Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
029278000 | Hand gripper for direct push or pull | 25 |
20090188095 | Device for pulling out a terminal clamp - The invention relates to a device for pulling out a terminal clamp with a fastening section for fastening the device to the terminal clamp and a grip section. The fastening section and the grip section are connected by a pivotable connection. A second fastening device for detachable fastening of the grip section to the terminal clamp is provided on this grip section. | 07-30-2009 |
20090205185 | Button head lubrication fitting pressure release tool - The present invention is a pressure release tool for a button head lubrication fitting. The tool comprises a handle assembly securely engaged with the body portion of the tool. The bottom section of the tool is adapted to securely engage with the top of the button head lubrication fitting. | 08-20-2009 |
20100088871 | Ergonomic Hand-Held Device - An ergonomic hand-held device is provided to allow a user to easily apply the necessary force required to install a caps into a vial or test tube. The device includes a handle member that is ergonomically shaped to provide a user with maximum comfort while minimizing any physical problems associated with the use of the hands and wrists continuously in a repetitive motion. The device also includes an engaging projecting member that extends from the handle member. The projecting member includes a flat surface at one end such that when engagement with the cap the flat surface lies substantially flush against a bottom wall of a cavity of the cap. Through this configuration, a user generated force is transferred from the handle member through the projecting member, and to the cap, thereby causing the cap into an opening of the vial for locking the cap into a sealed and closed position with the vial. | 04-15-2010 |
20100170072 | Universal sprinkler nozzle tool - The present invention provides a hand held tool comprising an elongate handle portion having a first end and a second end, terminating at its first end in a bifurcated wedge portion terminating in a pair of spaced apart tines for engagement with the sprinkler nozzle, said tines being essentially orthogonal to the axis of the shaft of the handle portion. When the tines of the bifurcated wedge portion engage with the sprinkler nozzle, the handle can be lifted to raise the nozzle for maintenance. | 07-08-2010 |
20100192345 | RETAINING CLIP INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL TOOL - A hand tool which features a self-aligning recessed seating feature for easy installation of retaining clips onto the groove of the shank of mining and trenching picks. The location and orientation toward the first end of the body of the tool of the recessed seating feature allows for easy installation from either the left or right side of the holder. The tool includes two prongs located at the same end of the tool as the recessed seating feature. The end surfaces of the two prongs correspond in shape and/or orientation to the contact surfaces of a retaining clip to improve removal of retaining clips from the groove of the shank of mining and trenching picks. | 08-05-2010 |
20100199477 | TOOL FOR DUST CAP REMOVAL/REPLACEMENT AND OPTICAL CLEANER EXTENDER - A tool for dust cap removal/replacement and optical cleaner extender is described herein. According to one embodiment, a tool includes an elongate body having a frontend, a backend, and a tip member attached to the frontend of the elongate body, the tip member having a locking mechanism. When the tip member is pushed against a dust cap covering an optical connector mounted on a backplane of a network chassis, the locking mechanism interlocks with the dust cap thereby capturing the dust cap for removing the dust cap from the optical connector. The elongate body is long enough such that the tip member can be inserted into a slot of the network chassis from a front panel to reach the dust cap of the optical connector mounted on the backplane of the network chassis, without having to remove an adjacent circuit pack of the network chassis. | 08-12-2010 |
20100306980 | Clutching Jig - A clutching jig used to disassemble a lens module which includes a lens socket and a lens component mounted to the lens socket by a plurality of buckling pieces of the lens socket abutting to the lens component has a rectangular base. The base defines two opposite lateral surfaces, a bottom surface and a slot passing through the bottom surface and the two opposite lateral surfaces to divide the base into a first holding portion and a second holding portion. The bottom surface has a receiving recess at a center portion thereof for communicating with the slot. The receiving recess receives the lens component, with a circumferential dimension thereof lessened to clutch the lens component when the first holding portion and the second holding portion are urged to approach each other. | 12-09-2010 |
20110000062 | Christmas mini light bulb remover - A light bulb remover tool has a slot at one end insertable into the space between a light bulb holder and a light bulb socket. Downward force exerted on the opposite end of the tool creates a leverage force to separate the light bulb holder from the socket. The tool is a one piece member having a U-shaped slot on one end. | 01-06-2011 |
