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US2808862A
US2808862A US595147A US59514756A US2808862A US 2808862 A US2808862 A US 2808862A US 595147 A US595147 A US 595147A US 59514756 A US59514756 A US 59514756A US 2808862 A US2808862 A US 2808862A
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25BTOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
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    • B25B15/001Screwdrivers characterised by material or shape of the tool bit
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25BTOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B23/00Details of, or accessories for, spanners, wrenches, screwdrivers
    • B25B23/02Arrangements for handling screws or nuts
    • B25B23/08Arrangements for handling screws or nuts for holding or positioning screw or nut prior to or during its rotation
    • B25B23/12Arrangements for handling screws or nuts for holding or positioning screw or nut prior to or during its rotation using magnetic means
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S7/00Compound tools
    • Y10S7/901Magnetic feature
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S81/90Wrench or screwdriver constructed from specific material

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  • SAMUEL L sum/ v5 United States Patent MAGNETIC SCREWDRIVER E11 Samuel Louis Simkins, Phoenix, Ariz., assignor of onehalf to Woodrow Simkins, Phoenix, Ariz.
  • This invention pertains to improvements in screwdriver bits and is particularly directed to an improved bit wherein a pilot plug and various forms of screw engaging elements may be rapidly and easily applied to the end of the bit or removed therefrom while being held in position magnetically.
  • Fig. 1 is an elevational view showing the assembled screwdriver bit with pilot plug.
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of the screwdriver bit shown in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the screwdriver bit of Fig. 1 at a 90 degree circumferentially removed position from Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 4 is an exploded view showing the plug and screwdriver elements of the standard bit.
  • Fig. 5 shows various forms of alternate screwdriver ends which may be applied to the bit.
  • a screwdriver bit having a main body and a shank 11 adapted to be received by the driving ap-. paratus.
  • a central counter bore 12 is formed in the body 10 in which is slidably mounted the centering plug 13.
  • a radially disposed cross slot 14 receives a pair of screwdriver lugs 15 and 16 which nicely fit in the slots 14.
  • At diametrically opposite positions and 90 degrees circumferentially removed from the slot 14 are magnetic pieces 17 and 18 preferably rigidly fixed into the body portions 19 of the main body 10. It may also be desirable to have a light compression spring 20 in the bore 12 in order to normally urge the plug 13 outwardly in part but not fully out of the bore 12.
  • the device is also well adapted to an arrangement where no pilot plug 13 is required but various forms of screwdriver bits of special character such as shown at 21, 22, 23 and 24 of Fig. 5 may be placed in the slot 14 2,808,862 Patented Oct. 8, 1957 across the counter bore 12 with the tongue 25 of the various forms of bits in Fig. 5 entering in the bore 20. Again the magnetic fields of force between the members 17 and 18 rigidly hold the various bit forms of Fig. 5 in the shank 10.
  • a screwdriver bit having, a cylindrical body, a driving shank fixed coaxially to the rear end of said body, a central axial bore formed in the front end face of said cylindrical body, a cylindrical centering plug axially slidable in said bore having a rounded outer end projecting beyond the front end face of said body, a diametrically disposed cross slot in said front end face extending from the outer periphery of said body through said bore, a pair of screwdriver slot engaging lugs removably carried in said cross slot having screw engaging ends projecting outwardly beyond said front end face of said cylindrical body on opposite sides of the bore and in engagement with said centering plug, a further slot diametrically formed in the front end face of said body at right angles to said cross slot, magnet pieces fixed in said slots with their outer ends flush with said front end face of said body and having inner concave surfaces concentric with said bore and contacting said cylindrical centering plug, said magnets being thus positioned to magnetically hold said centering plug and said lugs re
  • a yielding compression spring in the bottom of said counterbore behind said centering plug allows movement of the plug inwardly of said body by engagement with the screw head while said magnets normally hold said plug in said body in outwardly thrust position by said spring when released from the screw head.

