Graphite / titanium hammer
AssigneePull'r Holding Company, LLC
InventorJared W. Hanlon
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Abstract
According to disclosure, the hammer has a head made of striking grade steel. The handle comprises a 6-4 titanium hand grip and over strike plate insert in the handle and under the head. The head has an eye for accommodating a handle which in a preferred embodiment is made of a graphite titanium composite comprising from about 60 to 65% graphite by weight and from about 35 to 45% 6-4 titanium. The head of hammer has a claw end and a striking head. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the device of the disclosure comprising using one or more bladder compressed carbon fiber processes to anneal the graphite, titanium and steel components of the hammer.
Claims10
A lightweight hammer comprising:
- a hammer-head having a first end and a second end wherein said hammer-head first end comprises a striking surface;
- a lightweight composite handle comprising graphite wherein said lightweight handle further comprises a foam core, a head end in communication with said hammer-head and a butt end and a striking side wherein said striking side of the handle is a side of the handle which is parallel with the striking surface of the hammer-head, wherein said handle is encapsulated by a layer of woven fibers;
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- a titanium overstrike plate covers the striking side of said handle along the length of the striking-side of the handle from the hammer-head to the butt end of handle wherein said striking plate covers the butt end of the handle.
A lightweight hammer consisting of:
- a hammer-head having a first end and a second end wherein said hammer-head first end comprises a striking surface and said second end comprises a claw;
- a lightweight graphite composite handle wherein said lightweight handle comprises a foam core, a head end in communication with said hammer-head, a butt end and a striking side wherein said striking side of the handle is parallel with the striking surface of the hammer-head, wherein said handle is encapsulated by a layer of woven fibers;
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- a titanium overstrike plate covers the striking side of said handle along the length of the striking-side of the handle from the hammer-head to the butt end of handle wherein said striking plate covers the butt end of the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.