Angular drive adapter for sockets and the like
CA 2226206 A1 · Owner: Isbister, Stanley F. · Inventors: Isbister, Stanley F.
Overview
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An adapter for use with a drive tool such as a ratchet will enable a user to reach a fastener, that is otherwise difficult to reach. The adapter includes a first drive member having a recess in a, distal end for connection to the drive tool and in the proximal end, a centre , axial blind bore and a plurality of equally spaced blind bores radially spaced from the centre bore. A second drive, member also has a means for connecting it at the distal end thereof to a socket or to a screwdriver, bit. At its proximal end the second drive member has a centre axial blind bore and a plurality of, equally spaced blind bores radially spaced from the centre bore. The drive members are, connected …
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- Filed January 6, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 6, 2018.
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