Including Discrete, Separately Usable Inserted Portions Patents (Class 81/439)
  • Patent number: 7134368
    Abstract: A screw driver for housing and supplying bits has a housing with a elongate tube extending through the housing along the axis to a forward presentation end of the tube at which the bits are presented for use. The housing has a rotatable storage holder mounted in the housing for holding and storing a plurality of tool bits and arranged by manual engagement with an exposed side portion to rotate about a second axis parallel to the tube. A plunger carried on an end cap with a hexagonal sleeve has a flat magnetic bit carrying face at the forward end and receives a cooperating portion of the housing as a sliding fit. The holder is removable by pressing an ejection button on an opposite face of the housing and has a magnet which holds the bits in place. The plunger is restricted against free sliding movement by a friction head which presses against the side of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: The Innovak Group Inc.
    Inventor: Gyula Kalder Nagy
  • Patent number: 7124665
    Abstract: A screw positioning device for a screwdriver comprises a connecting rod assembly, a screw positioning sleeve and a magnetic member. The screw positioning sleeve is axially defined with a slide hole for insertion of an end of the connecting rod assembly, the magnetic member is installed on inner peripheral surface of a front end of the screw positioning sleeve, the screw positioning sleeve is axially positioned at the end of the connecting rod assembly, and the positioning sleeve can move back and forth a predetermined distance with respective to the connecting rod assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Inventor: Hsiu-E Chen
  • Patent number: 7121173
    Abstract: A tool handle self-contained a set of head tips comprises a handle main body, a set of head tips, a fixing seat and a stop member. The handle main body has on its bottom a fixing hole, and has a receiving groove on a lateral side thereof. The head-tip set includes a base, a protruding column raised from the base and some holding areas on the base; the protruding column has on its upper end a stepped portion; the holding areas each holds and fixes a head tip; when the head-tip set assembled with the receiving groove, the bottom of the base is flush with a lateral side of the handle main body, and the top surface of the protruding column forms at a hole of the receiving groove a pressing area for pressing to push out the head-tip set. A head tip can be fixed on the bottom of handle main body for use as a screwdriver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Nieh Chuang Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun Yong Chen
  • Patent number: 7114418
    Abstract: A faucet-seat tool with a substantially straight elongated shaft having multiple hex-shaped or square-shaped steps on one end of the shaft and having a head on the other end of the shaft which is adapted to receive an external wrench or ratchet socket wrench into a hole having a biased detent inside the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Inventor: William G. Allen
  • Patent number: 7107885
    Abstract: A tool handle self-contained a set of screwdriver bits includes a handle and a set of screwdriver bits in the handle. There is a fixed hole provided on the bottom of the handle and a receiving groove provided on the side of the handle. The set of screwdriver bits includes a base, a pillar installed on the base and a plurality of holding parts installed on the base. On the upper end of the pillar, a step portion is provided and each holding part holds a screwdriver bit. After the set of screwdriver bits and the receiving groove are assembled, the bottom of the base and the handle become a smooth surface and the top face of the pillar in the hole of the receiving groove forms a pressing face. If the pressing face is pressed, the set of screwdriver bits will move out from the handle. After the screwdriver bit is locked at the bottom of the handle, it can act as screwdriver. A tool handle self-contained a set of screwdriver bits can suit for various hand tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Nieh Chuang Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun Yong Chen
  • Patent number: 7086314
    Abstract: A screwdriver with a bit storage member rotatable about a slotted, apertured core. A magnet-tipped push rod slides through the core. A magnetic lever arm is pivotally coupled to the core and biased toward its slot. The rod moves through the member between extended and retracted positions. In the extended position, the core is rotatable with respect to the member to position the slot adjacent a bit storage cavity; and, the lever arm is pivotally biased toward and through the slot, magnetically attracting the tool bit in the cavity. While the rod moves into the retracted position, the member is not rotatable about the core; the rod pushes the arm and bit away from the cavity, through the slot into the core; the rod's magnet moves forwardly magnetically attracting the bit; and, pushes the bit forwardly through a shaft to protrude through the shaft's open forward end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: FutureWorks Concepts Ltd.
