Shaft alignment hand tool

• US 8,793,852 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2010
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William A. Garrett
• Original Assignee: William A. Garrett
• Inventors: Garrett, James A. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US12/870,791
• Publication Number:
  US 20120047702A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,438 Days
• Field of Search: 269/261, 269/262, 269/266, 269/271, 269/313, 269/314, 269/319, 269/43, 269/45, 269/71, 292/71
• US Class Current: 29/271
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 33/00 Hand tools not covered by any other group in this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 5/10 using screws
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 5/101 C-clamps
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53913 Aligner or center

Abstract

A shaft alignment hand tool for aligning a shaft is intended to align a shaft to a mating shaft. The shaft alignment hand tool has a U-shaped elongated body member comprising ten sides, a slotted void and further comprises three aligned tapped holes located on a top outer side surface for locking the alignment tool to a support surface and one tapped through hole located on a front bottom outside side surface for aligning the shafts.

Claims

1. A shaft alignment hand tool comprising:

a U-shaped elongated body member comprising;

ten sides and a slotted void, and further comprising;

three aligned tapped holes located on a top outer side surface; and

one tapped through hole located on a front bottom outer side surface and perpendicular to said three aligned tapped holes.

2. The shaft alignment hand tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein the three aligned tapped holes extend through the top outer side surface into the slotted void, wherein:

the first tapped hole is respectively spaced apart from the second and third tapped holes, and the second tapped hole is respectively spaced apart from the first and third tapped holes.

3. The shaft alignment hand tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein the three aligned tapped holes further comprise a respective threaded hole and one screw threadably engaged into said threaded hole.

4. The shaft alignment hand tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one tapped through hole extends from the front bottom outer side surface and through a rear outer side surface.

5. The shaft alignment tool as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one tapped through hole further comprises a respective threaded hole and one screw threadably engaged into said threaded hole.