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Cleanable reversible socket and driver

US10328554B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

Malco Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

Greg Thomas Todd · Morris, US
Dennis G. Geurts · Paynesville, US
Lucas Daniel Runke · Hutchinson, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB25B23/16
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cleanable reversible socket and driver for a hex head fastener having a driver shank with a hex shaped shaft, or otherwise splined, having a tool mounting end and a socket mounting end and a collar therebetween. A cleanable reversible socket is provided having a hex, or otherwise splined, passage therethrough rotationally lockable with the similarly shaped driver shank shaft. The socket is removably, nonrotatably mountable onto the driver shank shaft at the socket mounting end up to the collar having two different sized hex socket ends. A magnet on the socket mounting end of the driver shank is to be located at a bottom of one of the two hex socket ends when the socket is mounted on the driver shank to hold the hex head fastener in one of the socket ends.

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