    Inventor: George Michael Wannop
  • Patent number: 7073414
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for accessing a Network Interface Device of a telecommunications network. The apparatus has a main body and a wrench. The main body has a first end, a second end, and an interior cavity. The interior cavity is open at the first end and extends into an interior region of the main body. The interior cavity is bound by a side wall and terminates within the main body at an end wall. The wrench is a 216-Type can wrench extending from the second end of the main body. The 216-Type can wrench has a thin-walled, polygonally-shaped interior cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Blake R. Urban, Isaac D. M. White, James E. Dickens, Kevin Forsberg, Charles Sawyer
  • Patent number: 7066061
    Abstract: A screwdriver includes a main body, an end cap, and a holding seat. Thus, the tips are inserted into the mounting holes of the holding seat and received in the receiving chamber of the main body, thereby facilitating the user carrying the tips, and thereby saving the space of storage. In addition, the holding seat is rotatable relative to the end cap, so that the mounting holes of the holding seat are directed outward to facilitate the user removing or placing the tips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Inventors: Yi Ying Chen, Siou Ru Chen, Su Fen Lin
  • Patent number: 7051392
    Abstract: A handle multi-tool of particular utility to electricians for performing many operations involved in electrical installations in which a number of different tools are necessary, such as: pliers, channel locks, multi-tip screw driver, level, wire nut driver, scraper, measuring tape, calculator, level, and plum bob. All of them may be partially or totally replaced by this handle multi-tool, the shape and weight of which resembles a common screwdriver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Inventor: Armando Dominguez
  • Patent number: 7052128
    Abstract: A pen-shaped spectacles repair kit includes a pen-shaped body having a two-sectioned case and a cap, and a screwdriver. A rear inner end of the case opposite to the cap is formed into a space for holding some spare parts for spectacles; the screwdriver has a middle body having two blades projected from two ends thereof. The screwdriver is fitted in the case by inserting the middle body into a fixing hole provided at a front end of the case, so that the screwdriver turns when the case is turned. The cap closed to the front end of the case completely covers the projected blade, and a clip provided on the cap allows the pen-shaped spectacles repair kit to be clamped on a user's pocket and conveniently portable for tightening screws on the spectacles at any place and any time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Inventor: Su Kung-Ping
  • Patent number: 7047847
    Abstract: A toolkit includes a frame, at least one tool set and a chain tool. The tool set is pivotally connected with the frame. The chain tool is attached to the frame in a detachable manner. The chain tool is located in the frame in a manner that it supports the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventor: Louis Chuang
  • Patent number: 7032483
    Abstract: A toolbox screwdriver comprises a base, a first bracket and a second bracket. The first bracket and the second bracket are pivotally mounted on the base. The base has a plurality of projections, corresponding to a plurality of notches on the second bracket. The second bracket further includes a plurality of receptacle holes each for retaining a screwdriver head, which will be pushed upward by the projections as the first bracket is opened. The first bracket has a receptacle hole corresponding to an insertion hole on the base as the first bracket is retracted onto the base. The insertion hole of the base is for the insertion of a screwdriver rod, so that the toolbox can be used as a screwdriver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventor: Kuo-Chen Liu
  • Patent number: 7028593
    Abstract: Provided is a screwdriver comprising a pivotal removable revolving cylinder containing screwdriver tips a pivot bucket with the revolving cylinder disposed therein, and a flexible limiting member fastened at either cut on the shank of a handle for fastening the handle in its operation or storage position. In a revolving cylinder replacement operation pull the handle rearward to disengage the shank with the revolving cylinder, pull the pivot bucket upward by pivoting until it is disposed externally of a slot in a body, remove a pivot pin for replacing the revolving cylinder, mount the revolving cylinder in the pivot bucket, and pivot the pivot bucket downward to dispose in the slot again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignees: A. A. G. Industrial Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Shu-Sui Lin, Hong-Chow Yu
  • Patent number: 7021181
    Abstract: A screwdriver includes a handle having one or more blades formed in a lower portion for grasping a driving shank with a control ferrule. A magazine is rotatably received in the handle, and includes a number of compartments formed between ribs, for receiving screwdriver bits, and includes one or more projections. A cover is attached to the handle, to rotatably retain the magazine within the handle, and includes a passage for selectively aligning with either of the compartments or the ribs of the magazine. The cover includes a number of depressions to receive the projection of the magazine, and to align either of the compartments or the ribs of the magazine with the passage of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Inventor: Li-Lien Chi
