System and tool for removing battery caps
OwnerMurray P. Velkowinventor
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Abstract
A tool for removing a battery cap having a sidewall and finger grip tabs, comprises a handle affixed to a socket comprising a plurality of recesses extending from the floor of the socket toward the opening of the socket. A plurality of pinch projections extending from a floor of the socket partway toward an opening of the socket form second sets of recesses respectively underlying first sets of recesses, the first and second sets of recesses having different shapes or dimensions or both. A plurality of different designs and configurations of cap can thereby be lodged and rotationally fixed within the socket to remove the cap from and replace the cap, for example on a battery cell.
Claims2
A tool for removing a cap from a battery cell, the cap having a sidewall and radially extending tabs, comprising:
- a handle affixed to a socket, the socket comprising a plurality of recesses extending from the floor of the recesses to the opening of the socket,
- a plurality of pinch projections associated with said recesses, said pinch projections extending from a floor of the socket partway toward an opening of the socket and into a central portion of the socket forming second sets of recesses respectively underlying first sets of recesses, the first and second sets of recesses having different shapes or dimensions or both,
- whereby a plurality of different configurations of cap can be lodged and rotationally fixed within the socket to remove said cap from the battery cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.