screwdriver helper helps screwdriver to lock screws firmly.

Abstract: A rotary tool includes a body having an operating end thereon and an annular groove defined in an outer periphery of the body. An indicating element is stably received in the annular groove for indicating a standard of the rotary tool. The indicating element is an electric element for easily mounted into the annular groove.

Abstract: A rechargeable electric tool includes a housing having a lower end, to which a battery is attached, and a fastener tool configured to be attached to a lower side surface of the housing. The fastener tool includes a plate-like base portion, and an engagement portion joined to the base portion. The engagement portion protrudes rearward of the housing when the fastener tool is attached to the housing.

Abstract: A reversible ratchet device is provided as a low-torque application wrench in the form of an elongated body carrying a ratchet mechanism thereon, the ratchet mechanism being operable under low-torque conditions such as are present with initial driving or final loosening of a workpiece. The device includes the ratchet mechanism carried directly on the body, both being co-axially rotatable with each other and with the workpiece.

Abstract: An assembly element for a hand tool including accessories of force-applying hand tools such as a socket, a connecting bar, a universal adapter, etc. A rubber ring groove is formed at a certain position of an external portion having a maximal circumference. A rubber ring with a polygonal anti-rolling portion fits into the rubber ring groove for protecting from an unexpected rolling action. Meanwhile, the rubber ring has different colors for an easy identification of the item number, size, type, etc.

Abstract: A multiple-link tool assembly includes an elongated handle, an exchangeable extension link, and an exchangeable tool link. The exchangeable extension link has a first connecting end removably linked to the handle, and a second connecting end defining a sectioned cavity. The sectioned cavity includes a reduced-diameter internally serrated cavity section and an enlarged-diameter non-serrated cavity section. An adjustable geometric fitting having an externally serrated base is received and retained within the sectioned cavity. A spring is located within the non-serrated cavity section, and is adapted for normally urging the externally serrated base of the geometric fitting into the internally serrated cavity section. The exchangeable tool link has a proximal end removably joined to the geometric fitting of the extension link, and a fastener-engaging distal end adapted for engaging a threaded fastener.

Abstract: Several embodiments are described which allow either the U-bar or the straight bar of a bicycle U-lock to act as the lever arm of a wrench which may be used to remove the wheel nuts of a bicycle. The invention allows bicyclists to carry a wheel nut wrench without adding any extra weight to the bicycle, since a U-lock is normally carried anyway. Having a wheel wrench facilitates emergency repairs such as changing tires.

Abstract: In a Commercial/Industrial setting there can be several hundred threaded rods hanging from the ceiling for hundreds of linear feet of support runs for everything from conduit to cabling trays. These are secured to the threaded rods which are anchored into the ceding and can be at least ten feet long and in excess of twelve feet high. The Rodrunner worked very well and saved me time by not having to spin the nut on by hand and I can conceivably work from the floor rather than on a lift or ladder which also brings into account safety issues.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hand tool with warning effect. A torque sensor, a music player and a circuit device are disposed in a main body of the hand tool. The circuit device includes a processing unit and a warning sound generator. An operation torque detected by the torque sensor is transmitted to the processing unit. In the case that the value of the operation torque is within a set range, the processing unit shuts off the warning sound generator and the music player can play music for a user to listen to. Once the operation torque of the hand tool becomes greater than the set torque value, the processing unit turns on the warning sound generator to emit a warning signal to alert the user.

Abstract: An adapter engagable in a hole of a driving end of a tool includes a body receivable in the hole. The body includes a cavity in which an elastic member and a cover can be received. The elastic element can provide a force for pushing the cover to abut against the wall of the hole such that the adapter is securely retained in the hole.

Abstract: A ratchet device includes a housing having a number of teeth formed in a chamber of the housing, a follower having a stem engaged into the housing, a pawl disposed in the follower and having a number of teeth for engaging with the teeth of the housing, and a control ferrule attached to the follower and anchored between the follower and the housing and coupled to the pawl for controlling the teeth of the pawl to selectively engage with the teeth of the housing in order to control the rotating direction of the housing by the follower. An actuating member is attached to the control ferrule, and a spring member is attached to the actuating member and engage with the pawl for coupling the control ferrule to the pawl.

Abstract: An system for installing an anchor device in an aperture in a workpiece having a first and a second side, where the second side is the blind side. The anchor device is the type in which a portion of the anchor device plastically deforms on the second side of the workpiece upon application of force to the anchor device. The installation system comprises a tool body comprising a front end section and a rotation means housing at a rearward portion of the tool body, wherein the front end section comprises a nose piece, and the rotation means housing comprises a rotation means having a drive shaft extending axially from the rotation means housing. There is an anchor device attachment means extending from the nose piece and a processing means adapted to transmit and receive electrical signals from the rotation means monitors the installation process. A user controlled activation means activates the rotation means and the processing means.

