Wrench holder

Oct. 22, 1946. w. c. brooks 2,409,613

WRENCH HOLDER ,

Filed Jan. 15, 1945

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Patented Oct. 22, 1946

2,409,613

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,409,613

WRENCH HOLDER

Walter C. Brooks, Wethersfield, Conn.

Application January 15, 1945, Serial No. 572,856 (Cl. 306—32)

Claims.

My invention, relates to a holder for containing wrenches of the same general kind but of different sizes, and an object of my invention, among others, is the provision of a holder in which wrenches of all the different sizes which are usually required for use on different sizes of bolts may be contained in permanent position for ready use.

One form of a holder embodying my invention, and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which—

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved wrench holder.

Figure 2 is a view in lengthwise central section through the holder.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the end of the holder with the cap removed.

Figure 4 is an end view of the holder.

Figure 5 is a perspective view illustrating the wrench holder in its preferred form.

Figure 6 is a view in side elevation of said holder.

While my improved holder is not intended for use with any particular type of wrench it finds ready use for holding wrenches for operating upon socket bolts or screws, so called, in which sockets of angular shape in cross section, commonly hexagonal, are formed in the ends of the screws or bolts for the reception of a wrench, and these wrenches are commonly formed with the operating end extending at about a right angle to the handle or stock, particularly as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

In this drawing the numeral 6 denotes the stock of the holder that is hollow and that is provided with a head 7 at its outer end. The stock is preferably cylindrical in shape, the hole therein being round, and from this hole 8 and extending through the head to the outer end thereof are four sockets 9, in the particular arrangement shown herein, although the number of these sockets may be varied. A hub 10 extends from the head 7 to the outer extremity thereof, the sockets 9 extending out at the end of this hub. The hub is threaded to receive a threaded flange 11 of a cap 17 that is fitted to the hub 10 as shown particularly in Fig. 3. The edge of the flange when the cap is secured in place to the head 7 seats against a shoulder 12 at the end of the head 7 and at the,base of a thread 13 on the hub 10, as shown in Fig. 3.

The sockets 9 are shaped to fit handles 14 of the wrenches, the operating ends 15 of the wrenches being bent at substantially right angles to the handles 14 and of a shape in cross section shown herein as hexagonal to fit the hexagonally shaped sockets in heads 16 or bolts upon which this particular type of wrench is intended to operate.

The sockets 9 are preferably of a size to fit wrenches and to receive the same in the head 7 and when the cap Π is fully attached to the head and seated against the shoulder 12 the wrenches will be firmly held in place and may be located for operation upon the heads of bolts or screws in different positions in which the latter may be found.

While the holder hereinabove described is of a satisfactory form I prefer that form of the device shown in Figs. 5 and 6 as being more effective in use and cheaper in construction. In this construction of the device the head 18 is formed at the end of the stock in much the same manner as hereinbefore described. A recess 19 is formed at the end of the head 18 with holes 20 for the shanks of wrenches extending from the bottom of this recess along the head and into the shank in the manner as hereinbefore described with respect to the other form of the tool. Slots 21 are formed in the wall of the recess extending vertically therein and these terminate at their inner ends in notches 22 extending at right angles to the slots 21. Wrench holding notches 23 open out of the notches 22 for the reception of the working ends 15 of the wrenches which are inserted in the notches 23 as the shanks or handles 14 of the wrenches are thrust through the openings in the head into the opening in the stock, as shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 6 of the drawing.

A plug 24 is formed to fit the recess 19 and has projecting lugs 25 which enter the slots 21 and by turning the plug as by means of a screw driver inserted in the curf 26 the lugs 25 are turned to overlie the working ends of the wrenches 15 as shown in Fig. 6 and thereby retain the wrenches securely in place within the handles.