  • Patent number: 7000509
    Abstract: A hand tool includes a handle defining an axially extending passage therein, and having an accommodation cavity with a radially extending access opening. A cassette member is insertable through the opening to be rotatably mounted in the cavity, and has a plurality of angularly displaced storage chambers for receiving tool bits, respectively, such that a selected one of the chambers is in line with the passage. A shank is movably disposed in the passage, and has an engaging head which can push the tool bit in the selected chamber outwardly of the handle for operation, and which can be retracted into the passage for angular movement of the chambers. The cassette member can be radially pushed to be removed from the cavity through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Inventor: Hsuan-Sen Shiao
  • Patent number: 6997088
    Abstract: A driver heads barrel for a precise screwdriver includes a handle, a stem, and a cover. The handle has a chamber to accommodate a stem and screwdriver heads therein. A groove is formed close to an outer end of the chamber. A reverse cone-shaped disc is formed at an inner end of the stem. The stem has a plurality of longitudinal partitions thereof. The cover has a barrel extending downwardly from one end. A ridge corresponding to the groove of the chamber is formed on the barrel. The disc of the stem is secured into the inner end of the chamber of the handle. The screwdriver heads are accommodated between the partitions and the chamber. The barrel of the cover is inserted into the chamber with the ridge engaging with the groove. The cover is pivotally connected to the outer end of the chamber of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Inventor: Cheng-Tsan Hu
  • Patent number: 6988432
    Abstract: A screw and driver system includes a range of screws and a driver. Each screw has a head having a driving recess in its surface for engagement by the driver. The recess of larger screws in the range have a plurality of superimposed recess tiers of decreasing size with increasing depth from said surface. Each tier has substantially parallel driving surfaces and torque applied to the driver is transmitted to the screw through the driving surfaces. At least one tier of at least smaller screws in the range has a rib. Engagement of the driver with the recess causes deformation of rib, and hence creation of an interference fit of the driver in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Uniscrew Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Laurence Antony Brooks
  • Patent number: 6978504
    Abstract: A multifunctional hand tool is disclosed having multiple tool components for use to service and repair sprinkler and irrigation systems. The hand tool includes eight tool implements positioned on four reversible tool couplings. Each one of the four tool couplings are received by an end of one of two reversible servant couplings. The two servant couplings are each received by an end of a master coupling. The master coupling is received by a threaded insert. The insert is then received by a handle. The handle includes a retractable rotary head key for extracting a rotary sprinkler head, a releasable clamp, and a sprinkler nozzle adjustment mechanism for adjusting the spray pattern of a sprinkler nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Orbit Irrigation Products
    Inventors: Alan John Smith, Michael Ray Ericksen, Rodger Leroy Fulwider
  • Patent number: 6968760
    Abstract: A precision screwdriver having a turning head includes an accommodation space provided inside a longitudinally extended handle of the precision screwdriver, the accommodation space being open at a wider diameter end of the handle, a holder in the accommodation space, a plurality of ribs each with a locking trough formed in the holder to hold a plurality of tips. A pivot is formed on one end of the holder and an opposing end has a fender formed thereon. The pivot is pivoted to the center of the turning head. A circular protrusion and a groove are provided at where the turning head contacts the accommodation space of the handle with both connected to each other for free pivoting and the turning head functioning as a support axle for the handle. The holder is exposed by pulling the turning head linked to the pivot, and is restricted in the circular trough of the accommodation space by the fender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Inventor: Cheng-Tsan Hu
  • Patent number: 6928908
    Abstract: A revolving screwdriver comprises a forward ratchet device comprising a hollow, cylindrical seat and a ratchet shaft, and a hollow handle comprising a revolving cylinder including a plurality of axial, peripheral shank cartridges, and a push rod adapted to push the shank out of the cartridge into the ratchet shaft. The ratchet shaft is hollow and comprises a front end having a section of hexagon, a rear end having a section of circle, and a guide in the rear end thereof. The guide is aligned with a flat extended inwardly from the front end of the ratchet shaft such that it can automatically align one shank pushed out of the ratchet cylinder with the forward end of the ratchet shaft prior to pushing the shank out of the ratchet shaft for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Inventor: Hong-Chow Yu
