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Cleanable reversible socket and driver

US9981366B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24References

23Claims

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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	Mar 11, 2016
Grant date	May 29, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 10, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB25B23/0035
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 having a tool mounting end and a socket mounting end and a collar therebetween. A cleanable reversible socket is provided having a hex passage therethrough rotationally lockable with the driver shank hex shaped 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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