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US 5,313,181 AGranted
Magnetic socket holder
AssigneeLisle Corporation
InventorJoel A. Negus
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Abstract
A magnetic socket holder includes a molded plastic tray with a center bar having laminated keeper plates and bar magnets positioned therein to define pole pieces which permit the forming of magnetic circuits that when closed enhance the holding action of sockets in the tray, as well as holding action of the tray on a magnetizable surface.
Claims11
An improved magnetic socket holder comprising, in combination:
- a non-magnetic material tray including a plurality of generally parallel troughs, the top of each trough being open to receive a socket, said tray including a transverse magnet support channel abutting one end of each trough, said channel being open at said one end of each trough;
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- a first magnet in the magnet support channel, said first magnet having a top surface and a bottom surface, a longitudinal dimension generally transverse to said one end of the trough, said first magnet extending across the said one end of all the troughs, said first magnet having one pole along the top surface and another pole along the bottom surface whereby a socket of magnetically responsive material in any trough will bridge the poles and form a closed magnetic circuit.
An improved magnetic socket holder comprising in combination:
- a molded socket tray including a mounting surface, a tray cross member, a plurality of parallel troughs extending from the tray cross member, each trough being separated from the next adjacent trough by a rib, each trough being sized to receive a socket, said tray cross member including a magnet support channel which is open to the troughs;
- a first magnet mounted in the support channel, said first magnet including a first surface region of one polarity and a second separate surface region of another polarity,
- a first keeper plate mounted on the first surface region, said first keeper plate projecting into the troughs;
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- a second keeper plate mounted on the second surface region, said second keeper plate also projecting into the troughs, whereby the plates are positioned to engage a socket in each trough to thereby complete a magnetic circuit through the projecting pole pieces.
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