Abstract: An adapter for an impact tool that securely holds a standard size socket. This adapter can be similar to a drill chuck and contain a locking mechanism to hold a socket. The adapter can be made to slip onto the impact tool just like any other tip or adapter. The adapter locks on the end of the impact tool. The socket receiving end resembles the mechanism of a standard socket wrench. Instead of the ball found on many socket wrenches, the present invention can contain a depressable pin with a tip that inserts into the socket. An edge on the pin provides positive protection against fall off even under extreme shock loads. The adapter can be supplied with different sized shanks to fit standard socket insert sizes. The adapter can optionally be used as an extension and manufactured in different lengths.

Abstract: A multiple-link tool assembly includes an elongated handle, at least one exchangeable extension link, and an exchangeable tool link. The handle has a portion adapted for being gripped by a user. The exchangeable extension link includes first and second connecting ends, and an angled body intermediate the first and second connecting ends. The first connecting end is removably connected to the handle. The exchangeable tool link has a proximal end removably connected to the second end of the extension link and a fastener-engaging distal end adapted for engaging a threaded fastener.

Abstract: An extension device attached to a screw gun providing for an extension of the driver tip of the screw gun and retaining a screw at a flexible end of the extension device holds a screw in a position for insertion into a surface of an object with the flexible end bending away from the driving pathway as the screw is inserted into the object, providing for the ability to insert and drive a screw into the object with a single hand from an extended distance from the object.

Abstract: A brick tie anchor secures a brick veneer to an underlying structure. The anchor includes a head portion having a shaped body defining a longitudinal axis. The head includes a key portion extending from an end of the body having generally flat sides and an open central area. A shank has an upper shank portion and a lower shank portion. The lower shank portion is threaded for penetration into the underlying structure. The upper shank portion and the lower shank portion are separated from one another by a shoulder. The upper shank portion includes a knurled region extending from the shoulder. A washer is disposed at the juncture of the head portion and the shank. The washer has a diameter greater than a largest measurement across the head portion. The washer includes a resilient sealing element on the side of the washer adjacent to the shank. A driving tool for the anchor is also disclosed.

Abstract: A socket assembly includes an outer part and an inner part which is inserted in the outer part. A flange extends radially outward from an end of the inner part and is mounted on an end of the outer part. The outer part is made by steel and the inner part is made by aluminum. A positioning device is located between the outer part and the inner part. The positioning device includes a plurality of grooves defined in an inner periphery of the outer part and a plurality of ribs extend from an outer periphery of the inner part. The ribs are engaged with the grooves.

Abstract: A link attachment to a torque wrench providing coaxial action in the reaction turning forces in opposite directions at equal torque, the link attachment has a housing, a ratchet mechanism including a ratchet engageable with a fastener and a drive plate turning the ratchet, a first connecting structure for connecting the housing to a part of the torque wrench providing a reaction turning force and a second connecting structure for connecting a part of the torque wrench providing an action turning force for the at least one lever drive plate, so that a turning action of the torque wrench is converted into a linear action applied to the at least lever drive plate so as to turn the at least one lever drive plate and thereby to turn a fastener by the ratchet, while abutting against a nearby stationary object with the housing to stop the torque wrench from turning around the fastener to be tightened or loosened.

Abstract: A device for marking or identifying a female recess tool for clamping a mobile element (such as a nut), characterized in that it is adapted to be completely inserted in the female recess and maintained therein by frictional forces. It is then easy to identify, for example, features peculiar to the tool.

Abstract: A handheld power tool, in particular a power drill or power screwdriver, has a tool holder, which is displaceably received in a housing and which can be driven via a drive unit; a microswitch that can switch the drive unit on and off is provided, which is switchable upon an axial displacement motion of the tool holder via an actuating element. The actuating element is joined axially solidly to the tool holder, so that the axial displacement motion of the tool holder at the same time acts as the displacement motion of the actuating element, which motion actuates the microswitch.

Abstract: A wrench for handling a fastener, involving an elongated member with a proximal end and a distal end, a step pad being disposed proximate the elongated member proximal end and for providing additional torque, and an adapter being disposed proximate the elongated member distal end. The adapter may include an element, such as a socket member and a ratchet member. The elongated member distal end may include a tool member.

Abstract: A device containing fragments of a failed high torque device such as hydraulic torque device, geared air driven torque machine or impact wrench. The device is a sleeve formed of a woven or web-like material that is positioned around at least a driving or socket end of the high torque device. The sleeve absorbs the impact of fragments upon failure of the high torque device, preventing the fragments from becoming airborne. The sleeve may be assembled with the high torque device during construction of the high torque device, or may be added to the high torque device at a later time. The sleeve may be retro-fit onto the high torque device. The sleeve may be pre-molded, shrink-fit, hot-dipped, slid, rolled or woven onto the high torque device.