20110030182 | BROKEN TEE EXTRACTOR - A broken tee extractor has a bulbous handle portion and a pair of tweezer arms extending downwardly from the bulbous handle portion. A narrow neck extends upwardly from the bulbous handle portion. A platform terminates the narrow neck and is supported by the narrow neck. A tee pulling member is mounted to the platform and a notch is formed between a pair of hook arms. The tee pulling member comprises the pair of hook arms and the notch. The broken tee extractor also has a pair of points disposed on the pair of tweezer arms. The pair of points are oriented inward. | 02-10-2011 |
20110146044 | Impeller Installation Tool - A tool for installing a flexible impeller on a drive shaft in the impeller cavity in a water pump including a gripping surface extending about an upper portion of the tool and an open ended channel extending axially through the tool for receiving and releasably retaining a flexible impeller therein in a compressed state. The channel has an upper portion circumscribed by an annular outwardly inclined impeller abutment surface and a lower constant radius portion circumscribed by a depending cylindrical wall. The inclined impeller abutment surface terminates in the constant radius portion. | 06-23-2011 |
20110173789 | CLUTCHING JIG - A clutching jig includes a first holding bar, a second holding bar, and a fixing means. The first holding bar has a first inner surface, a first end portion and a second end, an engaging portion projected from the first inner surface of the first end portion, and a first recess formed on the second end portion. The second holding bar includes a second inner surface, a third end portion, a fourth end portion, and a second recess formed on the fourth end portion. The fixing means fixes the first end portion with the third end portion. While the clutching jig is assembled, the first inner surface faces the second inner surface, and the engaging portion engages the second inner surface of the third end portion by the fixing means to form a gap between the first inner surface and the second inner surface. | 07-21-2011 |
20110258823 | WHEEL CHECK TOOL - The present invention relates to a wheel check installation tool for the installation and removal of wheel checks onto lug nuts comprising: a handle section; a mounting section, where said mounting section includes a nut receptacle and adjoins to the handle section; a mechanism to adjoin the handle section and the mounting section; and a spring, where said spring inserts into an opening of the mounting section along with the handle section, where the handle section is pushed inwardly toward the mounting section to abut a wheel check onto a lug nut. The nut receptacle surrounds the lug nut as the wheel check is pushed onto the nut. The mechanism to adjoin may include a screw, where screw inserts into an opening within the nut receptacle. The spring lies within the inner wall of the mounting section and abuts the enclosed end of the handle section. | 10-27-2011 |
20120144637 | FASTENER EXTRACTION DEVICE - A fastener extraction device includes a body configured for attachment to a power driver tool, and allows a rotating chuck provided thereby to extend therethrough. The extraction device includes a plurality of spring-biased grasping arms that are pivotably attached to the body and are moved between opened and closed positions by a actuation collar that is in operative engagement with the grasping arms. When the grasping arms are moved to a closed position, the extraction guides form an extraction aperture around the shank of the fastener below its head, allowing the operator to pull on the fastener using the leverage of the power driver tool to extract it from a surface in which it is embedded. Once the fastener is extracted, the actuation collar is rotated, so as to allow the grasping arms to move to an open position, whereupon the extraction guides release the fastener. | 06-14-2012 |
20120204394 | Hand Tool for Removing a Fly-Screen from a Window Frame - The present disclosure relates to a hand tool for removing a fly-screen from a window frame. The hand tool has a longitudinal axis and comprises a handle portion and a blade portion extending from one end of the handle portion. The blade portion defines at an end distal to the one end of the handle portion, a hook portion for insertion between the fly-screen and the window frame to enable the fly-screen to be removed from the window frame in use. | 08-16-2012 |
20120240372 | FASTENER EXTRACTION DEVICE - A fastener extraction device includes a body configured for attachment to a power driver tool, and allows a rotating chuck provided thereby to extend therethrough. The extraction device includes a plurality of spring-biased grasping arms that are pivotably attached to the body and are moved between opened and closed positions by an automated actuation collar that is in operative engagement with the grasping arms. The automated actuation collar includes collar magnets that are in operative communication with electromagnets that are controlled by a push button provided by the driver tool. Thus, the automated actuation collar allows the grasping arms to be selectively opened and closed in a convenient manner, allowing fasteners to be extracted without the operator having to change or release his or her grip of the driver tool. | 09-27-2012 |
20120272492 | Snap-Tie Tool - An architecture is presented that provides a tool designed for aligning and positioning snap-ties used in assembling the structural concrete shaping forms. The tool comprises a shaft member fixedly attached to a slotted engaging member for engaging the snap-ties. The slotted engaging member typically has a tapered slot so that the user may easily encompass the snap-tie and position it in a single step without the need to temporarily lock the snap-tie to the tool during positioning. The tool also allows the user to position snap-ties remotely without the need for the user's body to enter a concrete form apparatus, thereby decreasing the chance of injury. | 11-01-2012 |
