Method for making specialty tools

Abstract

A METHOD FOR MAKING SPECIALTY TOOLS, a metal forming process for impregnating complex patterns in various tool designs is disclosed herein. According to the process, a blank tool is placed into the first stage 1 of three stages in this automatic rotating / indexing table 10. A blank tool example being a socket or a wrench. Sensors and a PLC control the automation of the entire process. The holder carries the blank tool to stage two 2 where a free floating punch 48 is driven into the blank tool. After the punch has pulled out of the tool the newly impregnated tool is moved to stage three 3. In stage three the newly impregnated tool is driven out of the holder by a stationary punch and at the same time a new blank tool is being located into the holder in stage one and a new part is being impregnated in stage two.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The presently invention relates to the process for implementation of complex patterns into a tools interior walls. [0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0004] The techniques for manufacturing specialty tools and more specifically, sockets are known to consist of the familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements. [0005] U.S. Pat. No. 6,339,976 B1 to Jordon discloses a apparatus for cold heading a socket with V-shaped teeth and distorted V-shaped teeth spiraled in a tapered cylinder. In this process the outside body is crushed with a hex pattern which cannot prevent distortion to the interior pattern. Then the tool goes through a secondary cleanup machining process. Adding much time and cost to the tool. [0006] One problem with manufacturing too...

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Benefits of technology

[0014] It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved method for a metal forming process for impregnating complex patterns in various tool designs, such as sockets, wrenches and extractors without distorting or damaging the interior or exterior of the blank tool.

[0015] Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved method for a metal forming process for impregnating complex patterns in various tool designs, such as sockets, wrenches and extractors, all of which is susceptible to low cost of manufacturing method with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such a method for commercial manufacturing economically available to the buying public.

Problems solved by technology

In this process the outside body is crushed with a hex pattern which cannot prevent distortion to the interior pattern.

Adding much time and cost to the tool.

One problem with manufacturing tools for damaged fastener removal is the distortion in the tooth pattern caused by cold heading the tool as noted in the prior art such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,339,976 B1.

And the complexity of design is not possible.

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