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US 2003/0000349 A1Published application
Driver for eyebolts and hooks
OwnerJohn L. Morrisinventor
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Abstract
A driver for eyebolts and hooks includes a body with a driver head bifurcated by a longitudinal slot to form a pair of side walls and a bottom wall. A hole through one of the side walls intersects the slot. A set screw installed in the hole releasably engages and secures the eyebolt in the slot.
Claims12
A device for driving eyebolts and hooks comprising:
- a body including an elongated driver head having opposite forward and rear ends and a central axis of rotation extending through the ends;
- the body having means thereon for detachably connecting the driver head to a source of rotary power;
- the driver head having a centrally located longitudinal slot therein adapted to slidably receive a nonthreaded portion of an eyebolt or hook, the slot extending across the forward end and along the central axis of rotation toward the rear end to a given depth so as to terminate in a bottom wall and define a pair of opposing side walls;
- the driver head having a threaded hole extending through one of the side walls and entering into the slot at a location spaced forwardly from the bottom wall;
- a set screw for mating installation into the threaded hole so as to selectively protrude into the slot;
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- the threaded hole and the set screw being sized and arranged such that a portion of the set screw is adapted to releasably engage and thereby selectively provide a clamping force on a rod of an eyebolt or hook placed in the slot, the clamping force being directed toward both the bottom wall and the other side wall so as to secure the eyebolt or hook in the slot.
4 more elements
A device for installing and removing specialized fasteners including eyebolts and hooks comprising:
- a body including an elongated driver head having opposite forward and rear ends and a central axis of rotation extending through the ends;
- the body having means thereon for detachably connecting the driver head to a source of rotary power;
- the driver head having a longitudinal slot of a fixed width and depth bifurcating the forward end of the driver head so as to form a pair of opposing side walls and a bottom wall;
- the driver head having a threaded hole extending through one of the side walls and intersecting the slot at a location spaced forwardly from the bottom wall;
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- a set screw for mating installation into the threaded hole so as to selectively protrude into the slot and thereby being adapted to releasably engage and secure a fastener slidably placed in the slot.
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A device for installing and removing specialized fasteners including eyebolts and hooks comprising:
- a body including an elongated driver head having opposite forward and rear ends and a central axis of rotation extending through the ends;
- the body having means thereon for detachably connecting the driver head to a source of rotary power;
- the driver head having a longitudinal slot of a fixed width and depth in the forward end of the driver head so as to form a pair of opposing side walls and a bottom wall;
- the forward end of the driver head having a counterbore therein disposed on the axis of rotation, the counterbore having a diameter greater than the width of the slot and a depth less than the depth of the slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.