Abstract: A multipurpose skateboard tool comprising two separable substantially flat elongated members and a separable chain. The first substantially flat elongated member comprises a socket within one end, a wrench within the opposite end, and a keyway and at least one through hole within the middle portion. The second substantially flat elongated member comprises a wrench within one end, a screwdriver bit on the opposite end, and a rivet and at least one through hole within the middle portion. The two substantially flat elongated members may interlock together via the keyway and rivet mechanism for compact and flat storage. When interlocked, the chain may be inserted through adjacent through holes to prevent separation of the two substantially flat elongated members.

Abstract: A method and assembly for tightening a locking element in an orthopedic implant comprises a ratcheting mechanism that includes a shaft portion and a sleeve portion operatively connected over the shaft portion. The assembly further includes a first handle or wrench operatively connected to the shaft portion and a second handle or wrench operatively connected to the sleeve portion. The method comprises aligning the ratcheting mechanism over the orthopedic implant; operatively connecting the first wrench to the shaft portion; operatively connecting the second wrench to the sleeve portion; rotating the second wrench counter-clockwise to establish a position for leverage; holding the first wrench in a firm position; and rotating the second wrench clockwise while the first wrench is held in the firm position.

Abstract: A spanner with a bending section comprises a handle and a driving portion; and a bending connecting portion connected between the handle and the driving portion; the driving portion being installed with an engaging head; a front end of the engaging head having an engaging end; a periphery of the engaging head having a plurality of teeth for engaging the driving portion; a length L of each teeth being longer than a width W of the engaging end. The ratio of L/W is from 2 to 3. Preferably, the ratio is 2.5.

Abstract: A compact multipurpose tool including a bit head, a hollow first cylinder that defines a plurality of open-end wrenches on one end, and a second cylinder that communicates with the bit head and can be at least partially housed within the hollow first cylinder. In further features the hollow first cylinder defines a socket on the end opposite the plurality of open-end wrenches and the second cylinder includes a plurality of sockets.

Abstract: A pipe wrench having a movable arm mounted thereon. The arm is pivotally attached to the back of the wrench and may be foldable for storage or pivoted to an in-use, support-stand position to allow the wrench to be self-supporting when desired.

Abstract: A spanner socket for application with conventional hand tools such as ratchet drivers and fixed wrenches employed for imparting torque to a work piece about an axis of rotation includes a generally cylindrical shaped base member which defines a predetermined number of engagement surfaces which are circumferentially arranged around the axis of rotation. The engagement surfaces are employed for releasably coupling with the associated hand tool. Two or more elongated drive pins are carried by the base member for rotation therewith about said axis of rotation. Each drive pin defines an axis of elongation, which is parallel to the axis of rotation and spaced from the axis of rotation for engagement with the work piece for the application of torque thereto.

Abstract: This tested invention, for use with an unmodified hammer (402), is a simple attachment (31) whose fastener-receiving region (57), and fastener-holding apparatus (54), along with a magnetism and support extender (542), allow safe, one-handed starting of a wide range of size and types of fasteners (562), including nails, screws, tacks, and staples. With the attachment, a fastener can be easily started with the usual initial hammer swing and then driven to the desired depth by striking it with the hammer face in the conventional manner with an unbroken rhythm. The attaching mechanism (72) enables attaching to and detaching from a hammer with only one hand. Spacers (202), or tailor forming of the attachment body (32), allow it to fit all of the common household hammers. Alternative holding fingers (314, 316, 318 FIG. 20) handle nonmagnetic fasteners.

Abstract: The present invention is an attachment that fits onto the head of a wrench to magnetically hold a nut. The attachment has a magnetized surface and a side surface to friction fit onto a wrench. Fit is further improved by magnetizing the side surface. By holding the nut, the attachment allows for operation of a wrench in restrictive spaces where manual holding of the nut would be impossible or impracticable. Making side surfaces of the attachment out of plastic allows the attachment to adapt to different sizes of wrench heads. A hole in the attachment allows a bolt to pass through the attachment as it passes through the nut.

Abstract: A torque wrench having structure for facilitating manual rotation of the rotatable output shaft, for rotating the output shaft to an effective angular position which enables an internal ratchet mechanism to operate effectively. This structure preferably is a knurled thumbwheel which slip fits over the output shaft, which is preferably a removable bit. The wrench includes a handle, socket for receiving a bit, and an internal ratchet. The bit is configured to drivably engage the thumbwheel, and to present a non-circular distal terminal for engaging and driving a fastener. Optionally, the thumbwheel is removably secured to the bit by friction fit or in other ways.