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US 5,337,634 AGranted
Laterally adjustable socket with means for providing visible indication of socket operating position
OwnerThomas Carnesiinventor
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Abstract
A socket having a plurality of gripping jaws positioned in slots formed in a yoke member, the yoke member in turn being positioned in a cylindrically shaped barrel member. The barrel member has an index window which provides a visual indication to a user of the size of the socket opening. The jaws are positionable laterally inwardly or outwardly to provide seventeen discrete socket opening sizes without varying the external physical dimensions of the socket.
Claims12
An adjustable socket having a longitudinal axis comprising:
- a plurality of jaw members movably positioned within slots formed in a first member;
- each fixed position of the jaw members corresponding to a selected socket size opening;
- a second member having an opening therein for receiving said first member, said second member having a plurality of vertically extending members which engage an adjacent one of said jaw members;
- said second member having a follower arm member associated therewith;
- a third member having a plurality of indicia formed thereon corresponding to the size of the adjusted socket opening;
- said third member having a plurality of openings adjacent said indicia markings;
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- a fourth member for receiving said third member, the inner surface of said fourth member having a spiral groove into which the follower arm of said second member travels, said fourth member having an opening to allow a user to view selected ones of said indicia as the opening of said socket is adjusted.
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An adjustable socket having a longitudinal axis comprising:
- a plurality of jaw members movably positioned within slots formed in a first member;
- each fixed position of the jaw members corresponding to a selected socket size opening;
- a second member having an opening therein for receiving said first member, said second member having a plurality of vertically extending members which engage an adjacent one of said jaw members;
- said second member having a follower pin associated therewith;
- a third member having a plurality of indicia formed thereon corresponding to the size of the adjusted socket opening;
- said third member having a plurality of openings adjacent said indicia markings;
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- a fourth member having a spiral groove formed thereon and secured to the inner surface of a fifth member, said third member being positioned within said fourth member;
- the follower pin of said second member travelling within said spiral groove, said fifth member having an opening to allow a user to view selected ones of said indicia as the opening of said socket is adjusted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.