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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2002
Tatsuya Amami, Habikino, JP;
Kuken Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A torque wrench is formed by a hollow handle, a sheath tube, a head, a slider, a torque transmitting mechanism, a torque adjusting mechanism, etc. The sheath tube covers the front half of the hollow handle with a predetermined gap between the inner and outer surfaces of the sheath tube and the hollow handle, respectively, and is connected to the front of the hollow handle and also to the head at the front thereof. The slider is moveably disposed around the hollow handle in the longitudinal direction of the hollow handle such that the front end surface of the slider opposes the rear end surface of the sheath tube. The torque transmitting mechanism is disposed between the opposing end surfaces of the slider and the sheath tube, and the torque adjusting mechanism is disposed in the rear of the slider and around the rear half of the hollow handle.