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US 5,428,853 AGranted
Fireman's combination tool assembly
AssigneeThe Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company
InventorsW. Kenneth Menke, W. Kenneth Menke, III
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Abstract
A fireman's personal hand tool is comprised of a spike member and a wrench member. Both members may be used in combination as a slide hammer with the spike member being hammered by the wrench member between objects to be pried apart. The wrench member may also be used to open or close valves and is configured to fit a variety of hydrant valve head shapes and sizes. Both the spike member and the wrench member have integral hose coupling jaws to engage and disengage hose couplings. The members are separable so that the jaws may be used independently or in combination. In addition, there are three different sizes of jaws to enable the tool to fit a greater variety of coupling sizes.
Claims17
A combination hand tool assembly comprising:
- a spike member, the spike member having a tubular handle with opposite first and second ends and a hollow interior bore extending through the tubular handle from an opening to the bore at the tubular handle first end, to a strike surface in the bore at the tubular handle second end, the spike member also having a prying tip projecting from the tubular handle second end;
- and,
- a wrench member, the wrench member having a rodlike handle with opposite first and second ends, the rodlike handle having a configuration for inserting the rodlike handle through the interior bore of the tubular handle to engage the second end of the rodlike handle against the strike surface of the tubular handle with the first end of the rodlike handle projecting from the opening at the first end of the tubular handle, whereby the rodlike handle may be manually reciprocated in the tubular handle bore to apply impact forces to the strike surface and the prying trip of the spike member, and the rodlike handle having at its first end means for wrenching objects of different configurations therewith, wherein
- the spike member and the wrench member have means thereon for selectively connecting the spike member and wrench member together with the tubular handle and the rodlike handle in side-by-side relative positions.
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A combination hand tool assembly comprising:
- a spike member, the spike member having a handle and a spike head secured to the handle, the spike head having a prying tip thereof projecting from the handle;
- a wrench member, the wrench member having a handle and a wrench head secured to the handle, the wrench head having means thereon for wrenching objects of different configurations therewith;
- and,
- the spike member and the wrench member having means thereon for selectively connecting the spike member and wrench member together in side-by-side relative positions, and for separating the spike member from the wrench member, wherein
- one of the spike member and the wrench member handles is a tubular handle with opposite first and second ends and a hollow interior bore extending therethrough from an opening of the bore at the handle first end to a strike surface in the bore at the handle second end;
- and,
- the other of the spike member and wrench member handles is a rodlike handle with opposite first and second ends and having a configuration for inserting the rodlike handle through the tubular handle bore to impact the second end of the rodlike handle against the strike surface of the tubular handle, whereby the rodlike handle may be manually reciprocated in the tubular handle bore to apply impact forces to the strike surface and the prying tip of the spike member.
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A combination hand tool assembly comprising:
- a spike member, the spike member having a handle and a spike head secured to the handle, the spike head having a prying tip thereon projecting from the handle;
- a wrench member, the wrench member having a handle and a wrench head secured to the handle, the wrench head having means thereon for wrenching objects of different configurations therewith;
- and,
- the spike member and the wrench member having means thereon for selectively connecting the spike member and wrench member together in side-by-side relative positions, and for separating the spike member from the wrench member, wherein
- both the spike head and the wrench head have at least one hose coupling jaw thereon, each hose coupling jaw has a configuration for manually engaging the jaw over at least a portion of a circumference of a hose coupling thereby attaching the jaw to the hose coupling for leveraged turning of the hose coupling.
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A combination hand tool comprising:
- a longitudinal handle assembly having opposite first and second ends, the second end having a prying tip thereon projecting longitudinally from the handle assembly and the first end having a wrench head thereon, the wrench head having at least first and second mutually opposed contact surfaces and means for adjusting a relative spacing between the first and second contact surfaces for gripping objects between the first and second contact surfaces and turning the objects by manual manipulation of the handle assembly, wherein
- at least one hose coupling jaw is connected to the handle assembly, the jaw has a configuration for manually engaging the jaw over at least a portion of a circumference of a hose coupling and thereby attaching the handle assembly to the hose coupling for leveraged turning of the hose coupling by the handle assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.