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Oct. 8, 1957 s. SIMKINS MAGNETIC SCREWDRIVER BIT Filed July 2, 1956 INVENTOR.
SAMUEL L. sum/ v5 United States Patent MAGNETIC SCREWDRIVER E11 Samuel Louis Simkins, Phoenix, Ariz., assignor of onehalf to Woodrow Simkins, Phoenix, Ariz.
Application July 2, 1956, Serial No. 595,147
2 Claims. (Cl. 145-50) This invention pertains to improvements in screwdriver bits and is particularly directed to an improved bit wherein a pilot plug and various forms of screw engaging elements may be rapidly and easily applied to the end of the bit or removed therefrom while being held in position magnetically.
Further features and advantages of this invention will appear from a detailed description of the drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is an elevational view showing the assembled screwdriver bit with pilot plug.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the screwdriver bit shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the screwdriver bit of Fig. 1 at a 90 degree circumferentially removed position from Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is an exploded view showing the plug and screwdriver elements of the standard bit.
Fig. 5 shows various forms of alternate screwdriver ends which may be applied to the bit.
As an example of one embodiment of this invention there is shown a screwdriver bit having a main body and a shank 11 adapted to be received by the driving ap-. paratus. A central counter bore 12 is formed in the body 10 in which is slidably mounted the centering plug 13.
A radially disposed cross slot 14 receives a pair of screwdriver lugs 15 and 16 which nicely fit in the slots 14. At diametrically opposite positions and 90 degrees circumferentially removed from the slot 14 are magnetic pieces 17 and 18 preferably rigidly fixed into the body portions 19 of the main body 10. It may also be desirable to have a light compression spring 20 in the bore 12 in order to normally urge the plug 13 outwardly in part but not fully out of the bore 12.
Thus in this arrangement the magnetic fields of force between the members 17 and 18 proceeding through the portions 19 hold the screwdriver bit pieces 15 and 16 in the slot 14 and at the same time restrain the plug 13 that it does not come out of the main body 10 but still is free to slide axially in the bore 12 in compressing the spring 20 as the tool is engaged with the screw to be driven.
The device is also well adapted to an arrangement where no pilot plug 13 is required but various forms of screwdriver bits of special character such as shown at 21, 22, 23 and 24 of Fig. 5 may be placed in the slot 14 2,808,862 Patented Oct. 8, 1957 across the counter bore 12 with the tongue 25 of the various forms of bits in Fig. 5 entering in the bore 20. Again the magnetic fields of force between the members 17 and 18 rigidly hold the various bit forms of Fig. 5 in the shank 10.
In order to change the bits it is merely necessary to appropriately tap on the body 10 or swing it down hard to dislodge the members 15 and 16 and 13 or the members of Fig. 5 from the bit without requiring the use of any wrenches, clamping devices or the like. Likewise the new pieces may be easily inserted into the slot 14 and the bore 12 as described.
While the apparatus herein disclosed and described constitutes a preferred form of the invention, it is also to be understood that the apparatus is capable of mechanical alteration without departing from the spirit of the invention and that such mechanical arrangement and commerical adaptation as fall within the scope of the appendent claims are intended to be included herein.
Having thus fully set forth and described this invention What is claimed and desired to be obtained by United States Letters Patent is:
l. A screwdriver bit having, a cylindrical body, a driving shank fixed coaxially to the rear end of said body, a central axial bore formed in the front end face of said cylindrical body, a cylindrical centering plug axially slidable in said bore having a rounded outer end projecting beyond the front end face of said body, a diametrically disposed cross slot in said front end face extending from the outer periphery of said body through said bore, a pair of screwdriver slot engaging lugs removably carried in said cross slot having screw engaging ends projecting outwardly beyond said front end face of said cylindrical body on opposite sides of the bore and in engagement with said centering plug, a further slot diametrically formed in the front end face of said body at right angles to said cross slot, magnet pieces fixed in said slots with their outer ends flush with said front end face of said body and having inner concave surfaces concentric with said bore and contacting said cylindrical centering plug, said magnets being thus positioned to magnetically hold said centering plug and said lugs removably in said body.
2. In a screwdriver bit as set forth in claim 1 wherein a yielding compression spring in the bottom of said counterbore behind said centering plug allows movement of the plug inwardly of said body by engagement with the screw head while said magnets normally hold said plug in said body in outwardly thrust position by said spring when released from the screw head.
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US2956461A (en) * 1958-01-03 1960-10-18 David C Anderson Wrench for plumbing fixtures
US5522288A (en) * 1994-12-09 1996-06-04 Snap-On Incorporated Reversible ratchet wrench
US5603248A (en) * 1994-11-08 1997-02-18 Snap-On Technologies, Inc. Magnetic bit holder and hand tool incorporated same
US20050235787A1 (en) * 2003-03-21 2005-10-27 Lee Young M Insulated magnetic screwdriver
US20080075549A1 (en) * 2006-09-27 2008-03-27 Burton Kozak Non-ferrous bit for use with a magnetic chuck
US20080072719A1 (en) * 2006-09-27 2008-03-27 Burton Kozak Non-ferrous bit for use with a magnetic chuck
US8695461B2 (en) 2010-12-22 2014-04-15 Black & Decker Inc. Cleanable magnetic nut driver
US9387359B2 (en) 2003-10-17 2016-07-12 Fenf, Llc Foot-therapy and toe-aligning device

