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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1978
J Edward Anderson, Moreland Hills, OH (US);
Marquette Metal Products Company, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
The manually actuated impact tool for rotatively driving a fastener has a spring in a handle for storage of energy, a rotatable tool head and an inertia member surrounding the tool head and connected to the handle via driving connections. A cam associated with the handle is provided to coact with the driving connections to disengage the driving connections when the tool head rotation is resisted by a predetermined force and the handle is rotated relative to the tool head and to allow re-engagement of the driving connections in another operative condition. A push rod is provided to coact with the handle and inertia member to actuate the spring for storage of energy upon resistance of the tool head to rotation and to rotate the inertia member under the force of the stored energy of the spring and effect conversion of the kinetic energy of the inertia member to impact force on the tool head upon re-engagement of the driving connections. The push rod is substantially straight and connected, at one end, to the inertia member at a point radially outwardly of the rotational axis and, at the other end, is connected to the spring via a ball and socket joint.