Adjustable combination lawn mower tool

• US 4,457,033 A
• Filed: 10/21/1982
• Issued: 07/03/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Theodore P. Lightner
• Original Assignee: Theodore P. Lightner
• Inventors: Lightner, Theodore P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, James G.
• Application Number:
  US06/435,561
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 7/138, 7/166, 7/170, 81/177 A, 81/90 R, 81/90 C, 29/214-218, 29/256, 29/264, 29/267, 269/249
• US Class Current: 7/138
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 27/023 using screws
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 27/24 mounting or demounting valves for tyre valves B60C25/18
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 5/101 C-clamps
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 1/00 Combination or multi-purpose hand tools associations of tools for different working operations with one portable power-drive means B25F3/00; combined stapling and punching tools B25C5/0214
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/5357 Screw operated
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53883 Screw threaded work-engager
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53896 having lever operator

Abstract

An adjustable combination tool forming a C-clamp, a valve pulling device for valves in small gasoline engines, a wrench for turning starter clutch housings in such engines and a device for removing flywheels from such engines. The tool comprises a first bar, a second bar selectively positioned parallel or perpendicular to the first bar, an angle iron positioned perpendicular to the first bar, a projection at one end of the first bar, and a threaded bolt with an enlarged end threadedly carried by the second bar. A device for valve grinding is carried by the threaded bolt and acts as its handle.

Claims

1. An adjustable combination tool comprising:

an elongated first bar;

a projection extending from one side thereof;

a second bar coupled to said first bar perpendicular thereto and at a predetermined position from said projection;

said projection, in cooperation with said second bar, providing a wrench-like coupling with a starter clutch housing on a small gasoline combustion engine when placed on top thereof for removing or tightening the same;

an angle iron;

means for coupling said first bar and said angle iron in a first position in which said angle iron is perpendicular to said first bar and a second position in which said angle iron is parallel to and extending from said first bar;

a threaded bolt having an enlarged end; and

means for threadedly coupling said threaded bolt to said second bar,

said first bar, second bar and angle iron forming a C-shaped clamping device when said angle iron is in said first position in which said enlarged end of said bolt and a part of said angle iron form opposed clamping surfaces,

said angle iron forming an extension of said first bar for use as a wrench handle extension when said angle iron is in said second position.

2. A tool according to claim 1, wherein

said angle iron comprises first and second perpendicular portions,

said means for coupling said first bar and said angle iron in said first position includes means for engaging either said first or second portions thereof so that said angle iron can be used as part of a clamping device and as part of a valve pulling device.

3. A tool according to claim 2, wherein

said angle iron has a cut out at one end for engaging a valve in a small gasoline engine.

4. A tool according to claim 1, and further comprising

a handle,

means on said threaded bolt for supporting said handle perpendicular to said threaded bolt.

5. A tool according to claim 4, wherein

said handle has a rubber disc at one end.

6. A tool according to claim 4, wherein

said handle has a pulley supported thereon.

7. An adjustable combination tool comprising:

an elongated first bar;

a second bar;

means for selectively coupling said second bar in a first position perpendicular to said first bar adjacent a first end thereof and in a second position parallel to and extending from a second end of said first bar;

an angle iron;

means for coupling said angle iron perpendicular to said first bar adjacent said second end; and

means on said first bar and said angle iron for receiving three threaded bolts in a triangular array for use in removing flywheels from engines.

8. A tool according to claim 7, and further comprising

a projection extending from said first end of said first bar.

9. A tool according to claim 7, and further comprising

a threaded torque bolt, and

means on said second bar for threadedly supporting said torque bolt.

10. A tool according to claim 7, wherein

said angle iron has a cut out at one end.