US2647425A - Self-adjusting wrench for nuts and like polygonal objects - Google Patents

Self-adjusting wrench for nuts and like polygonal objects Download PDF

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US2647425A
US2647425A US786289A US78628947A US2647425A US 2647425 A US2647425 A US 2647425A US 786289 A US786289 A US 786289A US 78628947 A US78628947 A US 78628947A US 2647425 A US2647425 A US 2647425A
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Mortensen Svend Olaf
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B13/00—Spanners; Wrenches
    • B25B13/10—Spanners; Wrenches with adjustable jaws
    • B25B13/28—Spanners; Wrenches with adjustable jaws the jaws being pivotally movable

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  • This invention relates to wrenches and is,
  • wrenches of the type having a fixed jaw associated with the handle of the wrench, and a substantially hookshaped jaw pivotably connected with the same in such a manner that the jaws are squeezed against an object engaged between them when the handle is actuated to turn such object.
  • Wrenches of this type can be used for nuts or screws of different sizes without preliminary adjustment of their span.
  • they have the drawback that they do not always engage the faces of the nuts or screw heads, but the edges thereof, because the gripping faces of the jaws are not parallel and exactly opposite'each other in any position of the pivotable jaw. Therefore, such wrenches are apt to destroy the edges ofthe nuts or screw heads.
  • Another object is to provide a wrench of the kind referred to in which the pivotable jaw is resiliently urged towards the fixed jaw by means of a spring and such spring is effectively protected against damage and clogging by foreign matter such as earth, metal shavings, and the like.
  • Fig. l is a side view of a wrench in accordance with the invention, engaging a relatively small nut
  • Fig. 2 is a similar view of the wrench engagthe lines 3--3 and 4-4, respectively, in Fig. 2,
  • Fig. 5 is a side view of another embodiment.
  • the ripp n the wrench which is integral with a jaw 2, whose face '6 of the pivotable jaw 5 is adjustable about an axis parallel with the axis of the pivot 4 and situated in or near the gripping face.
  • this is accomplished by the gripping face Sbeing formed on an approximately semi circular member 9 whose diameter coincides exactly or approximately with the gripping face 6 and which is embedded in a likewise approximately semi-circular recess in the jaw 5, in which the member 9 is allowed to turn about its centre axis.
  • the member 9 is positioned in the recess by means of a feather it) formed on the circumference of the member 9 and having undercut sides engaging the walls of asimilarly undercut groove H in the recess of the jaw 5.
  • the member 9 can thus only be detached from the jaw 5 ,if it is turned so much relative to the latter that the feather l 0 becomes disengaged from the groove II.
  • a circumferential slot l3 in the feather I0 is engaged by a set screw l2 screwed into the jaw 5 to constitute abutment for the member 9.
  • the gripping face 6 will, in any practically possible position of the jaw 5 relative to the jaw 2, be capable of adjusting itself to a position parallel with the gripping face 3, or constituting a definite angle therewith. The latter possibility is of importance in case the faces engaged by the wrench are not parellel.
  • the gripping faces 3 and 6 are thus capable of making facial contact with a polygonal object so as to grip the same firmly without the risk of destroying the edges thereof. Adjustment of the member 9 is automatically effected when the jaws of the wrench are caused to engage the object in question.
  • the jaw 5 is, by means of a spring, urged towards the jaw 2- to insure an initial engagement with the nut I or 8 before the squeezing action of the wrench begins.
  • This spring is, in most wrenches of the type referred to, usually so arranged that foreign material, such as earth, metallic shavings and the like, is apt to become seized therein so as to prevent operation of the spring or even impede relative movement of the jaws.
  • the handle I is formed with a slot or depression M of approximately circular shape and having its centre in the axis of the pivot 4. This slot receives a circular web l5 of the jaw 5 of approximately the Amsterdamameter and formed with a hole for the pivot 4.
  • the web I5 thus occupies practically the whole of the space of the slot I4 in such a manner that foreign matter is prevented from penetrating into the slot.
  • the web has, however, reduced radius on part of its circumference situated within the slot i4 so that an areshaped campartment i6 is formed in which a coil spring I! is lodged so as to abut with one end against a radial face l8 on the Web l and with its opposite end against a pin I9 inserted into the handle I and extendin across the com- .partment IS.
  • the spring is thus well protected against dirt etc.
  • gripping face 3a of the fixed jaw 2 is adjustable, an approximately semicircular member 9a, similar to the member 9 in Figures 1 and L2 ,Tbeing provided the jaw.
  • the member to may be positioned in similar manner as the member 9.
  • the gripping face 6 of the pivotable jaw 5 is, in Fig. 5, not adjustable with respect to the body of the jaw.
  • the ripping faces may be knurled to insure a firm grip.
  • A. wrench comprising a handle, a fixed jaw associated with said handle, a substantially hookshaped jaw pivotally connected with said handle and having a substantially .straightgripping face opposite said fixed jaw, said fixed jaw having therein an arcuate recess, and a substantia ly semi-cylindrical jaw member having-a substantially straight diametrical edge .face' and mounted for free ar-cnately sliding movement in said arcuate recess so .as to be capable of adjusting itself with its straight edge face parallel to said gripping face .of said .pivotable jaw in all possible positions of the latter.
  • a wrench comprising a handle, a fixed jaw associated with said handle, and having a substantially straight gripping face, , a substantially hook-shaped jaw pivotally connected with said handle, and a substantiallysemi-cylindrical jaw member having a substantially straight diametrical edge face and mounted for free arcuately sliding movement in an arcuate recess in said pivotal jaw so as to be capable of adjusting itself with its straight edge face parallel to said gripping face of saidfixed jaw in all possible positions of said pivo'table hook-shaped jaw.
  • a wrench comprising a handle having a circular slot and a fixed jaw, a substantially hookshaned jaw having a substantially circular web engaged in said slot, said web being of substantially equal diameter therewith so as to close the mouth thereof in any possible position of said hook-shaped jaw, a pivot extending through said handle and said web co-axially With said circular slot and said web; and a spring accommodated in an arcuate recess in the portion of the circumference of said web situated within said slot, and means associated with said handle and extending into said recess to constitute abutment for one end of said spring, the opposite end thereof engaging a substantially radial face on said Web atone end of :said recess to urge said pivotable jaw towards said fixed jaw.

