Patent ID: 7059593
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for stabilizing an elongate workpiece threaded along at least an end thereof, comprising: a first element operative to receive and support an end portion of the elongate workpiece; an opening associated with the first element and having a first portion operative to receive the threaded end of the workpiece without threaded interengagement with the threads thereon, so as to stabilize the elongate workpiece; the opening having a threaded second portion for engaging the threaded end of the workpiece, so that the second portion of the opening is selectably interoperatively engagable with the threaded end to clean the threads thereon; and a magnetic element associated with the first element for releasably holding the first element onto a ferrous support surface, so that an elongate workpiece received by the apparatus is stabilized for working thereon.