US269902A

US269902A - Socket-wrench

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Publication number: US269902A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-01-02
Anticipated expiration: 1900-01-02

Description

(No Model.) H. WHEELER.

. SOCKET WRENCH.

No. 269,902. Patented Jan. 2, 1883,

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HENRY WHEELER, OF CHAMBERSVILLE, MISSOURI.

SOCKET-WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 269,902.

Application filed October 9, 1882. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WHEELER, a citizen of the United States, of Chambersville, in the county of Dade and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in SoclietWrenches; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a face view of the ring. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through the grooves at the end of the wrench, the ring being in elevation. Fig. 4 is a side view, the ring being in section.

This invention relates to improvements in socket-wrenches; and its object is to furnish an adjustable wrench of this class which can be readily adaptedto-differcnt sizes, and will be lirnily held at any point of adjustment.

The invention consists in a wrench having the peculiaritiesofconstruction hereinalterset forth.

in the annexed drawings, the letter A indicates the wrench. Extending from and integral with the tang or stock a is onejaw, B, halved into which and held by a rivet, a, is the otherjaw, C. At each end of the rivet is placed a washer, D, which bears against both jaws. At their ends b and c thesejaws are made on the inside with angular recesses bc, the two forming the socket of the wrench, for

end b 0 is provided on the outside with a semicircular groove, E F, the bottoms of the grooves being made by two approximately straight surfaces, 6 and f, forming chords of arcs, and

dated January 2, 1883.

shown. In use the ring is placed in the grooves E and F and the socket over the article, nuttap, &c., to be manipulated. lhe ring is turned until the proper notches catch thejoints e andf, when the spring G by its action locks the parts together. Power applied to the stock a by a brace or otherwise will then operate the wrench, moving the article which it grasps.

The washers D perform an important function by bracing the jaws on .each side, preventing any twisting action and weakening of thejoint.

Having described my invention, what Iclaim 1. The jaws B and 0, having angular recesses b and c on the inside and points 6 and f on the outside, in combination with the ring H, having notches h, as set forth.

2. Jaws B and O, in combination with the ring H and spring G, as set forth.

3. A socket-wrench having the following parts, to wit; the stock a, jaws B and 0, provided with angular recesses 11 and c, grooves E and F, and points 0 and f, spring G, and ring H, having notches It, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aftix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY WHEELER.

Vitnesses:

E. O. GROW, D. A. SMITH, G. W. GROW.