Patent ID: 6209425
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: B25B,B25G

Abstract:
A driving device for holding and driving a hexagonal wrench having two angled sections, the driving device comprising:a hollow holding member including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the hollow holding member having a retaining section formed by two mutually facing stepped surfaces that together define a tapered space therebetween for securely holding one of the angled sections of the hexagonal wrench, each said stepped surface consisting of consecutively connected step sections of different lengths, the stepped surfaces defining the tapered space being configured by a plurality of aligned and partially overlapped hexagons of different sizes are aligned in sequence according to the sizes thereof such that the two mutually facing stepped surfaces are capable of holding hexagonal wrenches of various sizes, the second portion of the holding member including a wall, the wall including a notch defined therein for securely holding the other of the angled sections of the hexagonal wrench.