US1010223A - Tool for removing vehicle wheels and nuts. - Google Patents

Description

E. BOWEN.

TOOL FOR REMOVING VEHICLE WHEELS AND NUTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1911.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

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TOOL FOR REMOVING VEHICLE WHEELS AND NUTS.

APPLIOA'TIQN FILED MAY 23. 1911. 1,010,223 Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

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UNITED STATES EDWARD BOWEN, 10F GILLETTE WISCONSIN.

TOOL FOR ING VEHICLE 'WHEELS AND NUTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Aspplicatiomfiled May 23, 1911. Serial-No. 629,088.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, EDWARD Bovvnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gillett, in the county of Oconto and State the wheel and its spindle so that the wheel 1 may be readily slipped from the spindle upon a part of the tool, whereby the oiling of the spindle may be accomplished.

A further object of the'invention is to provide a pivoted socket member adapted to engage and remove a nut from the end of the spindle and hold the same during the time that the wheel is removed from the spindle.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in,

which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool applied to an axle spindle; Fig. Q-isa transverse sectlonal view of the tool; Fig. 3 is an end view of a member of the tool; Fig,

4 is a side view .of the tool with a shaft adapted to be applied to a spindle located at the left of the axle; Fig. 5 is aside elevation of the tool, parts in section, applied to an axle nut; Fig. 6 is a similar v1ew applied to a spindle; Fig. 7 is a plan view of the tool; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the same.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indi cated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

In case the tool is used upon the right hand spindles it is provided with right hand threads adapted to engage the threads of the spindles, and in case it is intended that the tool should be used at the left hand spindles the shaft of the tool is provided with left hand threads for engaging the said spindles. Withbut this exception the tools used at the opposite sides of the vehicle are of the same pattern and design.

The tool consists of a shaft 1 which is provided at one end with a threaded socket Qand at its other end with a handle 3. In that tool which is designed to be used upon the right hand spindles of the running gear the thread in the socket 2 is a right hand thread and in the tool designed to be used upon the left hand spindles of the running gear "the thread in the socket 2 is a left hand thread. The tool which is designed to be used upon right hand spindles is provided with a straight handle 3, while the tool designed to be used upon the left hand spindles is provided with an L-shaped handle 3, as illustrated in the drawing. This is to enable an operator to quickly determine at which side of the running gear a specific tool is designed to be used.

A sleeve 4 is slidably mounted upon the shaft .1 and is provided at its outer end with a seriesof notches 5 which are adapted to partially receive the handle 3 when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, so that the said sleeve 4 cannot rotate upon the shaft 1. The sleeve 4 is pro- 'vided at its inner end with lugs 6 and an upstanding shoulder 7. The member 8 is provided with a flange 9 which is pivoted between the lugs 6, and a spring clip 10 is mounted upon the member 8 and at times is adapted to frictionally engage the shoulder 7, whereby the member 8 is held approximately at a right angle to the sleeve 4. At other times the member 8 may assume longitudinal alinement with relation to the sleeve 4. The member 8 is provided at its inner-end with a circular socket 11 which at times is adapted to receive the inner end portion of the shaft 1, whereby the member 8 is held in longitudinal alinement with the sleeve 4. A cross bar 12 passes transversely through the member 8 and may be used as a handle to assist in turning the said member when the same is used for removing a nut from the end of a spindle. At its inner end the member 8 is provided with a noncircular socket 13 which is adapted to receive the nut, indicated at 14, which is mounted upon the spindle 15 in the usual manner.

In operation when it is desired to remove a nut and wheel from a spindle, the socket 13 of the member 8 is placed over the nut 14, the said member 8 having previously been positioned in alinement with the sleeve 4 andthe inner end of the shaft 1 received within the socket 11 of the said member. By using the handles 3 and 12 the nut is then unscrewed from the spindle, and when Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

it has become detached the member 8 is swung into an angular position with relation to the sleeve 4 and the clip 10 springs into frictional engagement with the shoulder 7 of the said sleeve. Thus the parts 4: and 8 are held at an angle with relation to each other, while the nut is still retained in the socket 13 of the member 8. The sleeve 4: is then slid back along the shaft 1 until its notches 5 engage the handle 8. The socket 2 is then screwed upon the end of the spinclle, whereby the shaft 1 becomes fixed with relation to the spindle. Then by elevating the said shaft the wheel and spindle are elevated slightly so that the wheel clearsthe ground and may be readily slipped over the inner end portion of the shaft 1. The wheel being thus removed from the spindle ample room is provided for applying the axle grease or oil to the spindle. After this has been done the operation above described is reversed, the wheel slipped back upon the spindle and the nut placed in position at the end of the spindle.

Therefore it will be seen that a simple and an effective tool is provided which may be readily manipulated for removing nuts and wheels from axle spindles and which in its operation does not require the use of a jack or other lifting devices.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A tool for removing nuts and wheels from spindles comprising a shaft having at one end a threaded socket adapted to engage the threaded end of a spindle, a sleeve slidably and rotatably mounted upon the shaft,

and a member pivoted to the inner end of the sleeve and having at its inner end a socket adapted to at times receive the inner end of the shaft, said member having at its other end a socket adapted to engage the spindle nut.

2. A tool for removing the nuts and wheels from spindles comprising a shaft having at its inner end a threaded socket adapted to engage the threaded end of the spindle, said shaft being provided at its outer end with a transversely disposed handle, a sleeve slidably and rotatably mounted upon the shaft and having at its outer end notches adapted to receive the handle of the shaft whereby the said sleeve is held against rotation with relation to the shaft, a member pivoted to the inner end of the sleeve and having at its inner end a socket adapted to receive the inner end of the shaft, said member having at its other end a socket adapted to engage the nut upon the spindle. 3. A tool for removing nuts and wheels fromspindles comprising a shaft having at its inner end a threaded socket adapted to engage the thread at the end of the spindle, a sleeve slidably and rotatably mounted upon the shaft and having at its inner end a shoulder, a member pivoted to the sleeve and having at its inner end a socket adapted to receive the inner end of the shaft, said member also carrying a clip adapted to have frictional engagement with the said shoulder when the member is swung at an angle to the sleeve, said member having at its other end a socket adapted to engage the nut of the spindle.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD BOWEN. [1 s.] WVitnesses:

GEORGE CRAWFORD, J AMES SORENSEN.

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