Abstract: An aspect of some embodiments of the current invention relates to a positioner for holding one or more fasteners (e.g. screws and/or nails) which allows a user to push the fasteners out directly into a target material. For example, a user may locate the positioner over a location on the target material and/or drive the fastener through the positioner into the target. In some embodiments, the positioner includes multiple fasteners, for example the positioner may be used as a magazine of fasteners and/or a storage box for fasteners. Optionally, the positioner includes a hard frame and/or a soft passage holding the fastener. For example, a fastener is inserted into the top of the passage and driven (e.g. pushed, hammered and/or screwed) through, out the bottom of the passage into the target. Optionally, multiple positioners may be arranged along a guide.

Abstract: A spinal rod reducer for reducing a rod into a rod-receiving opening of a bone anchor comprises an elongate tubular body having a lumen extending therethrough and a pair of spaced flexible anchor attachment members at the distal end of the tubular body. A threaded rod reduction member having a rod contacting surface is supported for axial movement within the lumen. A threaded rotatable reduction knob is threadably engaged with the rod reduction member rotation of which causes the rod reduction member with the rod contacting surface to move axially distally toward the bone anchor. A locking sleeve is configured to axially slide on the tubular body over the attachment members, the locking sleeve including a locking element for releasably coupling the locking sleeve and the rod reduction member for selective independent and joint movement relative to the tubular body.

Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring a ligament or tendon to bone. In general, various inserter tools are provided for simultaneously delivering an expandable sheath and an expander into bone. With both components of the implant mounted on the same tool, the sheath and a ligament can be advanced into a bone hole and the expander, which trails behind the sheath during delivery of the sheath, can be advanced into the sheath to expand the sheath and anchor the sheath and ligament within the bone hole.

Abstract: A driver for engaging an endcap of an intramedullary nail. The driver includes a handle extending along a longitudinal axis of the driver from a proximal end to a distal end. The handle having a handle channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The driver also includes a shaft extending through the handle channel from a proximal end to a distal end along the longitudinal axis. The shaft having a shaft channel extending longitudinally therethrough. The distal end of the shaft extends distally from the handle. The distal end of the shaft forms a driving element to be inserted into a head portion of the endcap. The driver further includes a retention pin slidably received in the shaft channel. The retention pin extends also extends along the longitudinal axis. The distal end of the retention pin is configured to reversibly lock the shaft to the head portion of the endcap.

Abstract: The present device is a fastener holder providing a range of accommodation for different sizes of fasteners and screwdrivers. The novel concept involves a tapered and slotted wall at one end of a tubular sleeve, and a ribbed grip at the other end, to minimize the sleeve profile while providing size flexibility and improved grip on work pieces.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a basket processing apparatus that includes a basket storage portion in a form of a horizontal load rail (2). A plurality of slide storage baskets (4) can be located in series on the rail (2). Each basket is “side loading” and the side loading aperture of each basket can be selectively covered by a slide retaining bar (6). When the baskets (4) are placed on the load rail (2) (e.g. by hooking or clipping the baskets onto the rail), the basket can be moved along the horizontal rail by a basket moving means. The arrangement of the rail and the basket moving means is such that the baskets can be pushed together and move as a “train”. Baskets moved to the pick-up end (12) of the rail can then be removed from the rail and processed. A vertical lift mechanism can be used to remove the basket and transport it to a processing device, for example a coverslipper.

Abstract: A driving head with an elastic buckle includes a driving head having an engaging room which has a first limiting slot and a second limiting slot, an elastic buckle being assembled with the engaging room and having a connecting segment, a first abutting segment and a second abutting segment, the first abutting segment and the second abutting segment being received in the first limiting slot and the second abutting slot respectively, the first abutting segment having a first abutting portion slightly bent inwardly. Under this arrangement, the first abutting segment and the second abutting segment abut against an outer periphery of a tool bit, so that the tool bit does not depart from the engaging room easily during operation.