20120291246 | DRAIN APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a system is provided, including a plug removal shield. The plug removal shield further includes a tube configured to surround a plug retaining a fluid volume, and a mount configured to hold the tube relative to the plug. The tube includes a port configured to pass a plug removal tool into proximity with the plug. | 11-22-2012 |
20130160264 | Plumbing tool - A spud tool for use by a plumber to install and to remove plumbing feed water spuds includes an elongate tubular socket-like body internally recessed and provided with wrenching flats; and a captive coaxial stem having a cruciform head disposed both axially-movably and relatively-rotationally within the recess of the socket-like body. The stem at an end opposite to the cruciform head carries a handle portion for application of manual torque, and the handle portion is slidably movable from side-to-side of the stem in order to allow a wrench head to be slipped along the handle portion and onto the stem in order to achieve driving engage with the socket-like body. | 06-27-2013 |
20130205557 | LOOPED PIN INSTALLATION APPARATUS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to an apparatus for installing a looped pin in an associated bracket. An exemplary apparatus generally comprises a body having a pin-receiving slot formed therein for receiving a closed end of the pin therein, and a resiliently-biased pin-retaining mechanism within the slot for releasably engaging and retaining the closed end portion within the pin-receiving slot during installation. | 08-15-2013 |
20150013131 | Sprinkler Head Accessory Mounting Tool - A sprinkler head accessory mounting tool that allows an operator who mounts a sprinkler head accessory on a sprinkler head to reduce a burden such as purchasing and carrying a mounting tool for each shape or size of sprinkler head accessory is provided. In a mounting tool for mounting a sprinkler head accessory on a sprinkler head to cover a hole formed at an installation position of the sprinkler head on a ceiling, a main body includes a plurality of support sections on which the sprinkler head accessory can be put, and a grip rod attachment and detachment section is disposed on an opposite side of support sections. Alternatively, a support section holding member on which the sprinkler head accessory can be put is configured to be detachable from a grip rod attachment and detachment section holding member. | 01-15-2015 |
20160151898 | COMPONENT DETACHMENT JIG | 06-02-2016 |
029280000 | Tube sleeve or ferrule applying or removing | 4 |
20090119897 | Spark Plug Boot Puller, Methods of Removing Spark Plug Boots without Damaging the Boots, and Reusable Spark Plug Boot Kits - An inventive spark plug boot puller removes a spark plug boot from the spark plug on which it is booted, without damaging the spark plug boot. A method for removing a spark plug boot so that the boot can be reused is provided. Kits containing reusable spark plug boots with cooperating spark plug boot puller tools are provided. | 05-14-2009 |
20110179617 | Tube Applicator - Apparatus to connect a flexible tube to a spigot on bio-disposable systems. The apparatus comprises a support for a spigot and jaws for gripping and holding a flexible tube. The jaws open and close for insertion of the flexible tube either under manual or pneumatic force. The jaws also include a front section that is openable against a resistance. In use, the end of the spigot is place inside the end of the flexible tube, the spigot is then positioned on the support, and the tube clamped into the jaws. Either on manual or pneumatic action, the spigot is advanced into the flexible tube within the jaws. The front section of the jaw opening slightly to accommodate the spigot, while the back section of the jaw holds the tube firmly in position. | 07-28-2011 |
20140259586 | Tube Fitting Assembly - A tube fitting for sealing an end of a tube uses a notch formed in the exterior surface of the tube as a sealing seat. An internally threaded body is configured to receive an externally threaded end of a nut, while the body and the nut are mounted in a surrounding relationship to the tube end. A ferrule mounted between the nut and the tube is forced to plastically deform and move into the notch to thereby seal the tube end. | 09-18-2014 |
20150113782 | Fletching Sleeve System and Method of Application and Manufacture - A disclosed archery fletching sleeve system and method of application and manufacture includes a fletching sleeve configured to frictionally fit onto an arrow shaft. The fletching sleeve defines glue application holes, slots, slits and channels or cavities on an inner surface thereof adjacent the glue holes to draw an applied glue therein via a capillary effect and/or an accordion bellows pumping effect. Additional slots and/or slits allow the sleeve to elastically stretch like an accordion to fit a wide range of arrow shaft diameters. The system also includes an application tool comprising two or more fingernail-like members configured to have a first end and a second end, the first end configured to have an inside arc and an outside arc orthogonal to a longitudinal dimension thereof, the outside arc configured to slide into a fletching sleeve applied to an arrow shaft slid into the inside arc of the fingernail-like members. | 04-30-2015 |