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US 5,079,978 AGranted
Double-coded wrenches and sockets
OwnerWilliam Kupferinventor
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Abstract
A novel combination of two sets of wrenches and sockets, each identifiable for size, with each set calibrated according to a different measuring system and both housed in a common container, and a novel process for identifying said size and said measuring systems by indicia specific to each size and to each system of measurement.
Claims1
A tool set comprising:
- a container with dividers therein defining four separate compartments;
- said compartments to house two sets of wrenches and two sets of sockets;
- a first set of wrenches calibrated in the metric system, said first set distinguished by a first indicia common to each member of said first set and being discernible by sight or touch;
- a first set of sockets in a second of said compartments calibrated in the metric system all having said first indicia thereon;
- a second set of wrenches calibrated in the English system in a third compartment, said second set distinguished by a second indicia common to each member thereof and being discernible by sight or touch and differing from said first set of indicia;
- a second set of sockets calibrated in the English system bearing said second indicia;
- said first and second sets of wrenches being further distinguished by an identification system comprised of lengthwise grooves on said wrenches, with the smallest wrench bearing one groove and each size larger wrench progressively bearing one more groove such that the largest wrench bears the greatest number of grooves, thereby making each wrench discernible by sight or touch from the other wrenches;
- said first and second sets of sockets being comprised of various groups of three sockets of similar diameter and similar length wherein the smallest diameter socket bears one groove, the socket with the next largest diameter bears two grooves, and the largest diameter socket of the group bearing three grooves, thereby making all three sockets within the groups of three discernible by sight or touch and differing from the other sockets within the group;
- a closure for said container.
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