Flip socket nut removal tool

An apparatus for removing a first nut and a second nut wherein the size of the first nut is different than the size of the second nut, the apparatus comprising:

• a housing, the housing includes,
• a housing top surface having a first orifice that extends to a first lip;
• a first interior sidewall that extends from the housing top surface to the first lip, wherein the first interior sidewall includes,
• a first lobed cam disposed along the first interior sidewall,
• a first groove between the top surface and the first lip;
• a bottom surface having a second orifice that extends to a second lip;
• a second interior sidewall that extends from the housing bottom, surface to the second lip wherein the second interior sidewall includes,
• a second lobed cam disposed along the second interior sidewall,
• a second groove disposed between the bottom surface and the second lip;
• an enclosed channel between the first lip and the second lip configured to interface with a rotary tool inserted from alternately the housing top surface and the housing bottom surface;
• a first cage having a first cage top surface and a first cage bottom portion, the first cage bottom portion includes a first cage groove and a first cage terminus, the first cage groove disposed between the first cage top surface and the first cage terminus, the first cage includes a plurality of jaws configured to interface with the first nut;
• a first canted coil spring configured to be received by the groove of the first interior sidewall and the groove of the first cage;
• a second cage having a second cage top surface and a second cage bottom portion, the second cage bottom portion includes a second cage groove and a second cage terminus, the second cage includes a plurality of jaws configured to interface with the second nut;
• a second canted coil spring configured to be received by the groove of the second interior sidewall and the groove of the second cage;
• the housing configured to rotate counterclockwise relative to the first cage;
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• the housing configured to rotate counterclockwise relative to the second cage.

An apparatus for removing at least two nuts, the apparatus comprising:

• a housing, the housing includes,
• a top surface-having a first orifice that extends to a first lip;
• a first interior side wall that extends from the top surface to the first lip, wherein the first-interior sidewall includes,
• a first three-lobed cam disposed along the first interior sidewall, wherein each lobe has a lobe center line and a first counterclockwise cam inner surface on one side of the lobe center line and a first clockwise cam inner surface on the opposite side of the lobe center line,
• a first groove disposed between the top surface and the first lip;
• a first enclosed channel that extends between the first lip and a second lip;
• a bottom surface having a second orifice that extends to the second lip;
• a second interior sidewall that extends from the bottom surface to the second lip wherein the second interior sidewall includes,
• a second three-lobed cam disposed along the second interior sidewall, wherein each lobe has a lobe center line and a second counterclockwise cam inner surface on one side of the lobe center line and a second clockwise cam inner surface on the opposite side of the lobe center line,
• a second groove disposed between the bottom surface and the second lip;
• a first cage having a first cage top surface and a first cage bottom portion, the first cage bottom portion includes a first cage groove and a first cage terminus, the first cage groove disposed between the first cage top surface and the first cage terminus, the first cage includes a plurality of jaws in which each jaw includes,
• a first jaw outer cam surface that is configured to interface with the cam inner surface corresponding to the first interior sidewall;
• a first jaw centerline;
• a first jaw inner cam surface configured to interlace with the head of a first nut, each first jaw cam inner surface includes a first jaw counterclockwise cam inner surface on one side of the jaw centerline and a first jaw clockwise cam inner surface on the opposite side of the jaw centerline;
• a first earned coil spring configured to be received by the groove of the first inferior sidewall and the groove of the first cage;
• a second cage having a second cage top surface and a second cage bottom portion, the second cage bottom portion includes a second cage groove and a second cage terminus, the second cage groove disposed between the second cage top surface and the second cage terminus, the second cage includes a plurality of jaws in which each jaw includes,
• a second jaw outer cam surface that is configured to interface with the cam inner surface corresponding to the second interior sidewall;
• a second jaw centerline;
• a second jaw inner cam surface configured to interface with the bead of a second nut, each second jaw cam inner surface includes a second jaw counterclockwise cam inner surface on one side of the jaw centerline and a second jaw clockwise cam inner surface on the opposite side of the jaw centerline;
• a second canted coil spring configured to be received by the groove of the second interior sidewall and the groove of the second cage;
• the first cage configured to rotate counterclockwise and engage the first nut, the first cage configured to interface with the first interior sidewall;
• the second cage configured to rotate counterclockwise and engage the second nut, the second cage configured to interface with the second interior sidewall;
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• the first canted coil spring configured to operate within a constant deflection range when an axial load is applied by the housing and the first cage,
• the second canted coil spring configured to operate within a constant deflection range, when an axial load is applied by the housing and the second cage.