  • Patent number: 6923099
    Abstract: A scrapbooking instrument set comprises three elongated hole punches of different bit sizes and three elongated setters of different bit sizes, each hole punch and setter of substantially identical size and shape except for the bits. The hole punches and setters are arranged in a base, in a circle around a larger mounting tool configured with an axially extending hole of identical radial shape and slightly larger radial size as the hole punches and setters, such that the hole punches and setters each fit inside the tool. The base contains holes into which the hole punches, setters and mounting tool fit, such that the hole punches, setters and mounting tool are stored vertically in the base. A transparent cover screws onto the base to protect the instruments stored therein while allowing them to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Inventors: Julie Rugg, Lisa Ann Jarvis
  • Patent number: 6886432
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for accessing a Network Interface Device of a telecommunications network. The apparatus has a main body having a first end, a second end, and an interior cavity. The interior cavity is open at the first end and extends into an interior region of the main body. The interior cavity is bound by a side wall and terminates within the main body at an end wall. The second end of the main body has at least one of a square drive, a socket, and a screwdriver bit, with the square drive for attaching conventional sockets, extensions, and other tools. The second end of the main body thus allows for engagement with various types and sizes of fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Blake R. Urban, Isaac D. M. White, James E. Dickens, Kevin Forsberg, Charles Sawyer
  • Patent number: 6883221
    Abstract: A pin removal and placement tool (50) has a body member (52) made of plate steel having a contact surface (52b) and a rear edge (52c). Tool (50) also may have an anvil plate (54) mounted on a striking plate (56), a drive shaft (58), and a handle (70) projecting at a right angle from the body member (52). The striking plate (56) is fixedly mounted to the rear edge (52c) and anvil plate (54) is disposed at a selected angle to the drive shaft (58) to enhance the striking force of drive shaft (58) and to reduce the length of the tool (50) so as to facilitate its insertion between the teeth of buckets, etc. A shoe (62) may be mounted on tool (5) to adjust the clearance between contact surface (52b) and drive shaft (58). The handle (70) may be either removably or fixedly attached to the body member (52) and be dimensioned and mounted to selectively project from a selected side thereof, or from both sides thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Inventor: Edward P. Hayes, III
  • Patent number: 6868760
    Abstract: A tool instrument which has a plurality of elongated tools mounted within a housing. Each tool is separately movable relative to the housing between a retracted position located within the housing and an extended position projecting outwardly from the housing. The normal at-rest position for each of the tools is in a locked position relative to the housing. Manually pushing onto a button will cause a shaft to be moved to disengage the tools and permit the tools to be moved relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Pratt-Read Corporation
    Inventor: Robyn Marie Johnson
  • Patent number: 6862964
    Abstract: A multi-functional hand tool includes a base, an upper cover, a cam, a turning disk, a plurality of tool heads, and an indication unit. The base and the upper cover have a plurality of tracks, respectively. The turning disk is pivotally connected at a lower side of the base. In the tracks at the base and the upper cover are tool heads having distinct styles, and the tool heads are accommodated by springs. A cam is additionally provided between the base and the upper cover. By rotating the turning disk, the cam is driven to push the tool heads and compress the springs, thereby stretching the distinct tool heads out of the tracks for further usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Far East College
    Inventors: Yu-Gang Chen, Shu-Hao Yang
  • Patent number: 6845694
    Abstract: The foldable driver tool having a handle with an outer wall and a plurality of pockets in the outer wall with each pocket adapted to receive a driver. The driver has a bit portion, a shaft portion and a rear portion. The handle has a head assembly at one end which is made up of a plurality of spaced extensions extending from the outer wall. The spaced extensions form spaces therebetween which are coextensive with the pockets. A front cap having a front wall and a skirt extending rearwardly therefrom is mounted over the head assembly so that the skirt overlies the spaced extensions. A slot is provided in the front wall and an opening is provided in the skirt with the two being coextensive with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Great Neck Saw Manufacturers, Inc.
