Central Tools, Inc.

Stephen B Offiler

Richard Victor

Marcus D J Poisson

An adjustable utility light for suspension from an object has a nominal width and lateral edges, and both an elongate hollow member with opposing open ends and an axis. A pair of generally elongate gripping members is also present, each with a free gripping end and a hollow member engaging end. The gripping members are slidably and rotatably mounted with regard to associated open ends of the hollow member so as to be able to change the axial distance between the gripping members. An elongate biasing member extends through the hollow member and is attached at opposite ends to the gripping member. The biasing member is generally under tension so as to urge the gripping members towards each other, minimizing the distance between them. It is stretchable upon separation along the axis of the gripping members against its own biasing forces. An elongate lamp is provided with an axial length generally equal to the nominal width of the hollow member. Support means secure and support the lamp on the hollow member, so that the gripping members are axially separated to a distance greater than said minimal width and are enabled to engage and grip the lateral edges of the object and suspend the lamp for illuminating a region below the object.

Adjustable utility light

A brake drum gage is described for measuring the inside diameter of a brake drum of a vehicle with the wheel mounted on the vehicle in the presence of an axle tube and other undercarriage components or parts. The brake drum gage includes an elongate generally flat bar having proximate and remote ends and defines an elongate axis in a reference plane. A fixed element is fixedly mounted at the proximate end of the bar and a movable element is movably mounted on the bar for movements along the bar between the proximate and remote ends for adjusting the spacing between these elements. Each element includes a generally V-shaped arm that includes an upright portion generally parallel to the reference plane and an angled portion inclined in relation to an associated upright portion. A fixed anvil is provided on the angled portion of the fixed element and has a tip extending beyond the fixed element in a direction of the remote end of the bar and the movable anvil is provided on the angled portion of the movable element and has a tip extending beyond the movable element in a direction of the proximate end of the bar. An indicator in the form of an electronic digital module is provided for providing an indication of the distance between the tips of the anvils along the direction substantially parallel to the axis. The anvils on the angled portions are positionable at diametrically opposite positions of the inside cylindrical surface of the brake drum while the bar is spaced inwardly from the drum and clear of the axle tube and other undercarriage components or parts of the vehicle. Adjustable depth stops are provided on the angled portions of both elements to ensure accurate positioning of the anvils at diametrically opposite points of the cylindrical surface to be measured. In this manner the brake drum gage can be used to accurately measure brake drums without removing the wheels from a vehicle.

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North Scituate, RI, United States of America

Stephen B Offiler