Patent ID: 6668689
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: B25B,B25G

Abstract:
A handle for hand tools comprising:a body with a front end and a rear end and the body further comprising: a seating hole adapted to hold a hand tool defined in the front end; an inner cavity with a surface defined in the rear end; two magnets mounted parallel to each other in the inner cavity, and each magnet has a south pole and a north pole with the same pole on the two magnets facing each; a magnetizing space formed between the two magnets; and a demagnetizing space formed between one of the magnets and the surface of the inner cavity; and a plug attached to the rear end of the body to close the inner cavity, and the plug further comprising: a magnetizing hole adapted for a tip of the hand tool to pass through the magnetizing hole and the magnetizing hole having an elliptical cross section corresponding to the magnetizing space of the body and defined in the plug; a demagnetizing hole adapted for the tip of the hand tool to pass through the demagnetizing hole, the demagnetizing hole having an elliptical cross section corresponding to the demagnetizing space of the body and defined in the plug, and the demagnetizing hole parallel with the magnetizing hole; and a slot defined in the plug, and the slot crossing both the magnetizing hole and the demagnetizing hole.