Veeder Industries, Inc.

Western Pacific Industries Inc.

Fred A Bononi

Armand J Weis, Deceased

In a tool bit driver, a body suitable for mounting on a square drive of a socket wrench is provided with a bit socket adapted for receiving a tool bit at one end of the body, and diametrically opposed grooves are formed to extend longitudinally within the socket. A spring is provided with resilient fingers seated within the socket grooves, and reversely bent ends are formed on each spring finger for engaging the bit in surface-to-surface contact for positively and releasably securing the bit in a driving position within the socket.

Tool bit driver with spring retainer

The disclosed method features an automatic high production process of forming a socket wrench and other elongated hollow parts such as a nutdriver from a tubular metal workpiece. The method of making a nutdriver includes extruding a workpiece through a tapered female die to reduce both the inside and outside diameters at one end of the workpiece and along a predetermined portion of its length from that one end of the workpiece. A recess of non-circular cross section is formed at the other end of the workpiece. In the method of making a socket wrench, an additional step is included in forming another recess of non-circular cross section at the reduced end of the workpiece.

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Simsbury, CT, United States of America

Fred A Bononi