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US2733626A (en) * 1956-02-07 Mesojedec
US3044335A (en) * 1958-05-01 1962-07-17 Alfred A Keranen Movable jaw wrench
US6202516B1 (en) * 1998-05-21 2001-03-20 Kwang-Moo Kim Universal self-adjusting wrench

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US177100A (en) * 1876-05-09 Improvement in pipe-tongs
US600968A (en) * 1898-03-22 montgomery
US1097043A (en) * 1913-03-28 1914-05-19 Francis M Nolder Wrench.
US1392318A (en) * 1921-10-04 Weeetch
AT94933B (de) * 1922-10-03 1923-11-26 Wilhelm Loehr Schraubenschlüssel.
US1587352A (en) * 1925-06-09 1926-06-01 Joseph A Peterson Wrench
US2407990A (en) * 1943-05-17 1946-09-24 Benjamin L Lurie Pipe wrench

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US177100A (en) * 1876-05-09 Improvement in pipe-tongs
US600968A (en) * 1898-03-22 montgomery
US1392318A (en) * 1921-10-04 Weeetch
US1097043A (en) * 1913-03-28 1914-05-19 Francis M Nolder Wrench.
AT94933B (de) * 1922-10-03 1923-11-26 Wilhelm Loehr Schraubenschlüssel.
US1587352A (en) * 1925-06-09 1926-06-01 Joseph A Peterson Wrench
US2407990A (en) * 1943-05-17 1946-09-24 Benjamin L Lurie Pipe wrench

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2733626A (en) * 1956-02-07 Mesojedec
US3044335A (en) * 1958-05-01 1962-07-17 Alfred A Keranen Movable jaw wrench
US6202516B1 (en) * 1998-05-21 2001-03-20 Kwang-Moo Kim Universal self-adjusting wrench

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