Soft-faced dead blow hammer
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorScott A. Bendorf
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Abstract
A hammer tool including a single body and over-molded with one or more materials configured to improve the performance of the hammer is disclosed. The hammer may be formed with a single piece hammer head defining a cavity at least partially filled with a flowable material, such as steel shot. The striking surfaces of the hammer may be reinforced by a woven fabric or fiber reinforced polymers. The resulting hammer body and cavity has fewer or no joints or seams for shot to escape and provides material properties to be optimized in different areas of the hammer over-mold.
Claims21
A hammer comprising:
- a handle;
- a head coupled to the handle, the head defining a cavity and a striking end, wherein the cavity is at least partially filled with a flowable material;
- a reinforcement layer coupled to the striking end;
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- an over-mold further coupling the head and handle.
A hammer tool comprising:
- a handle having opposing first and second ends;
- a single-piece head coupled to the first end, the head defining a cavity disposed between first and second striking ends, the cavity at least partially filled with a flowable material;
- an over-mold disposed about the handle and the first and second striking ends;
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- a ballistic reinforcement layer coupled to the over-mold.
A hammer comprising:
- a handle having opposing first and second ends;
- a single-piece head coupled to the first end, the head including a cavity disposed between opposing first and second striking ends,
- a flowable material at least partially filing the cavity;
- first and second striking end caps respectively coupled to the first and second striking ends;
- an over-mold coupling together the handle, the first and second striking ends, and the first and second striking end caps;
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- first and second ballistic reinforcement layers respectively coupled to the first and second striking end caps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.