Wrench for tightening pipe nuts
US7631580B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25B23/0085
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A wrench for tightening threaded male and female pipe nuts includes a wrench gear rotatable within a housing and having a nut slot so that the wrench gear can be engaged upon one of the nuts. A pair of pinion drive gears engage with gear teeth of the wrench gear at spaced apart locations on the periphery so that at least one of the pinion drive gears is engaged with the wrench gear at all times during rotation of the wrench gear to tighten the one nut. A nut holding plate has a nut slot and is mounted on the housing by a pin and slot arrangement so that the nut holding plate can shift to enable the nut holding plate to be engaged upon the other nut and hold the other nut stationary while the wrench gear is rotated to tighten the one nut.
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