Turning tool with tip storage and retractable lever
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1. A turning tool comprising:
- a handle rotatably mounted on a shaft having an axis,a housing rotatably mounted on the shaft,a ferrule coaxial with and secured to the shaft to rotate therewith,releasable means in the housing cooperable with the secured ferrule to drive the shaft,a first recess in the handle parallel to said axis and having an open end,a plurality of interchangeable tips storable in the first recess in end-to-end relation,handle magnet means protruding from the handle to partially overly said open end of the first recess and to contact and releasibly retain an end one of the tips adjacent the recess open end in position for manual grasping,tip retaining means at the end of the shaft for releasibly holding a selected one of said tips,a lever pivotally connected to the housing and pivotable between a retracted storage position and a radially extended service position, anda second recess in the handle radially spaced from and parallel to the first recess to receive the lever in its retracted storage position wherein the lever is substantially within the recess,said handle magnet means being positioned in the handle magnetically to engage and releasibly retain the lever in its retracted storage position.
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Abstract
A screwdriver or like hand tool has interchangeable tips or bits storable in a groove or recess in a handle, and a foldable auxiliary lever for increased torque which is pivotable into another recess in the handle. The interchangeable tips or bits and the lever are magnetically releasibly retained in their recesses. Bits fit into and are magnetically retained in a socket at the end of a shaft rotatably mounted in the handle. The lever in its inwardly pivoted storage position keys the shaft to the handle. A reversible ratchet is provided. The tool may be a screwdriver or a tool for wrench sockets, screw extractors, or other types of bits or tips.
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1. A turning tool comprising:
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a handle rotatably mounted on a shaft having an axis, a housing rotatably mounted on the shaft, a ferrule coaxial with and secured to the shaft to rotate therewith, releasable means in the housing cooperable with the secured ferrule to drive the shaft, a first recess in the handle parallel to said axis and having an open end, a plurality of interchangeable tips storable in the first recess in end-to-end relation, handle magnet means protruding from the handle to partially overly said open end of the first recess and to contact and releasibly retain an end one of the tips adjacent the recess open end in position for manual grasping, tip retaining means at the end of the shaft for releasibly holding a selected one of said tips, a lever pivotally connected to the housing and pivotable between a retracted storage position and a radially extended service position, and a second recess in the handle radially spaced from and parallel to the first recess to receive the lever in its retracted storage position wherein the lever is substantially within the recess, said handle magnet means being positioned in the handle magnetically to engage and releasibly retain the lever in its retracted storage position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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