Patent ID: 9737894
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B02C,B21K,B23D

Claim:
1. A hammer having a length, a width, and a thickness, said hammer comprising: a. a first end having a rod hole centered therein, wherein said rod hole is substantially circular, and wherein said rod hole is configured to engage said hammer with a rod, wherein said hammer swings freely about said rod; b. a first rod hole shoulder located on said first end, wherein said first rod hole shoulder is positioned on a first side of said hammer and extends outward therefrom along an axis of said rod hole such that said thickness of said hammer at said first end adjacent said rod hole is increased via said first rod hole shoulder; c. a second rod hole shoulder located on said first end, wherein said second rod hole shoulder is positioned on a second side of said hammer and extends outward therefrom along said axis of said rod hole such that said thickness of said hammer at said first end adjacent said rod hole is increased via said second rod hole shoulder; d. a second end separated from said first end along said length of said hammer, wherein said second end includes a hardened edge; e. a neck connecting said first end and said second end, wherein a thickness of said first end as measured from a distal end of said first rod hole shoulder to a distal end of said second rod hole shoulder is greater than a thickness of said neck and greater than a thickness of said second end, and wherein said thickness of said second end is greater than said thickness of said neck; and, f. wherein said hammer is formed via forging.