Extractor tool and extractor tool kit
US8448547B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 16, 2010 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25B15/005
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An extractor tool for Torx brand and other fluted fasteners comprising an end section for engaging a fastener opening comprising six equally spaced, uniformly sized, pitched flutes separated by uniform depth grooves located at the end of a shank with a cylindrical connecting section joined thereto, in turn, joined to an impact drive end of the shank. The fluted end section has a frusto-conical configuration with the narrow dimension of the fluted end section at the distal end of the tool and wherein the distal end has a flat surface transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shank.
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