Abstract: A screwdriver gripping tool is disclosed, comprising a sheath having an integrated unibody structure, and symmetrical elastic pinchers disposed at a tip of the sheath. The sheath is used for wrapping around a screwdriver handle; the elastic pinchers are used for holding on the screw head. The elastic pinchers also extendedly stretch to form two symmetrical, inwardly curving flanges that face each other, for use to capture a screw head so as to assist a driving motion of a screwdriver to set a screw into a work piece.

Abstract: Embodiments of the claimed invention are directed to to a screw and screw driver which provides for a screw that is held in position on the driver for use in a variety of applications including surgery, auto mechanics, carpentry or any field where a screw driver instrument could be used. After the screw is driven into place, the driver is easily released and removed from the screw.

Abstract: A clip for retaining a screw on a tip of a screwdriver shaft. The clip comprises a housing that has a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The housing includes a longitudinal bore that is accessible from both the first and second ends of the housing. A pair of jaw members is provided on the housing proximate the first end thereof. The jaw members surround a first portion of the bore and are configured to capture and retain a length of the screwdriver shaft therebetween. A pair of clamping members is formed on the housing proximate the second end thereof. The clamping members surround a second portion of the bore and are configured to capture a head of the surgical screw therebetween. During use, the screwdriver shaft is pushed downwardly and twisted slightly within the bore to engage the head of the screw. The screw is threadably engaged in a pre-drilled hole in the patient's bone.

Abstract: A driver including a handle, lever, swivel cap, shaft, and a tip mechanically connected to the lever configured to engage a screw. Engaging the lever causes the tip to either compress or expand so as to lock the screw to the driver. According to one exemplary embodiment, the cap can be translated releasing the lever, thereby releasing the screw from the tip. According to one embodiment, the cap is a swivel cap allowing for jeweler style use. Advantages of the present system and method, according to various embodiments, include a tip compressing a feature that is within an outer diameter of the screw allowing a driver, or a portion thereof, to have a maximum diameter equal to or smaller than the maximum diameter of a screw.

Abstract: A revolving screwdriver with ratchet structure includes a handle, a pushing rod, and a sliding member. The sliding member has a receiving space and a holding chamber defined therein. A revolving cylinder is received in the holding chamber. The receiving space receives at least one ratchet wheel, two rotators, a limiting member, a base, and an adjuster. The at least one ratchet wheel engages with a driving shaft. The rotators selectively engage with the at least one ratchet wheel. The limiting member locates between the rotators and has a protrusion formed thereon. A base has a first guiding slot defined therein. The adjuster has a driving hole defined therein. The protrusion passes through the first guiding slot and the driving hole for being driven by the adjuster and moving along the first guiding slot.

Abstract: An apparatus for positioning a fastener in a driving system. A positioning assembly is positioned at the first end of a guide tube to engage a fastener driven by a driver shaft out of the guide tube. The positioning assembly includes a first jaw having an interior cavity and a mounting portion allowing the jaw to be mounted to the guide tube. The positioning assembly includes a second jaw having an interior cavity and a mounting tab allowing the jaw to be mounted to the guide tube. The first and second jaw are rotatably coupled to the guide tube in a retractable manner such that a fastener exiting the guide tube separates the jaws and is centered about the axis passing longitudinally through the guide tube.

Abstract: A screwdriver for screwing a screw includes a handle, a shaft protruding from the handle, a tip protruding a distal end of the shaft, a nut threaded on the shaft, a jaw slidably mounted on the shaft. The jaw includes a main body and a plurality of flexible holding elements protruding from the main body. The flexible holding elements define a flexible holding space. The screwdriver further includes a spring retained between the nut and the jaw. The bendable portions hold the screw; as the screw is screwed, the main body is withdrawn along the shaft to compress the spring.