    Inventor: Qiu Jian Ping
  • Patent number: 6813978
    Abstract: A universal gas pressure adjustment tool for a plurality of gas pressure regulators each of which is connected in line with a pressurized natural gas supply conduit and having a pressure adjusting member which adjustably controls the outlet gas pressure of gas exiting from the regulator. Each of the adjusting members within each regulator have a different structure for engagement with, and rotatable moveable by, a particular different adjustment tool drive end configured for engagement with the particular adjusting member to effect regulation of the gas outlet pressure. The adjustment tool has an elongated body having a plurality of different end configurations, each of which is structured for mating substantially coaxial alignment and engagement with, and for axial rotatable adjustment of, a particular adjusting member. Each of the end configurations is readily accessible for use with one particular corresponding adjusting member without interference from any of the other end configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Inventor: Lance D. Karpp
  • Patent number: 6792838
    Abstract: A fastener system comprises a plurality of ranges of size of threaded fastener, each fastener having a head provided with a recess to receive a tool to rotatingly drive the fastener. In each range of sizes, the largest size of fastener has a recess comprising a plurality of driving recess tiers of reducing size superimposed on one another. The range of fasteners to be driven by the tool includes a first fastener whose recess is shaped to be drivingly engaged by at least the third and second smallest tiers of the tool, but not the smallest tier. The recess receiving the second smallest tier of the tool is deep enough to freely accommodate the smallest tier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Uni-Screw Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Antony Brooks, Steven Sidwell
  • Publication number: 20040159195
    Abstract: A screwdriver includes a handle with a shank and a tip end is formed on a distal end of the shank. The tip end includes three tip planes which are oriented in different directions with each other. The tip planes allows the shank of the screwdriver to be engaged with the bolt heads inclinedly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventor: Chih-Ching Hsien
  • Publication number: 20040129119
    Abstract: A multi purpose hand tool includes an elongate generally cylindrical handle having opposite first and second ends. The handle is adapted for grasping by a user and has a hole through the handle located substantially mid-way along the length of the handle. The hole extends through the handle so that a digit of the user's hand, when grasping the handle, may be inserted through the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Gary Richard Clarke, Jim Keller, Bob Storz
  • Publication number: 20040112184
    Abstract: A drain plug removal tool having a handle and a tool shaft, where the tool shaft has tool tips on each end, each tip having straight edges and a bottom edge for engaging the bottom of a square screw slot, one tip being larger that the other; the handle having a slot for receiving the tool shaft where the handle has a bore which aligns with the slot so that a pin connects the handle to the tool shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventor: Brian Stafford
  • Patent number: 6742421
    Abstract: A screwdriver includes a hollow cylindrical body with multiple elongated holes defined in an outer periphery of the hollow cylindrical body to communicate with inside of the hollow cylindrical body. Bit compartments are provided to be pivotally connected to the hollow cylindrical body and each bit compartment is provided with a hole adapted for receiving therein a bit. A lid is integrally formed with the bit compartment to cover a corresponding elongated hole. A controlling disk is rotatably connected to a side face of the hollow cylindrical body to control pivotal movement of the bit compartments so that rotation of the controlling disk is able to pivot the bit compartments relative to the hollow cylindrical body to reveal the bits received in the holes of the bit compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Inventor: Jui-Tung Chen
  • Publication number: 20040089119
    Abstract: A hand tool assembly includes large and small tools. The large tool includes a large handle having a tool-storing hole that is defined by an inner wall face. The small tool includes a small handle having a front insert portion that is received within the tool-storing hole, and a front end flange that extends integrally, radially, and outwardly from a front end of the front insert portion and that has a rear edge. The rear edge is disposed in front of and abuts against projections on the inner wall face of the tool-storing hole so as to confine the small handle within the tool-storing hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventor: Li-Wen Kao
  • Patent number: 6732615
    Abstract: A multiple-size nut driver comprising a socket portion and a handle connected to the socket portion for rotating the socket portion. The socket portion includes a plurality of concentric hexagonal sockets slidably mounted along a longitudinal axis of the driver. Each of the sockets slide between a forward operative position and a rearward retracted position. The handle includes a socket selector mounted behind the plurality of concentric hexagonal sockets. The socket selector holds a selected socket in the forward operative position while allowing unselected sockets to retract to the rearward retracted position. The selected socket is then placed over a nut, and turns the nut when the socket portion is rotated by the handle. Alternatively, the driver automatically selects the proper socket for a given nut by allowing sockets smaller than the nut to be retracted by the nut while the proper size socket and larger remain extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Inventor: Richard Edward Layaou
  • Patent number: 6705183
