Patent ID: 7669840
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A hook unit for use in manufacturing, said hook unit including: a base having a slot; a hook extending through said base, said hook having a body and an arm extending from the body, said arm including a generally uniformed size; a sliding member slidably arranged in said slot, said hook arm extending through an orifice in said sliding member, a generally precise fit being achieved between said arm and orifice for prohibiting contaminants from entering said hook unit, said orifice becoming larger as said arm extends through said sliding member providing additional area for receiving a portion of said hook body below a top surface of said sliding member while said hook arm passes through the orifice in said top surface of said sliding member and said hook body is maintained below said top surface wherein said orifice is in said sliding member allowing said orifice to translate reciprocally back and forth in a linear path in said slot moving said orifice with said sliding member.