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US 5,819,610 AGranted
Combination hand tool
OwnerCameron Brannaninventor
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Abstract
A new combination hand tool for permitting removal of variously shaped stoppers or bungs from a barrel. The inventive device includes an elongate handle member with a tool member mounted on it at one end. The tool member has a plurality of flat tab portions for insertion into a slot provided on a bung and a web portion having a hex-shaped hole extending through it for engaging securing nuts provided on a bung.
Claims9
A combination hand tool for removing a bung from a barrel, comprising:
- an elongate handle member having a first end and a second end;
- a tool member having an engaging means for engaging hex-shaped objects wherein said engaging means is extended in a plane substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said handle member, and said tool member having a flat tab portion having a substantially flat edge for insertion into a slot, said tool member being mounted on said handle member first end;
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- wherein said handle member second end includes a planar extension, means for prying off a covering over a bung.
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A combination hand tool for removing a bung from a barrel, comprising:
- an elongate handle member having a first end and a second end;
- a tool member having an engaging means for engaging hex-shaped objects, and said tool member having a plurality of flat tab portions, each of said flat tab portions being for insertion into a slot, said tool member being mounted on said handle member first end;
- wherein said engaging means is hole being extended through said tool member;
- wherein said hole is hex-shaped;
- wherein said handle member second end includes a planar extension, means for prying off a covering over a bung;
- wherein said handle member is cylindrical in shape to provide additional comfort while in use;
- wherein each of said flat tab portions of said tool member is extended in a plane substantially perpendicular to a plane along the length of said handle member;
- wherein said engaging means is extended in a plane substantially parallel to a plane along the length of said handle member;
- wherein said flat tab portions are of various sizes for insertion into variously sized slots.
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A combination hand tool for removing a bung from a barrel, the hand tool comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical elongate handle having a first end and a second end;
- said second end having a substantially planar extension means for prying off a cover over the bung;
- a substantially L-shaped tool member having a first flange and a second flange coupled to said first end of said handle;
- a plurality of flat tab portions disposed from said first flange of said tool member, each of said flat tab portions being sized differently than each other of said flat tab portions such that each respective flat tab portion is adapted for engaging a different sized slot;
- said first flange of said tool member being positioned within a plane substantially perpendicular to a plane containing said handle;
- an engagement means for engaging a hexagonal object, said engagement means positioned on said second flange of said tool member;
- said second flange being positioned within a plane substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.