Faucet removal socket system and method
OwnerDarren Chalklyinventor
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Abstract
A tool comprises a first capture component having a first configuration to hold a first non-tool component. A first drive aperture in the first capture component is completely offset from a longitudinal centerline of the tool. A second capture component has a second configuration to hold a second non-tool component. The first and second capture components are further configured to receive a third non-tool component attached to one of the first non-tool component and the second non-tool component. The first and second capture components are further configured to be rotated by a non-tool drive mechanism that engages the first and second capture components at positions thereon that are completely offset from a longitudinal centerline of the tool.
Claims20
A tool, comprising:
- a first capture component having a first configuration to hold a first non-tool component;
- a first drive aperture in the first capture component and completely offset from a longitudinal centerline of the tool;
- a second capture component having a second configuration to hold a second non-tool component;
- wherein the first and second capture components are further configured to receive a third non-tool component attached to one of the first non-tool component and the second non-tool component;
- and
- wherein the first and second capture components are further configured to be rotated by a non-tool drive mechanism that engages the first and second capture components at positions thereon that are completely offset from a longitudinal centerline of the tool.
A tool, comprising:
- a first socket having a first configuration to rotate a first non-tool nut;
- a first drive aperture in the first socket and completely offset from a longitudinal centerline of the tool;
- a second socket having a second configuration to rotate a second non-tool nut;
- wherein the second configuration is different from the first configuration;
- a second drive aperture in the second socket and completely offset from the longitudinal centerline of the tool;
- and
- an insertion gap that extends through the first and second sockets and is configured to receive a non-tool component that is affixed to one of the first non-tool nut and the second non-tool nut.
A tool, comprising:
- a first socket having a first configuration to receive and rotate a first non-tool nut about a longitudinal centerline of the tool;
- wherein the first configuration enables the first socket to receive the first non-tool nut in a first direction parallel to the longitudinal centerline;
- a second socket having a second configuration to receive and rotate a second non-tool nut about the longitudinal centerline of the tool;
- wherein the second configuration enables the second socket to receive the second non-tool nut in a second direction that is opposite the first direction;
- wherein the second configuration is different from the first configuration;
- a midline shelf between the first and second sockets that supports the first non-tool nut in the first socket and supports the second non-tool nut in the second socket;
- and
- an insertion gap that is configured to receive a non-tool component that is affixed to one of the first non-tool nut when received by the first socket and the second non-tool nut when received by the second socket;
- wherein the tool is a single monolithic structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.