Abstract: Apparatus including a vending machine compartment including a dispensing door openable to permit removal of merchandise from the compartment, the compartment being pivotedly connected to a box assembly, and wherein the dispensing door includes a link element that is constrained to move along a track formed in the box assembly such that the dispensing door is not openable at a first portion of the track and is openable at a second portion of the track.

Abstract: In a screwdriver for bone screws, having a handle and rotationally fixedly held thereon a shaft, the free end of which has a non-circular cross section and is insertable in a positively locked manner in a non-circular receiving opening in the head of a bone screw, at least one expander element being mounted so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction in the shaft and so as to slide, when displaced in the longitudinal direction, along a slide surface in the area of the free end of the shaft in such a way that it projects laterally over the contour of the shaft, in order to simplify the actuation of the at least one expander element, it is proposed that the at least one expander element be pretensioned by an elastic spring element in the direction towards the free end of the shaft and be retractable against the action of the spring element in the shaft until it no longer projects laterally over the contour of the shaft.

Abstract: An exemplary fastener feeder includes a pair of guiders, a slot cover and a blocker. The guiders define a sliding slot therebetween. Each guider includes a sloped part and a level part, bodies of the fasteners are capable of being received in the sliding slot, and a head of each fastener is capable of sliding down from the sloped parts and stopping on the level parts. The slot cover defines an opening for providing a path through which a fastener pickup device can pass through and engage with a fastener located on the level parts. The blocker is located below the level parts. When the fastener pickup device moves the fastener head engaged therewith away from the opening and a length of the fastener is greater than a distance between the blocker and the level parts, the fastener is blocked by blocker and disengaged from the fastener pickup device.

Abstract: A guiding device includes a connecting member, a first clamping arm, and a second clamping arm. The first clamping arm defines a first restricting groove and a first receiving groove in an end, and the first restricting groove communicates with the first receiving groove. The second clamping arm defining a second restricting groove and a second receiving groove in an end, and the second restricting groove communicates with the second receiving groove. The first clamping arm and the second clamping arm are rotatably connected to the connecting member. When the first clamping arm resists the second clamping arm, the first restricting groove and the second restricting groove cooperatively form a guiding portion. The first receiving groove and the second receiving groove cooperatively form a receiving portion. The receiving portion is substantially perpendicularly to the guiding portion to form a T-shaped groove.

Abstract: A drywall anchor installation device comprising, inter alia, a main driver member configured to engage a Philips head screw top, a plunger member configured to engage a Philips head screw top, and a plunger member guiding mechanism including a compression spring and a guide pin. In operation, the main driver member engages a drywall anchor at the Philips head indentation and the plunger member extends inside the axial bore of the anchor until contacting the interior surface of the axial bore or the closed end of the anchor. Once contact is made with the closed end of the anchor, the compression spring of the plunger guiding mechanism is engaged, stabilizing the anchor as the anchor is driven into the wall. Once the anchor is driven into the wall, the plunger member is used to drive the anchor screw without having to adjust the driving device.

Abstract: A tool for installing a threaded object includes a bit or inner implement that has a tip for engaging a head of the threaded object, and a sleeve surrounding the inner implement for securing the threaded object to the tool during the installation process. The sleeve includes plural arms at least some of which have inner lips that engage the head of the threaded object to hold the head against the tip. The inner lips are chamfered to facilitate engagement and disengagement between the sleeve and the head of the threaded object. The sleeve is able to translate to a limited extent relative to the inner implement, in order to pull back and disengage from the threaded object head as the threaded object is received into a threaded opening.

Abstract: Spinal rod approximator for seating a stabilizing rod in a rod-receiving portion of a spinal implant and inserting a closure mechanism is provided. In one embodiment, a spinal rod approximator is provided including a body with gripping branches, inserter shaft, threaded collar, and outer sleeve. The cylindrical outer sleeve is disposed about the distal end portion of the body and is movable between a first position and a second position in which the outer sleeve inhibits separation of the gripping branches.

