Patent ID: 7076851
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: E01B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hand tool for inserting and removing rail fastenings, particularly for installing and extracting inner or outer elastic fastenings, comprising, in combination: a main body, an active part designed to act on a fastening that is to be inserted or removed, the active part being mounted movably underneath the main body, at the top of the main body, a rotating part capable of pivoting about an essentially vertical axis, a hand-powered member capable of being mounted on the rotating part and extending to the side of the rotating part when mounted, and a force-multiplying transmission between the hand-powered member and the active part, the rotating part being positionable angularly independently of the use position of the active part, to place the hand-powered member in a suitable orientation, particularly within a safe zone.