Plumbing tool
OwnerWayne Reyesinventor
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Abstract
A spud tool for use by a plumber to install and to remove plumbing feed water spuds includes an elongate tubular socket-like body internally recessed and provided with wrenching flats; and a captive coaxial stem having a cruciform head disposed both axially-movably and relatively-rotationally within the recess of the socket-like body. The stem at an end opposite to the cruciform head carries a handle portion for application of manual torque, and the handle portion is slidably movable from side-to-side of the stem in order to allow a wrench head to be slipped along the handle portion and onto the stem in order to achieve driving engage with the socket-like body.
Claims7
A plumbing feed water spud tool, said tool comprising:
- an elongate tubular socket-like member defining a recess opening axially at one end and inwardly being provided with wrenching flats for drivingly engaging upon a nut of a plumbing feed water spud, said socket-like member also defining a coaxial bore extending from said recess and axially opening oppositely from said recess, a boss portion circumscribing said opening of said bore and said boss outwardly being provided with wrenching flats at a size smaller than said nut of said plumbing feed water spud;
- a stem member captively received in said bore for axial and rotational movement relative to said socket-like member, said stem at one end defining a head portion in juxtaposition with and movable into said recess, and said head portion defining at least one transverse diametrical slot for driving engagement with radially extending internal tangs of said plumbing feed water spud, said stem at an opposite end portion thereof carrying a transverse rod-like handle portion captively retained in side-to-side sliding relationship with said stem and providing manual purchase for application of torque to said stem,
- whereby, said handle portion is slidable toward one extreme of its motion relative to said stem such as to allow a box-end wrench to be moved along said handle portion and onto said stem member to engage drivingly upon said wrenching flats of said boss portion, so that the box end wrench may apply opposing torque to said tubular socket-like member.
A unitary plumbing feed water spud tool having no removable parts or parts necessary to be assembled before the tool can be used, and said tool providing to a user a pair of manual purchase locations both spaced axially from and axially of said plumbing feed water spud at which opposing torques may be applied to said plumbing feed water spud, said tool comprising:
- an elongate tubular socket-like member defining a recess opening axially at one end and inwardly being provided with wrenching flats for drivingly engaging upon a nut of a plumbing feed water spud, said socket-like member also defining a coaxial bore extending from said recess and axially opening oppositely from said recess, a boss portion circumscribing said opening of said bore and said boss outwardly being provided with wrenching flats at a size smaller than said nut of said plumbing feed water spud;
- a stem member permanently captively received in said bore for axial and rotational movement relative to said socket-like member, said stem at one end defining a head portion in juxtaposition with said recess, and said head portion defining at least one transverse diametrical slot for driving engagement with radially extending internal tangs of said plumbing feed water spud, said stem at an opposite end portion thereof carrying a transverse rod-like handle portion permanently captively retained in side-to-side sliding relationship with said stem and providing manual purchase for application of torque to said stem;
- said head portion being integral with said stem and of a size larger than said bore, and said rod-like handle portion is slidably received in a transverse boring defined by said stem member, and said handle portion being headed at each opposite end to be permanently captive in said boring of said stem member;
- whereby, said handle portion is slidable toward one extreme of its motion relative to said stem such as to allow a box-end wrench to be moved along said handle portion and onto said stem member to engage drivingly upon said wrenching flats of said boss portion, so that the box end wrench and said handle portion provide manual purchase to apply opposing torques to said plumbing feed water spud.
A spud tool comprising:
- coaxial socket and handle members permanently united and captively retained in relative axial and rotational relation to one another, said socket member being elongate and at one axial end defining an axial recess provided with wrenching flats for drivingly engaging upon a nut of a spud, said socket member also defining a bore coaxial with said recess and extending from said recess to open axially on an opposite end of said socket member, a boss portion of said socket member circumscribing said opening of said bore and said boss outwardly being provided with wrenching flats, said handle member including a stem permanently captively received in said bore for axial and rotational movement relative to said socket member, said stem at one end defining a head portion in juxtaposition with said recess, and said head portion defining at least one transverse diametrical slot for driving engagement with radially extending internal tangs of a spud, said stem adjacent to an opposite end thereof carrying a transverse rod-like handle portion permanently captively retained on said stem and providing manual purchase for application of torque to said stem;
- whereby said handle portion and said head portion in conjunction prevent said stem from being separated from said socket member.
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