Abstract: A tool for removing conventional one way fasteners that includes, generally, a member, a collar, and, a shaft that can be removably received by the collar, wherein in the shaft is configured to engage regions of the fastener head. The collar is adjustable to fit fastener heads of different sizes. The member can be configured to correspond to a threaded portion of the outer surface of the collar. The collar may also have a bottom portion that includes multiple splines.

Abstract: The present invention is a screw holder that is useful for holding screws so that they may be started and conveniently screwed into the object or material without significant interruption of rotating motion. The present invention comprises a clear cylinder, along with end caps containing holes and radial slits. The screw is inserted in one end and the screw driving tool shaft is inserted in the other whereby the screw is conveniently held in place until it is properly started in the object or material.

Abstract: A drywall anchor installation device comprising, inter alia, a main driver member configured to engage a Philips head screw top, a plunger member configured to engage a Philips head screw top, and a plunger member guiding mechanism including a compression spring and a guide pin. In operation, the main driver member engages a drywall anchor at the Philips head indentation and the plunger member extends inside the axial bore of the anchor until contacting the interior surface of the axial bore or the closed end of the anchor. Once contact is made with the closed end of the anchor, the compression spring of the plunger guiding mechanism is engaged, stabilizing the anchor as the anchor is driven into the wall. Once the anchor is driven into the wall, the plunger member is used to drive the anchor screw without having to adjust the driving device.

Abstract: A screw holding type screwdriver bit which permits the tip end of a screwdriver bit to capture a fastener head thereby allowing the fastener to be pulled while simultaneously turning the fastener, thus creating the resistance necessary to tighten the fastener. The bit provides a tip end, a shank having a slot, a compression spring, a grip having a start loop and a finish loop engaging opposite sides of the tip end and a span slidingly engaging a top end of the slot, and a retainer clip having a front end slidingly engaging the length of the compression spring and a rear end pivotally engaging a lower end of the slot.

Abstract: In the present invention, a fastener drive-starter includes a primary shaft having a hollow drive end, a drive tip within the drive end, and a spring mounted within the primary shaft biasing the drive tip toward the drive end. A releasable fastener-locking mechanism is attached to the primary shaft. A tightening member is movably mounted to the primary shaft and is movable between a first position wherein the locking mechanism is open and a second position wherein the locking mechanism is closed toward the fastener shaft at the head. The fastener is secured to the driver by pressing the fastener on the drive tip to compress the spring, moving the tightening member into its second position, and releasing the fastener such that the spring-biased drive tip presses the shaft-transverse undersurface of the fastener head against the cross-portions of the locking mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a fastener retaining system (FRS) and kit for securing a fastener (such as a screw) to a driver (such as a screwdriver) to facilitate one-handed use of the driver in both fastening and un-fastening operations.

Abstract: In a screwdriver for bone screws, having a handle and rotationally fixedly held thereon a shaft, the free end of which has a non-circular cross section and is insertable in a positively locked manner in a non-circular receiving opening in the head of a bone screw, at least one expander element being mounted so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction in the shaft and so as to slide, when displaced in the longitudinal direction, along a slide surface in the area of the free end of the shaft in such a way that it projects laterally over the contour of the shaft, in order to simplify the actuation of the at least one expander element, it is proposed that the at least one expander element be pretensioned by an elastic spring element in the direction towards the free end of the shaft and be retractable against the action of the spring element in the shaft until it no longer projects laterally over the contour of the shaft.

Abstract: A sleeve for retaining a fastener against a driver bit includes a resiliently flexible shaft sleeve for frictional engagement against a driver shaft. A lower sleeve is provided having an inner diameter size for engagement over and around the head of a fastener.

