Tool force transmitting method and apparatus
AssigneeSPX Corporation
InventorsJames E. Jirele, Jose O. Barrios
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for transmitting a force around a corner is provided. The apparatus includes a force transmitter comprising a first and second rounded end, a connecting member connecting the first and second rounded ends having a smaller diameter than the first and second rounded ends. The method for transmitting a force around a corner comprises the steps of urging a force transmitter in one direction, transmitting the force from the force transmitter and a second direction wherein the force transmitter has two rounded ends and a connecting portion having a lesser diameter than either rounded end.
Claims13
A nut splitter comprising:
- a force transmitter having a first rounded end, a second rounded end, and a connecting member connecting the first and second rounded ends, said connecting member having a smaller diameter than the first and second rounded ends;
- a C shaped body having a handle extending from the body;
- a chisel attached to the body;
- a pusher configured to urge a nut against the chisel;
- and
- a forcing screw attached to the handle via threads and configured to transmit a force to the pusher via the force transmitter.
A system for splitting a nut comprising:
- a force transmitter having means for receiving a force, means for transmitting a force, and means for connecting the receiving means to the transmitting means;
- a C shaped body having a handle extending from the body;
- means attached to the body for splitting the nut;
- means for pushing the nut against the splitting means;
- and
- means for inducing a force to the pushing means via the force transmitter.
A tool comprising:
- a body having a first bore and a second bore at an angle to the first bore;
- a forcing screw movably disposed in the first bore;
- a pusher movably disposed in the second bore;
- a member having a first and a second end, with each end having a respective partially spherical end surface, wherein the two ends are rigidly connected to each other and a force applied to one end by contact from the forcing screw is transmitted to the pusher by contact of the other end to the pusher.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.