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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2004
Eduardo Salazar, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US);
Brian Cutler, Rowland Heights, CA (US);
Eduardo Salazar, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US);
Brian Cutler, Rowland Heights, CA (US);
Snap-on Incorporated, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US);
Abstract
A torque wrench has an elongated lever arm with working and distal ends, the lever arm carrying a wrench head at the working end, a selector mechanism at the distal end and a torque-responsive mechanism coupled to the selector mechanism for movement therewith among plural selectable positions respectively corresponding to preset torque values, the lever arm having a longitudinal axis and an outer surface spaced transversely from the axis no more than a maximum transverse distance, the selector mechanism including retaining mechanism disposed axially beyond the distal end of the lever arm and spaced transversely from the axis a distance greater than the maximum transverse distance for retaining the selector mechanism in a selected position.