Abstract: A hand tool including a pair of levers each including a handle portion, a jaw portion and a boss portion interconnecting the handle and jaw portions, with the levers being pivotally interconnected for normally permanently intended but relatively movable relationship. The lever sections are pivotally interconnected together along the boss portions for manipulation between internal and external tool operating positions. Movement between the internal and external positions is provided by a rotatable eccentric knob. The knob carries a spring biased lock for securing the levers in a selected one of its operating positions.

Abstract: An improved hand tool is presented that is useful to pull or push the base of the female member of a snap fastener provided on a heavy fabric-like covering. By pushing or pulling on the female snap member substantially along the plane of the fabric, the snap member can be positioned over a corresponding male snap member for secure fastening. The tool comprises a handle member, an arm, and a force member, which is further provided with tension and compression notches. The tool thus gives the operator a means to positively grasp the female snap member and efficiently apply tension to the fabric covering so as to stretch the covering into the proper shape without substantial damage to the fabric-like covering.

Abstract: Various structures exist which require an element to be turned in a certain direction. The turning is accomplished by a programmable controlled winder which includes a motor driven tool in association with a computer for automatically stopping the rotation after a pre-set number of rotations have been made.

Abstract: A drum brake service tool and a method of using the same is disclosed. The tool comprises a lever having a pair of spaced, parallel arms disposed at one end thereof, the arms being adapted to receive a brake spring substantially perpendicularly therebetween. A brake-spring retaining mechanism is disposed proximate the free end of each of the arms. One of the free ends of the brake spring is passed over the brake-spring pin of one of the first or second brake shoes. The brake-spring is then engaged in between the arms of the lever. The lever is pivoted on the cam to extend the brake-spring to the point that the other free end of the spring lies proximate the brake-spring pin of the second brake shoe. The free end of the spring is then engaged with the pin of the second brake shoes. The tool may also be used to remove or install a brake roller in the brake shoes.

Abstract: A hand tool including a pair of levers each including a handle portion, a jaw portion and a boss portion interconnecting the handle and jaw portions, with the levers being pivotally interconnected for normally permanently intended but relatively movable relationship. The lever sections are pivotally interconnected together for manipulation between internal and external tool operating positions. Movement between the internal and external positions is provided by work position selection structure positioned on the levers, and including guiding and stopping structure for selectively guiding the tool between operating positions and stopping tool movement in the proper operating position.

Abstract: A hand tool including a pair of levers each including a handle portion, a jaw portion and a boss portion interconnecting the handle and jaw portions, with the levers being pivotally interconnected for normally permanently intended but relatively movable relationship. The lever sections are pivotally interconnected together along the boss portions for manipulation between internal and external tool operating positions. Movement between the internal and external positions is provided by work position selection structure positioned on the levers, and including guiding and stopping structure for selectively moving the tool between operating positions and stopping tool movement in the proper operating position.

Abstract: An adjusting tool by which the adjusting ring of a clutch assembly can be rotated respective to the clutch cover. The tool is attached to the clutch cover at the access hole. Part of the tool engages the circumferentially extending spaced lugs formed near the outer periphery of the adjusting ring. The tool has gear teeth of a configuration to mesh with the spaced lugs on the ring and to drivingly engage and rotate the ring when the shaft is rotated about the longitudinal axis thereof. A mounting fixture is removably attached the cover access hole with the drive gear device extending into the access hole and into engagement with the lugs of the ring so that the wrench engaging means can be engaged with a suitable wrench and the ring rotated respective to the housing to thereby adjust the spring tension on the clutch assembly.

Abstract: A tool for assisting a person to attach the fabric top of a utility or military vehicle, such as a JEEP, to the back of the vehicle body. The tool is an adjustable length flexible belt with a loop at its lower end. A rigid hook mmber is attached to the upper end of the belt. The hook member fits over the usual rear cross rod over which the fabric top passes from front-to-back and down to the back of the vehicle body. The combined length of the hook and belt is slightly less than the vertical distance of the rear cross rod on the vehicle down to the ground or other support surface on which the vehicle rests. A person using the tool pushes his foot down on the loop at the lower end of the belt, causing the belt to pull the cross rod down far enough to make it easy to attach snap fastener elements on the lower back end of the fabric top to complementary snap fastener elements on the back of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A basketball rim assembly for removably mounting a rim to a backboard is disclosed. The rim assembly includes a base defining a locking hole mounted on the backboard. A support member mounts the rim and is removably locked to the base by a locking pin which is received by the locking hole. A cam socket which is mounted on a handle engages one end of the locking pin to lock and unlock the pin relative to the locking hole.

Abstract: An improved combination retaining ring fitting tool comprising a pair of handles pivoted together at the joint center and having studs on both sides, and a pair of removable jaws pivoted together at the joint center and having stud holes, and connected by a pivot bolt so that when the handles are pressed together, the jaws will open or close to expand or pinch a retaining ring as an expander or pincher.

Abstract: An elongated extraction tool body slidably mounts a laterally extending abutment element closely spaced from a laterally extending jaw fixed to one end of the body. The abutment element is displaced from a limit position against a spring bias, by a thumb contact member, to a reaction establishing position enabling the jaw to exert a deforming force.

Abstract: A readjustable pair of pliers for mounting circlips has a handle which with the aid of a sidewardly bent attachment part is pivotally connected to an intermediate member carrying a jaw with an engagement pin. A second jaw carrying an engagement pin is rigidly connected with a second handle defining therewith a rigid unit to which said intermediate member is pivotally attached. The attachment part is defined by a parallelepipedic block tightly fitting in a corresponding groove in the intermediate member. By swinging the second handle through 180.degree. relative the intermediate member the mode of operation of the pair of pliers is altered in dependence on if a circlip for inner or for outer mounting has to be served.

Abstract: Apparatus for use in replacing a mounted endless chain which connects a pair of sprockets, where one of the sprockets has an exposed portion facing away from the other sprocket. The apparatus includes a holder and a pair of spaced, confronting chain-abutments carried on the frame plate, adapted to contact a pair of spaced regions of the chain, where such is trained over the exposed sprocket portion. An opening formed between the two members is adapted to receive the two disconnected end portions of a replacement chain. Chain support means are provided to support a replacement chain.

Abstract: A torsion spring adjusting tool comprises a hexagonal shank to one end of which are welded confronting plate portions which project longitudinally outwardly from said one end, the arrangement being such that wrench means engaging said hexagonal shaped shank can apply a twisting source to a portion of torsion spring extending between said confronting plates. The confronting plates have their confronting surfaces configured to provide obliquely exposed cylindrical passageways inclined at a substantial angle one to the other so that the tool is suitable either to right-hand or left-hand operation.

Abstract: A retriever for a climbing aid used as an anchor in cracks where the aid has an operating bar. The retriever has:(a) a fork body with tines;(b) hooks on the ends of the tines for engaging the operating bar of the climbing aid;(c) finger holds located on the fork body;(d) a longitudinal bore in the fork body extending from the base of the tines to the upper end of the fork body;(e) a rod having a first and a second end and mounted for reciprocation in the bore;(f) a stop secured to the first end for applying pressure upon the support bar of the climbing aid; and(g) a handle secured to the second end and engaging the base of a thumb of a climber.