Socket wrench
OwnerRobert E. Bradleyinventor
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Abstract
A socket wrench has a rotatable cylindrical body with an elongated interior channel for storing a plurality of nuts. The channel has a nut opening at a first end for receiving and removing nuts from the channel. A longitudinally slidable and axially rotatable roller grip assembly is provided on the exterior of the body. The roller grip assembly is attached to an interior backplate that moves longitudinally within the body channel. The roller grip assembly allows an operator both to urge the stored nuts toward the nut opening of the wrench, eject the nuts from the chamber, and to hold the wrench while the body is rotating.
Claims19
A socket wrench comprising:
- a cylindrical body, said body including an internal channel extending generally coaxially of said body from a first and open end thereof, a portion of said channel adjacent said open end being sized and adapted for receiving a plurality of nuts, and
- an axially extending slot extending radially through said body along at least a portion of the axial length of said body;
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- a nut ejector for ejecting a nut from said channel, said nut ejector including
- an axially extending nut engager section mounted within and longitudinally slidable within said channel of said body for urging a nut in said channel toward said open first end, and
- a hand grip section mounted outside of said body and having an outer portion and an inner portion, said outer portion being rotatable relative to said body and said nut engager section, and
- a radially-extending connector extending through said slot in said body and connecting said nut engager section to said inner portion of said hand grip section such that said inner portion of said hand grip section is fixed axially relative to said connector, and
- a pair of bearings spaced axially of said body on opposite sides of said connector, each of said bearings engaging the outer portion of said body and supporting the outer surface of said hand grip section for movement both axially and rotatably relative to said body and rotatably relative to said nut engager section.
A socket wrench comprising:
- a cylindrical body,
- a nut ejector, and
- a hand grip assembly including an inner portion and an outer portion,
- said body including:
- an internal channel extending generally coaxially of said body from a first and open end thereof, a portion of said channel adjacent said open end being sized and adapted for receiving a plurality of nuts, and
- an axially extending slot extending radially through said body along at least a portion of the axial length of said body, and
- said nut ejector including an axially extending nut engager section mounted within and longitudinally slidable within said channel of said body for urging a nut in said channel toward said open first end and a radially-extending connector extending through said slot in said body and connecting said nut engager section to said inner portion of said hand grip assembly such that relative to said connector said inner portion of said hand grip assembly is fixed axially,
- said outer portion of said hand grip assembly being rotatable relative to said body and said nut engager section and mounted outside of said body, and
- said hand grip assembly including:
- a pair of bearings spaced axially of said body on opposite sides of said connector, said bearings supporting said outer portion of said hand grip assembly for movement both axially and rotatably relative to said body and rotatably relative to said nut engager section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.