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US 4,872,230 AGranted
Electrically powered automobile jack and nut remover
OwnerAnthony Levineinventor
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Abstract
A portable automatic automobile jack includes an electrically powered automobile tire nut remover. The jack is powered through a cigarette lighter type plug by the automobile battery, and has an outlet for receipt and powering of a tire nut remover or other equipment. In another embodiment, the nut remover, powered by the auto battery, drives the jack.
Claims15
An electrically powered automobile tire-changing apparatus, comprising:
- a first D.C. electric motor, and means for providing power to said motor including a cigarette-lighter type plug for plugging into an automobile cigarette lighter outlet;
- a jack for lifting the wheel of an automobile off the ground to enable the changing of a tire;
- a nut remover for removing nuts from a wheel to permit removal of a wheel from an automobile and for reapplying and tightening nuts for replacement of a wheel to the automobile;
An electrically powered automobile tire-changing apparatus, comprising:
- a first D.C. electric motor, and means for providing power to said motor including a cigarette-lighter type plug for plugging into an automobile cigarette lighter outlet;
- a jack for lifting the wheel of an automobile off the ground to enable the changing of a tire;
- a nut remover for removing nuts from a wheel to permit removal of a wheel from an automobile and for reapplying and tightening nuts for replacement of a wheel to the automobile;
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- means for coupling said first D.C. electric motor to at least one of said jack and said nut remover so that said first motor will drive at least one of said jack and said nut remover;
- wherein said first motor is housed in said jack, and further comprising a second D.C. motor for driving said nut remover, said jack further including a second outlet for a second plug, said second D.C. motor having a plug for plugging into said second outlet.
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An electrically powered automobile tire-changing apparatus, comprising:
- a first D.C. electric motor, and means for providing power to said motor including a cigarette-lighter type plug for plugging into an automobile cigarette lighter outlet;
- a jack for lifting the wheel of an automobile off the ground to enable the changing of a tire;
- a nut remover for removing nuts from a wheel to permit removal of a wheel from an automobile and for reapplying and tightening nuts for replacement of a wheel to the automobile;
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- means for coupling said first D.C. electric motor to at least one of said jack and said nut remover so that said first motor will drive at least one of said jack and said nut remover;
- wherein said first motor is housed in said jack, and further comprising a second D.C. motor for driving said nut remover, said jack further including a second outlet for a second plug, said second D.C. motor having a plug for plugging into said second outlet;
- wherein said nut remover has a U-shaped configuration including a handle portion at the base of said U, a powered nut socket extending from one leg of said U and a torque stabilizing socket extending from another leg of said U.
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An electrically powered automobile tire-changing apparatus, comprising:
- a first D.C. electric motor, and means for providing power to said motor including a cigarette-lighter type plug for plugging into an automobile cigarette lighter outlet;
- a jack for lifting the wheel of an automobile off the ground to enable the changing of a tire;
- a nut remover for removing nuts from a wheel to permit removal of a wheel from an automobile and for reapplying and tightening nuts for replacement of a wheel to the automobile;
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- means for coupling said first D.C. electric motor to at least one of said jack and said nut remover so that said first motor will drive at least one of said jack and said nut remover;
- wherein said nut remover has a U-shaped configuration including a handle portion at the base of said U, a powered nut socket extending from a first leg of said U and a torque stabilizing means at a distal end of a second leg of said U.
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