Abstract: A screw holding screwdriver bit capable of effectively preventing a come-out from occurring by improving the structure of the blade portions thereof, capable of being manufactured in a simple structure at a low cost, and capable of remarkably increasing a working efficiency by allowing an appropriate and rapid screw tightening operation at all times, and the combination thereof with screws, the driver bit including a plurality of blade portions (12) having generally vertical end edge portions (13) formed at the tip ends (12a) thereof, wherein one of the blade portions (12) is cut out in the axial direction of the bit, a guide passage (16) of a specified length is provided in a shaft (11) portion continued generally on the extension of the cutout portion (15) of the blade portion, and an elastic piece (18) allowed to elastically abut on a bit engagement groove in a screw head and having a screw holding function by the interaction thereof with the blade portion fitted in the bit engagement groove is inserted in

Abstract: A tool, specifically described for a hex wrench, using a split head with the pieces joined by an elastic connector allowing for deformation of the exterior of the head shape to wedge into the hex socket. The split pieces of the head have an exterior profile matching the shape of the socket and the interior split has a cam profile that enhances the wedging action of the tool. The elastic allows for the tool to return to the original shape.

Abstract: A screw holder for securing a screw having a longitudinal shank and a central axis, a spindle adjoining the front end of the shank and having a bore therethrough flush with a groove, configured and dimensioned for receiving an elastic component to secure a screw into a steady position while turning the screw in or out.

Abstract: An attachment for drivers of screw type fasteners for releasably holding the fastener in place at the end thereof for inserting or removing. The attachment comprises a shaft collar, a spring, and a grasper, the grasper comprising an upper and a lower guide ferrule, joined concentrically by a pair of supports, and extending parallel from the lower ferrule a plurality of flexible fingers, each having at its distal end an inward facing detent that is substantially fulcrum shaped. The collar and spring are inserted between the ferrules, with the collar abutting the upper, the spring abutting the lower and the collar. A driver is inserted through the ferrules, collar, and spring until the tip is just shy of the detents, and the collar is then affixed to the driver shaft. A screw head is forced past the detents, the fingers yielding, and brought into proper contact with the driver tip, the fingers flexing back such that the detents hold the screw firmly to the driver.

Abstract: A slide stop device of a hexagonal spanner serves for preventing a rounded edged inner hexagonal screw to slide as the hexagonal spanner drives the inner hexagonal screw. The slide stop device comprises a spanner body; one end of the spanner body having a driving portion; the driving portion having an axial slot extending through a center of one end surface of the driving portion to a lateral side thereof; a screw hole to be normal to one inner surface of the slot; a screwing resisting element having a shape matching the shape of the screw hole; the screwing resisting element serves for enforcing the driving portion to deform. In use, the screwing resisting element is inserted into the screw hole. When the screwing resisting element is inserted to push one surface of the slot, the slot will be expanded so as to expand the driving portion.

Abstract: A screw holding screwdriver adapter includes first and second elongated mating elements held together by a mounting member. The mounting member engages the elongated mating elements in an opposed relationship so as to define a screwdriver shank engaging portion between the first ends with the second ends cooperating to define a screw engaging portion. The first and second elongated mating elements and the mounting member further define a screwdriver blade and shank receiving opening therein. The screw engaging portion is formed to fit easily in the slot of a screw and to expand, when the blade of a screwdriver is inserted between the second ends, to grip the screw until the screw can be partially engaged in a desired opening. The adapter can then be slid up the screwdriver shank or removed from the screwdriver and the screw is mounted in a normal fashion.

Abstract: A threaded fastener holder holds a screw in place and then automatically disengages from the screw and withdraws axially in the proximal direction to permit the user to continue inserting the screw without interruption. The threaded fastener holder has a shaft having a distal end for selectively engaging with a head of a threaded fastener. An inner sleeve surrounds at least a portion of the shaft, and is axially movable with respect to the shaft. The inner sleeve has a plurality of spring fingers disposed at its distal end, each of which has a distal end that is radially movable so as to be selectively engageable with the head of the threaded fastener. A first end of a spring is fixed with respect to the inner sleeve. The second end of the spring is fixed with respect to the shaft. In the rest position, the distal end of the plurality of spring fingers is axially spaced from the distal end of the shaft.