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US847774A (en) * 1906-02-16 1907-03-19 Clemence E Hoffman Screw-driver.
US1824624A (en) * 1929-01-10 1931-09-22 Peter L Robertson Screw driver
FR776647A (en) * 1933-10-19 1935-01-30 Hammer
US2116775A (en) * 1936-03-03 1938-05-10 George P Blackburn Screw driver
US2550775A (en) * 1949-07-13 1951-05-01 Wade Stevenson Magnetic screw driver
FR1115146A (en) * 1954-11-27 1956-04-19 Further training in cross recessed screws and conjugate screwdrivers

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US847774A (en) * 1906-02-16 1907-03-19 Clemence E Hoffman Screw-driver.
US1824624A (en) * 1929-01-10 1931-09-22 Peter L Robertson Screw driver
FR776647A (en) * 1933-10-19 1935-01-30 Hammer
US2116775A (en) * 1936-03-03 1938-05-10 George P Blackburn Screw driver
US2550775A (en) * 1949-07-13 1951-05-01 Wade Stevenson Magnetic screw driver
FR1115146A (en) * 1954-11-27 1956-04-19 Further training in cross recessed screws and conjugate screwdrivers

Cited By (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2956461A (en) * 1958-01-03 1960-10-18 David C Anderson Wrench for plumbing fixtures
US5603248A (en) * 1994-11-08 1997-02-18 Snap-On Technologies, Inc. Magnetic bit holder and hand tool incorporated same
USRE36797E (en) * 1994-11-08 2000-08-01 Snap-On Technologies, Inc. Magnetic bit holder and hand tool incorporating same
USRE38778E1 (en) 1994-11-08 2005-08-23 Snap-On Incorporated Magnetic bit holder and hand tool incorporating same
US5522288A (en) * 1994-12-09 1996-06-04 Snap-On Incorporated Reversible ratchet wrench
US20050235787A1 (en) * 2003-03-21 2005-10-27 Lee Young M Insulated magnetic screwdriver
US7051630B2 (en) * 2003-03-21 2006-05-30 Young Man Lee Insulated magnetic screwdriver
US9387359B2 (en) 2003-10-17 2016-07-12 Fenf, Llc Foot-therapy and toe-aligning device
US20080075549A1 (en) * 2006-09-27 2008-03-27 Burton Kozak Non-ferrous bit for use with a magnetic chuck
US20080072719A1 (en) * 2006-09-27 2008-03-27 Burton Kozak Non-ferrous bit for use with a magnetic chuck
US7530771B2 (en) * 2006-09-27 2009-05-12 Burton Kozak Non-ferrous bit for use with a magnetic chuck
US8695461B2 (en) 2010-12-22 2014-04-15 Black & Decker Inc. Cleanable magnetic nut driver

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