Adjustable wrench

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12257669-B2
Application number	US-201917771374-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2019
Priority date	Oct 24, 2019
Publication date	Mar 25, 2025
Grant date	Mar 25, 2025

Abstract

An adjustable wrench includes a wrench body, a second jaw and an adjustment mechanism, the wrench body including a first jaw, a neck and a handle, wherein the first jaw is a front end of the wrench body, and the neck is located between the first jaw and the handle. The first jaw is disposed opposite the second jaw to form a holding space for holding an object. The neck is provided with a through hole, the adjustment mechanism is disposed in the through hole, and the second jaw is movably connected to the neck of the wrench body by the adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism is used to adjust the movement of the second jaw relative to the first jaw. The adjustable wrench therefore includes a jaw that can move relatively fast and can also be effectively prevented from skidding or returning.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An adjustable wrench, comprising a handle, a neck, a first jaw, a second jaw and an adjustment mechanism, wherein:
the first jaw is connected to the handle by the neck;
the second jaw is movably disposed on the neck and is disposed opposite the first jaw to form a holding space for holding an object;
the adjustment mechanism is disposed on the neck and is configured to be able to drive the second jaw to move relative to the first jaw to adjust a size of the holding space;
wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a worm and a pin, and the worm comprises an inner tube and thread teeth;
the inner tube is of a cylinder and has an inner cavity penetrating in an axial direction;
the pin passes through the inner cavity and is fixedly connected to the neck;
the thread teeth are spirally disposed on an outer surface of the inner tube, and the thread teeth are arc-shaped with an arc surface at a top end of the thread teeth;
the second jaw meshes with the thread teeth and is configured to be able to move relative to the first jaw as the worm rotates; and
the thread teeth have more than one helix, and a lead angle of the worm is not greater than a self-locking angle, the self-locking angle corresponding to a material of the worm and the second jaw;
wherein the lead angle is an included angle between a circumference expanded from a pitch diameter of the thread teeth and the helix, and the lead angle is determined according to a formula:
tan a 1= p/πd,

where a1 is the lead angle, p is a lead of the thread teeth, and d is a diameter of the worm;
wherein the thread teeth have two helices, and the lead angle is in a range of 7° to 8°.

2. The adjustable wrench according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the worm and the second jaw is a steel material.

3. The adjustable wrench according to claim 1 , wherein
a rack is disposed on the second jaw, and the rack is provided with fine teeth capable of meshing with the thread teeth, the top of the fine teeth being a flat face corresponding to a bottom of the thread teeth.

4. The adjustable wrench according to claim 3 , wherein a portion, in contact with the fine teeth, of the bottom of the thread teeth is a flat face.

5. The adjustable wrench according to claim 1 , wherein
the neck is provided with a slide slot located on a side of the holding space, the slide slot is consistent with a moving direction of the second jaw, a rack is disposed on the second jaw, the rack is inserted in the slide slot, and the second jaw is movable relative to the first jaw along the slide slot to adjust a distance between the first jaw and the second jaw.

6. The adjustable wrench according to claim 5 , wherein
the neck is provided with a through hole, and the pin passes through the worm and fastens the worm in the through hole such that the worm can rotate around the pin in the through hole.

7. The adjustable wrench according to claim 6 , wherein a gap is provided between the worm and the pin.

8. The adjustable wrench according to claim 6 , wherein
the adjustment mechanism further comprises an elastic member disposed between one side, along an axis, of the worm and an inner side surface of the through hole.

9. The adjustable wrench according to claim 8 , wherein the elastic member is a spring.

10. The adjustable wrench according to claim 1 , wherein the first jaw, the neck and the handle are integrally formed.

Assignees

• Hangzhou United Tools Co Ltd
• Hangzhou Great Star Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Weiyi

Classifications

• B25B13/14 Primary

  by rack and pinion, worm or gear · CPC title