Abstract: Disclosed is a panel removing tool having a bend portion that is located behind a fulcrum of the tool. During use, the tool pivots about the bend portion applies leverage to remove a panel. The bend portion includes a cover (for example a dipped polymer) that is made of a material softer than a material of the remainder of the tool (for example, stainless steel). The tool therefore prevents scratching or other damage to panels in which the tool is used and allows greater leverage during use due to the recessed bend portion.

Abstract: A tool for applying a bending or impact load to one or more conductors in a dynamoelectric machine is provided. The tool includes an elongate, substantially tubular handle having an opening at a first end, a second end opposed to the first end, and the handle has a handle axis. A head is connected to the second end of the handle, and includes a striking surface for applying impact loads, and an interchangeable tool socket located opposite to the striking surface. The head has a head axis oriented orthogonal to the handle axis. The interchangeable tool socket can accept one of a plurality of tool inserts and the tool inserts may be rotated generally around the head axis and locked in at least one position within the interchangeable tool socket so that the angle of each tool insert can be adjusted to user preferences.

Abstract: A hammering tool with buffer design includes: a hammering member, a protrusion block section extending from a lower side of the hammering member, a right side of upper section of the protrusion block section being notched to form a first receiving space; a handle member having a grip section, a first plate section, a second plate section and a third plate section being disposed at an upper end of the grip section to define a receiving chamber for inserting the protrusion block section therein; a pivot member for pivotally connecting the protrusion block section of the hammering member with the handle member; and a buffer assembly including a first compression spring received in the first receiving space. A right end face of the protrusion block section of the hammering member is spaced from a left face of the first plate section by a predetermined buffering distance.

Abstract: The objective of the invention is to allow bumping or hitting fragile finished materials or finished surfaces with a hammer without denting, marking, or scratching them.

Abstract: The invention herein called MalletHead Pro 3 consists of three (3) compression molded Styrene Butadiene Rubber heads designed to be placed over and cap the face, poll and neck of any hammer having a face striking size of no greater than three and one half centimeters (3.5) and having a face striking size of no less than two and one half centimeters (2.5), consequently converting the striking tool (hammer) into a soft impact tool. The three (3) rubber heads herein called MalletHead are of identical shape, size, and materials as shown in FIG. 1 attached hereto to this application. The three heads (3) differ in (a) colour, and (b) durometer. This invention may be used were any soft impact tool is warranted or required. This invention eliminates the need in many applications for the use, storage of a rubber mallet or any other soft impact tool. This invention utilizes the hammer, including ball peen, claw or rip designs into a multi-use soft impact tool.

Abstract: A hammer equipped with a mallet attachment and a measuring scale. The mallet attachment includes a surface cap for covering the striking surface of the hammer such that the hammer is visible as a mallet which provides a resilient surface. A surface cap holder stores the surface cap when using the hammer. The measuring scale is located on a grip which surrounds a hammer shank. The hammer functions as both a hammer and a mallet.

Abstract: An ergonomic handle for a hand tool includes a main portion extending in a longitudinal direction between a gripping portion and a tool head supporting portion opposite the gripping portion. Both the gripping portion and the tool head supporting portion are offset at an inclination in relation to the longitudinal direction of the main portion at a compound angle including a lateral angle and a vertical angle to ensure proper alignment while improving the line of sight to the tool head. The handle is suited for a hammer system in which removable fastening means secure the tool head to the handle to permit various adjustments to be made to the tool head. A tension member is also received through the handle under tension so that the handle is pre-stressed under compression for added strength.

Abstract: A striking head-interchangeable hammer includes a handle, a head body connected securely to the handle and formed with a through-hole and upper and lower bores, a striking body having a connecting portion that is received fittingly in the lower bore, and a stress-distributable fastener including a connecting rod that extends through the through-hole and the upper and lower bores in the head body to engage threadedly the striking body, and that is formed with an abutting flange received fittingly in the upper bore and anchored on and abutting against an abutting face of a bore-defining wall of the upper bore upon tightening of the connecting rod onto the striking body.

Abstract: A recoil reducing apparatus that is attachable to a striking tool includes a resilient strap having a first aperture which is configured to accept an extension of the striking tool, and a second aperture spaced from the first aperture along a major axis of the strap and configured to accept a striking portion of the striking tool. The strap also includes a flap which extends from the second aperture. The strap is generally planar and of a resilient elastomeric material, such as urethane rubber. When used with a hammer, an extension of the hammer, such as the claw, is inserted through the first aperture of the strap. The second aperture is pulled over the striking head of the hammer resulting in a tight fit with the hammer head.

Abstract: A manually operable impact tool that includes an elongated rigid interior handle structure extending longitudinally with respect to the tool, an impact head disposed at one longitudinal end portion of the handle structure and an exterior impact cushioning gripping structure affixed to a second longitudinal end portion of the elongated interior handle structure in surrounding relation thereto. The exterior impact cushioning gripping structure is formed of inner and outer layers of molded material. The inner layer is a foamed material that is selected from a group consisting of polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, and thermoplastic elastomer and is molded in surrounding relation to the elongated interior handle structure. The outer layer is constructed of a solid nonfoamed material that is chemically compatible with the inner layer and is molded in surrounding abutting relation to the inner layer.

Abstract: An improved impact tool of the nonrecoil type is provided, to include a molded thermoplastic jacket encasing a hollow core canister having a flowable filler material such as small steel pellets or the like disposed therein and adapted to shift about within the canister for absorbing and dissipating impact shock forces. The hollow canister, which may be lightweight in construction, is partially filled with a selected quantity of the flowable filler material and the residual canister volume is occupied by at least one pulverable slug prior to placement of the canister into a mold for formation of the jacket thereon under heat and pressure. The pulverable slug has sufficient structural integrity to withstand molding temperatures and pressures, so that the slug and filler material cooperatively define a rigid structural backstop to prevent deformation of the hollow canister during the jacket molding step.

Abstract: An improved manufacturing process is provided for surface protective striking tools such as hammers and mallets. An elongate hollow core is fitted with impact heads at opposite ends thereof and filled with a flowable filler material such as small steel pellets prior to placement of the core into a mold cavity for injection mold formation of an outer encasement. During the molding step, the filler material provides a substantially rigid structural backstop which enables a core of lightweight construction to withstand typical injection molding parameters. The molded outer encasement ensheathes a skirt portion of the impact heads and any exposed portion of the core member to bind the impact heads to the core member. The molded outer encasement does not extend over an impact face of each impact head. A handle may also be molded with the outer encasement. A striking tool thus formed is removed from the mold, and some or all of the filler material is drained from the core through an open port.

Abstract: A guard which is mountable over the head of a hammer so as to stop fragments from flying which could injure the user. The guard is substantially larger than the hammer head and is formed with a large pocket which substantially encloses the head of the hammer so as to catch fragments which fly from the object being striked by the hammer to prevent injury to the user or anyone in the immediate area. The guard is flexible so that it will collapse and has a memory so that it will return to its original position. The guard may be made of clear plastic so that the object being striked by the hammer is visible through the guard. Various structures and methods of mounting the guard to the hammerhead are provided.