Guard rail tool
OwnerClarence A. Kratzinventor
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Abstract
A Guard Rail Tool for installing guard rails along a road or a highway. A fixed claw and a rotatable claw are mounted on opposite sides of a fixed handle which presses against the guard rails when a rotatable handle is closed against the fixed handle.
Claims15
A Guard Rail Tool for installing guard rails along roads and highways, said Guard Rail Tool comprising:
- a fixed handle having an outside end and an inside end;
- a fixed claw extending toward the inside end of the fixed handle;
- a rotatable handle;
- means rigidly mounted on the fixed handle for mounting the rotatable handle and the fixed claw;
- a rotatable claw extending toward the inside end of the fixed handle;
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- means for mounting the rotatable claw to rotate on the rotatable handle.
A Guard Rail Tool for installing guard rails along roads and highways, said Guard Rail tool comprising:
- a fixed handle having an inside end and an outside end;
- a cross bar secured to the fixed handle toward the inside end;
- a fixed claw mounted on one end of the cross bar, the fixed claw having an inner end and an outer end, the fixed claw extending away from the fixed handle and toward the inside end of the fixed handle;
- a rotatable handle mounted to rotate on the end of the cross bar opposite from the fixed claw, the rotatable handle having an outside end and an inside end;
- a cam link having two ends, one end being mounted to rotate on the rotatable handle;
- a rotatable claw mounted to rotate on the end of the cam link opposite from the end of the cam link mounted on the rotatable handle, the rotatable claw extending beyond the inside end of the rotatable handle.
A Guard Rail Tool for installing guard rails along roads and highways, said Guard Rail tool comprising:
- a fixed handle having an inside end and an outside end, the fixed handle and having an adjustable extension at the inside end;
- a cross bar having two ends secured to the fixed handle toward the inside end, the cross bar being located substantially at right angles to the fixed handle;
- a fixed claw having an inside end and an outside end, the outside end being secured to one end of the cross bar, the inside end extending away from the fixed handle and toward the inside end of the fixed handle, the fixed claw bending around at its inside end to form a hook;
- a rotatable handle having an inside end and an outside end;
- a side member secured to the inside end of the rotatable handle;
- a cam link having a centerline and having two ends, one of the ends being mounted to rotate on the rotatable handle;
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- a rotatable claw mounted on the end of the cam link opposite from the end of the cam link mounted on the rotatable handle, the cam link being mounted on the rotatable handle along one side of the centerline of the cam link and the rotatable claw being mounted on the opposite side of the centerline of the cam link to form a cam locking action.
A Guard Rail Tool for installing guard rails on posts along roads and highways, said Guard Rail Tool comprising:
- a removable plate mounted on post directly below the guard rail;
- a fixed handle having an outside end and an inside end;
- a fixed claw extending toward the inside end of the fixed handle;
- a rotatable handle;
- means rigidly mounted on the fixed handle for mounting the rotatable handle and the fixed claw;
- a rotatable claw extending toward the inside end of the fixed handle, the rotatable claw having a slot in it;
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- means for mounting the rotatable claw to rotate on the rotatable handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.