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US 12,643,204 B2Granted
Nut feeding wrench
OwnerMatthew Grahaminventor
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Abstract
A magazine-style wrench that laterally feeds multiple nuts down a magazine-style rail into a hexagonal head for dispensing and tightening. As a bolt is inserted into the hexagonal opening the threads of the bolt mesh into those of the nuts. The compressional force provided by a rectangular spring provides the necessary force to push the row of nuts forward and prevent the nut held in the opening from unintentionally falling out of the tool. The tool can be used to repeatedly tighten nuts onto bolts without personal handling. When out of nuts, the tool can be refilled and used again.
Claims16
A nut feeding wrench, comprising:
- a wrench head having a nut receiving opening for receiving and retaining a nut for threading onto a threaded fastener by the wrench;
- the wrench head having a threaded fastener opening extending through a center of the nut receiving opening;
- the wrench head having a nut conveying opening extending laterally through a sidewall of the nut receiving opening;
- a nut magazine having a length and a nut retaining channel extending along its length and configured to slidingly hold a plurality of nuts in a side-by-side orientation;
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- the nut magazine removably connectable to the wrench head such that when connected to the wrench head the nut retaining channel is aligned with the nut conveying opening.
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A nut feeding wrench, comprising:
- a wrench head having a nut receiving opening for receiving and retaining a nut for threading onto a threaded fastener by the wrench, the nut receiving opening having an open end, a closed end, and a sidewall extending therebetween;
- the wrench head having a threaded fastener opening extending axially through a center of the nut receiving opening and through the closed end;
- the wrench head having a nut conveying opening extending laterally through the sidewall of the nut receiving opening;
- a nut magazine having opposite ends, a length extending therebetween, and a nut retaining channel extending along its length and configured to slidingly hold a plurality of nuts in a side-by-side orientation;
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- the nut magazine removably connectable to the wrench head such that when connected to the wrench head the nut retaining channel is aligned with the nut conveying opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.