Patent Application
20190245313
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The disclosure and prior art relates to tool devices and more particularly pertains to a new tool device for coaxial fitting.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tool that may engage a fitting on a coaxial cable thereby facilitating the fitting to be loosened or tightened. A bar is selectively extended through the tool and the bar is selectively manipulated. The bar rotates the tool thereby facilitating the fitting to be tightened or loosened.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The tool 12 comprises a cylinder 18 that has a first end 20, a second end 22 and an outer wall 24 extending therebetween. The cylinder 18 has an aperture 26 extending through the first end 20 and the second end 22 and the aperture 26 has a bounding surface 28. The bounding surface 28 as a plurality of intersecting sides 30 such that the aperture 26 has a square shape. Thus, the aperture 26 may receive a ⅜ inch ratcheting wrench or the like for rotating the tool 12. Additionally, the outer wall 24 has an opening 32 extending laterally through the cylinder 18 and the opening 32 is centrally positioned between the first end 20 and the second end 22.
A trough 34 is coupled to and extends away from the second end 22 of the cylinder 18. The trough 34 has a distal end 36 with respect to the cylinder 18 and a top surface 38 extending between the cylinder 18 and the distal end 36. The top surface 38 has a groove 40 extending downwardly therein and the groove 40 extends between the cylinder 18 and the distal end 36. Moreover, the groove 40 has a bounding surface 42 and the bounding surface 42 is concavely arcuate with respect to the top surface 38. In this way the groove 40 is accommodates and receives the coaxial cable 16.
A member 44 is coupled to and extends away from the distal end 36 of the trough 34 and the member 44 is oriented co-linear with the trough 34. The member 44 has a distal end 46 with respect to the trough 34 and the member 44 is spaced downwardly from the bounding surface 42 of the groove 40. The tool 12 includes a pair of grips 48 and each of the grips 48 is coupled to and extends upwardly from the member 44. Moreover, the grips 48 are spaced apart from each other on the member 44.
Each of the grips 48 has a distal end 49 with respect to the member 44 and an inwardly facing surface 50. Each of the grips 48 curves inwardly between the member 44 and the distal end 49 of each of the grips 48. The inwardly facing surface 50 corresponding to each of the grips 48 faces each other. Moreover, the inwardly facing surface 50 corresponding to each of the grips 48 has a first section 52 and a second section 54. The first section 52 of the inwardly facing surface 50 corresponding to each of the grips 48 is oriented at an obtuse angle with the second section 54 of the inwardly facing surface 50 of the corresponding grip. Thus, the inwardly facing surface 50 corresponding to each of the grips 48 may engage the fitting 14 on the coaxial cable 16 for rotating the fitting 14.
A bar 56 is provided and the bar 56 is selectively extended through the tool 12. The bar 56 rotates the tool 12 thereby facilitating the fitting 14 to be tightened or loosened. Additionally, the bar 56 is extendable through the opening 32 in the cylinder 18. The bar 56 may have a length ranging between approximately 15.0 cm and 30.0 cm.
In use, the tool 12 positioned on the coaxial cable 16 such that the grips 48 are spaced from the fitting 14 on the coaxial cable 16. The tool 12 is slid along the coaxial cable 16 such that each of the grips 48 engages the fitting 14. The bar 56 is slid through the opening 32 in the cylinder 18 and the bar 56 is manipulated to rotate the fitting 14 in a counterclockwise direction to loosen the fitting 14 or a clockwise direction to tighten the fitting 14. Additionally, the ratcheting wrench may be inserted into the aperture 26 in the cylinder 18 to provide additional rotational torque if the fitting 14 is too tight to be loosened with the bar 56. The tool 12 is removed from the coaxial cable 16 when the fitting 14 has been loosened or tightened.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
