Conduit locknut tool
AssigneeJS Products, Inc.
InventorChungen Chen
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Abstract
A locknut wrench for tightening and loosening a locknut is provided. The locknut wrench has a handle which is coupled to a pair of locknut engaging tangs, such as via an interconnect member. The handle is angularly adjustable relative to the tangs, such as to be orientated perpendicular to a plane containing the tangs or parallel to a plane containing the tangs. The locknut wrench can also be placed into either a first or second mode of operation, such as corresponding to tightening or loosening a locknut, wherein in the different modes a different tang is locked relative to the handle.
Claims18
A locknut wrench for tightening and loosening a locknut, comprising:
- a handle;
- an interconnect member pivotally coupled to the handle;
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- a first locknut engaging tang and a second locknut engaging tang each rotatably mounted on the interconnect member;
- said handle movable between a first position in which it extends along said axis of said interconnect member and a second position in which it extends perpendicular to said axis of said interconnect member.
A locknut wrench for tightening and loosening an engagement between a locknut and a conduit, comprising:
- a handle;
- an interconnect member pivotally coupled to the handle;
- a first locknut engaging tang and a second locknut engaging tang each having a first end rotatably mounted on the interconnect member and a second end located outwardly of said interconnect member and having a locknut engaging tab thereon, said first and second locknut engaging tangs biased towards one another;
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- a locking member extending from said interconnect member and selectively engageable with either said first locknut engaging tang or said second locknut engaging tang, said locking member when engaging said first locknut engaging tang preventing rotation of said first locknut engaging tang relative to said interconnect member but permitting said second locknut engaging tang to rotate relative to said interconnect member, and said locking member when engaging said second locknut engaging tang preventing rotation of said second locking engaging tang relative to said interconnect member but permitting said first locknut engaging tang to rotate relative to said interconnect member;
- said handle movable between a first position in which it extends along said axis of said interconnect member and a second position in which it extends perpendicular to said axis of said interconnect member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.