    Abstract: A 4-in-1 tool is disclosed. The tool has an elongate handle having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal bore. A first socket longitudinally extends from the first end, while a second socket longitudinally extends from the second end. The first socket has a different size than the second socket. An elongated shank is disposed in the longitudinal bore of the handle, and the shank moves within the longitudinal bore. The shank has a screwdriver bit at one end and a security wrench at an opposite end. The security wrench is for engaging a fastener at a demarcation point of a telecommunications network. The elongated shank has at least a first position and a second position. The first position outwardly extends the screwdriver bit beyond the first socket, and the second position outwardly extends the security wrench beyond the second socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventor: James E. Dickens
  • Patent number: 6698319
    Abstract: A tool retaining device includes a shank having two ends selectively engaged in a barrel and having tool members detachably secured to the ends for being selectively used to act onto the objects or to drive fasteners. The shank includes an end shaft having a socket opening for receiving a tool member, a bucket secured onto the shaft and having a bore for slidably receiving a casing. A magnetic member is engaged in the casing and includes an orifice for slidably receiving the tool member and for attracting and retaining the tool member to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Inventor: Li Shiu Huang
  • Patent number: 6679142
    Abstract: A spoke wrench for a bicycle comprises a body, at least two driving members and a screwdriver bit. The body includes a driving seat having a slide way formed therein. A slot way is integrally formed on the body. The body has at least one depression for engaging with the driving member. A positioning portion which is integrally formed with the body has a receiving chamber, a opening is formed through the positioning portion for communicating with the receiving chamber, a steel ball is then retractably defined in the opening of the positioning portion. At least two driving members are detachably received in the slide way of the driving seat and the depressions of the body. A screwdriver bit is detachably received in the receiving chamber of the positioning portion of the body for engaging with a workpiece to tighten or loosen it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Inventor: Shyh-Jye Lin
  • Patent number: 6675678
    Abstract: A hex wrench assembly includes a tubular body having a reinforcement protrusion extending radially outward from a mediate portion of the body. A plurality of passages are defined in the body and a plurality of recesses are defined radially in an outer periphery of the body. Each recess shares a common axis of respective one of the passages. The head of a hex wrench is inserted in the passage and the handle of the wrench extends out from the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Wei-Yuan Liu
  • Patent number: 6668688
    Abstract: An apparatus for an expandable screw including an outer screw, a inner screw, and an end nut. An assembly and method for driving and expanding an expandable screw apparatus into a surface or structure. The assembly and method dynamically expand the expandable screw by driving and expanding the expandable screw simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Inventors: Chunfeng Zhao, Bradford L. Currier, Kai-Nan An, Fredrick Schultz, Patricia Neale
  • Publication number: 20030233916
    Abstract: A combination tool with a driving implement and a pick-up implement comprises a tool handle from which extend a driving implement in one direction and a telescopic pick-up implement in the opposite direction. The two implements are constructed and function totally independently from each other. Also described are several devices facilitating the deployment of the pick-up implement out of the tool handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventor: Burton Kozak
  • Publication number: 20030209113
    Abstract: A fastener system comprises a plurality of ranges of size of threaded fastener (10), each fastener having a head (12;32) provided with a recess (14) to receive a tool (20) to rotatingly drive the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Lawrence Antony Brooks, Steven Sidwell
  • Publication number: 20030188609
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for servicing a telecommunication junction box. The method enables a reduced number of tools to be utilized to service a telecommunication junction box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Timothy M. Crawley
  • Patent number: 6606925
    Abstract: A handle for hand tool, which handle includes an elongate handle body and at least two polygonal locating shanks provided on the handle body as to tool fasteners onto which commercially available inserts are fittable. The shanks include a first shank arranged on a first end face of the body coaxially with respect to a longitudinal axis of the handle body, and at least one further shank aligned at an angle and at a distance from the first shank in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Inventor: Engelbert Gmeilbauer
  • Patent number: 6601483
    Abstract: A screwdriver with a bit storage member rotatable about a slotted, apertured core. A magnet-tipped push rod slides through the core. A magnetic lever arm is pivotally coupled to the shaft and biased toward its slot. The rod moves through the member between extended and retracted positions. In the extended position, the core is rotatable with respect to the member to position the slot adjacent a bit storage cavity; and, the lever arm is pivotally biased toward and through the slot, magnetically attracting the tool bit in the cavity. While the rod moves into the retracted position, the member is not rotatable about the core; the rod pushes the arm and bit away from the cavity, through the slot into the core; the rod's magnet moves forwardly magnetically attracting the bit; and, pushes the bit forwardly through a shaft to protrude through the shaft's open forward end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: FutureWorks Concepts Ltd.