Abstract: A damaged light bulb base extractor has a generally cylindrical, resilient, expandable base-engaging member mounted on a handle member. With the base-engaging member sandwiched between compression plates, relative movement of the compression plates toward each other compresses and expands the base-engaging member diametrically to engage and grip the interior sidewall of a light bulb base for extraction from a socket. Relative movement of the compression plates away from each other permits the base-engaging member to return to its initial unexpanded state for removal from a light bulb base. Extendable ribs on the external sidewall surface of an expandable base-engaging member can be used as a sole means of expanding the diameter of a base-engaging member or in conjunction with the compression plates to expand the diameter of the base-engaging member.

Abstract: A driving tool capable of grasping and driving screw type devices having polygonal drive sockets. The tool comprises a body or shaft having an axis of rotation, an enlarged head textured to enhance grip by hand, and a driving bit for engaging the socket of a screw type device. The bit comprises two opposed jaws separated by a gap. The jaws project from the shaft and are longitudinally aligned with the axis of rotation. The jaws are tapered so that they can enter the socket of a screw type device. The jaws collectively have a polygonal external periphery, for example, hexagonal, that cooperates with the polygonal drive socket. The driving tool is fabricated from a material exhibiting spring characteristics such that the jaws resiliently resist being compressed upon insertion into the drive socket.

Abstract: The present invention is a terminator tool used in combination with a cable security terminator for installing or removing the cable security terminator. The terminator tool includes a handle, a shaft, a retaining pin and a spring member. The shaft is hollow and extends from the handle. The shaft includes a pin hole to receive the retaining pin, a handle end and a terminator end. The handle end is the end inserted and secured into the handle. The terminator end includes two ear slots and receives the spring member. The terminator end is sized to fit into a tool end of the cable security terminator. Ears of the spring member extend from the ear slots of the shaft.

Abstract: An attachment means which attaches the device close to the front end of the bit of a power driver or an electric screwdriver, a screw capturing chuck means with several elastic holding fingers, the front end of said holding fingers being placed around the circumference of an opening in which the head of the screw is engaged, spring means when the front end of the said screw chuck receives a force in the opposite direction from the direction of a screw being screwed by the bit, the spring means allows retraction of the screwchuck, and a caliper adjustment means that is attached to the said screw capturing device and adjusts the inner diameter of the opening for receiving the screw by the resilient fingers.

Abstract: A screw holder and torquing tool having a one-piece body with a cavity for receiving a screw in a sturdy and stable condition. The screw can be applied in stabilizing bone, and the tool can apply sufficient torque though it is of a relatively small overall size. Tangs or fingers are flexible on the tool and they flex toward and away from the cavity and they hold the screw in the tool until the screw is embedded into bone or other host object.

Abstract: A holder for holding a tool bit having an elongated connector means with a first end and a second end. The elongated connector means has a central longitudinal hole, of a cross-section corresponding to the cross-section of a mounting portion of the tool bit, at the first end, and a tool mount at the second end, and where the elongated connector means has a first circumferential groove adjacent the second end and a second circumferential groove adjacent the first end. A first sleeve is arranged to reciprocally slide over the connector between a first end position and a second end position, where the first sleeve has a third end facing the tool bit and a fourth end facing the hand tool.

Abstract: A screw with a polygonal hole (30) formed with a polygonal hole (32) disposed in the center of a screw head (30a) and comprising a vertical wall (33) with a preset depth, and with a cone base oriented from the lower edge of the vertical wall toward the center of a screw neck, wherein a vertical step forming an inscribed circle of the polygon is provided at the lower edge (33a) of the vertical wall (33) of the polygonal hole (32) formed in the screw head (30a), the cone base (35) oriented from the lower edge (34a) of the vertical step (34) toward the center of the screw neck is formed, and a driver bit (40) or wrench (41) to be fitted to this screw is provided at the tip of a peak edge (42) with a cylindrical projection (44) forming the inscribed circle of the polygon.

