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US 5,510,962 AGranted
Screwdriver with an illuminator
OwnerHsuan-Sen Hsiaoinventor
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Abstract
A screwdriver having a lamp holder mounted at one end of the handle around the driving shank, and a lamp and battery assembly mounted within a recessed hole on the lamp holder, wherein the lamp is turned on to give off light when the lamp and battery assembly is depressed, or turned off when the lamp and battery assembly is released from the hand.
Claims4
A screwdriver with an illuminator comprising:
- a) a handle provided with a driving shank mounted thereon;
- b) a lamp holder at an end of the handle adjacent the driving shank, the lamp holder including a recessed hole and a flange extending around a border of the recessed hole;
- c) a lamp assembly disposed within the recessed hole, the lamp assembly including a base provided with a battery holder and a groove, a battery mounted within the battery holder of the base, a cover engaged with the base and provided with a recess and a groove, the battery holder being received within the recess of the cover, and a light source disposed between the base and the cover;
- d) the light source including contact means for establishing electrical contact with the battery to illuminate the light source when the cover is depressed by a user, the contact means being disposed within the grooves of the base and cover;
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- e) the cover including a peripheral flange engaged with the flange extending around the border of the recessed hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.