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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Joshua M Helstrom, Riverside, CA (US);
Matthew D Patterson, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
A tool, such as, a socket, that is adapted to remove a stripped or otherwise difficult to remove fastener. The socket includes a body having first and second ends, a first axial bore in the first end adapted to receive the stripped or cylindrical fastener head, and one or more cutting channels in the body between the first and second ends forming internal cutting edges adapted to engage the stripped or cylindrical fastener head. The one or more cutting apertures may have an elongated diamond-like shape and extend a portion of the way around the body and toward the second end.