Abstract: A spiral drive system for threaded fasteners includes driver-engageable surfaces on the head end of the fastener in which at least some of the driver-engageable surfaces are defined by a spiral segment configured to maximize torque transmission while spreading the driving load over a broad driver-fastener interface to reduce the risk of development of high stress regions. Drivers and related tooling also are disclosed.

Abstract: A screw holder for securing a screw having a longitudinal shank and a central axis, a spindle adjoining the front end of the shank and having a bore therethrough flush with a groove, configured and dimensioned for receiving an elastic component to secure a screw into a steady position while turning the screw in or out.

Abstract: A magnetically attractive driver bit assembly shows a strong magnetic attraction when applied to a screwing robot arm so that the operating speed of the robot arm can be increased. The magnetically attractive driver bit assembly comprises an iron driver bit having a step, formed at a predetermined distance away from the pointed edge of the tip of the driver bit, from which a larger diameter portion extends in the direction opposite to the tip. A first ring magnet having approximately the same outside diameter as that of the larger diameter portion is firstly fitted around the driver bit and then an iron cylindrical spacer having approximately the same outside diameter as that of the first ring magnet is fitted. Subsequently, a second ring magnet similar to the first ring magnet is fitted to the end of the cylindrical spacer.

Abstract: A screwdriver for introducing and screwing a screw into the human or animal body and/or for unscrewing and removing a screw from the human or animal body has a handle and a shaft whose front end has a blade that can be brought into engagement with a screw head of the screw for screwing the screw. The screwdriver furthermore has a retention device for retaining the screw on the blade. The retention device has an inner tubular shaft which surrounds the shaft and has at the distal end a clamping gripper preloaded into its open position, and an outer tubular shaft surrounding the inner tubular shaft.

Abstract: A spring-loaded screwdriver with cover and changeable heads for covering an entire screw to guide it directly into its threading hole. The device includes a handle portion having an outer end and an inner end. An outer cylinder is secured to the outer end of the handle portion. The outer cylinder has a closed inner end, an open outer end and a cylindrical side wall therebetween. The outer cylinder has a spring disposed interiorly thereof. An inner cylinder is slidably received within the open outer end of the outer cylinder. The inner cylinder has an open inner end and an open outer end. The open inner end of the inner cylinder abuts an outer end of the spring. A magnetized shaft is secured to the inner end of the cylindrical handle and extends within the outer cylinder and through the spring. The magnetized shaft has a hexagonal shaped recess formed within a free end thereof.

Abstract: A socket spanner is disclosed which includes a socket and a U-shaped elastic body. The socket includes: (1) a driven member, a drive member and an intermediate section located therebetween; (2) a pair of longitudinally extending grooves provided on an inner wall of the driven member opposite each other; and (3) a circumferentially disposed circular slot provided near an inner end of the inner wall of the driven member. The U-shaped elastic body includes: (1) two longitudinally extending arms connected by an arcuate bottom portion; (2) a protruded portion formed on one of the longitudinally extending arms of the U-shaped elastic body for exerting an urging force against a nut received by the driven member of the socket. The two longitudinally extending arms are completely received by the pair of longitudinally extending grooves, respectively, and the arcuate bottom portion is completely received in the circumferentially disposed circular slot provided near the inner end of the inner wall of the driven member.

Abstract: A fastener feeding apparatus provides an aperture for inserting fasteners into the interior of the apparatus so that the fastener lies on the longitudinal axis of the apparatus. A bit is then forced into contact with the fastener in order to engage it for mutual rotation and translation. A set of flexible leaves are preformed to press inwardly against the shank of the fastener so as to maintain its axial orientation. The bit is driven to force the fastener to move through the apparatus while rotating. The leaves move radially outwardly to accommodate the head of the fastener.