    Inventor: George Michael Wannop
  • Publication number: 20030070513
    Abstract: A combined hexagonal wrench has a main body, which has a body segment, an inner engaging segment at one end of the body segment, and a stopping segment. A sidable engaging device slidable mounts on the main body. The slidable engaging device has a tube segment, an outer engaging segment at one end of the tube segment, and a stopping segment for interfering with the stopping segment of the main body to prevent the slidable engaging device escaping from the main body. An elastic device receives in the space between the slidable engaging device and the main body for keeping the slidable engaging device in an initial position of the slidable engaging device covering the inner engaging segment of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventor: Yi-Chuan Hsu
  • Patent number: 6510766
    Abstract: A hex wrench storage member includes a tubular body that has a recess defined in the body and communicating with an outer periphery of the body at a first opening and communicating with an end of the body at a second opening. The recess is defined by several stepped surfaces each of which receives respective one of two ends of the hex wrenches and the other end of the hex wrench protrudes from the recess so that the tubular body can be used as a T-bar handle. A plurality of holes are defined in an end of the body so as to respective receive the hex wrenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Inventor: Chiang-Her Lin
  • Patent number: 6511199
    Abstract: Disclosed is an innovated structure for hand tools comprising a tool accommodation apparatus and a lighting equipment for supplementary lighting or an emergency lighting source. The tool accommodation apparatus further includes a took set installed therearound consisting several kinds of hand tool. The structure is characterized in that when the tools are to be used, a selected tool is pushed forwardly and upwardly from its fixed position to the top end of the tool accommodation apparatus ready for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Inventor: Chih-Wen Chung
  • Patent number: 6502484
    Abstract: A screwdriver with easily replaceable bits. It contains a body, a sliding element, a controlling element, a handle, and a rotatable bit case. The body includes a storage portion and a straight tube portion. The sliding element is disposed in the straight tube portion and a hook extends from the sliding element. A pair of protrusions are laterally extending from a bottom end of the sliding element. The controlling element is disposed on the straight tube portion. The rotatable bit case has a plurality of longitudinal slots for inserting the bits. Each bit has a circular recess. By simply rotating the bit case, the user can select a desired bit. Furthermore, it can be automatically pushed up or pulled back, to thus significantly increase the ease of use and the utility of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventor: Lee Pao-Hsi
  • Publication number: 20030000350
    Abstract: An apparatus for an expandable screw including an outer screw, a inner screw, and an end nut. An assembly and method for driving and expanding an expandable screw apparatus into a surface or structure. The assembly and method dynamically expand the expandable screw by driving and expanding the expandable screw simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Chunfeng Zhao, Bradford L. Currier, Kai-Nan An, Fredrick Schultz, Patricia Neale
  • Patent number: RE38778
    Abstract: A hand tool has an elongated shank with a handle at one end and a bit holder at the other end, the bit holder including a cylindrical body having a distal end surface and an axis, the body having an axial bore formed in the end surface of non-circular transverse cross section and terminating at an inner end surface. A neodymium permanent magnet is freely received in the bore and retained against the inner end surface by a thin circular retainer, formed of metal or plastic, which is interference-fitted in the bore. Both flat, disk-like and concave, bowl-shaped retainers are disclosed. A shock-absorbing cushion may be disposed between the magnet and the inner end surface of the bore. A bit formed of magnetizable material is mateably received in a socket portion of the bore and retained in place by the magnet. The portion of the bore receiving the magnet may have a different cross section from the socket portion. The magnet may be disposed in an encapsulation which interference fits in the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel M. Eggert, Daniel J. Garramone, Frank Mikic