Patent ID: 6076436
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A retaining device to secure a socket to an anvil, the socket having a first and second bore and an annular socket groove intersecting the bores, the anvil having a through-hole with a first and second end, the first and second end of the through-hole each having a chamfer portion, the bores being aligned with the through-hole, the alignment of the first bore with the first end of the through-hole defining a first juxtaposition between the socket and the anvil, the alignment of the second bore with the second end of the through-hole defining a second juxtaposition between the socket and the anvil, the retaining device comprising:an O-ring having a diameter adapted for wrapping around the annular socket groove, the O-ring defining a plane;a metal insert; anda projection having a near end and a far end, the projection being connected to the O-ring at the near end, the projection extending inwardly from the O-ring along the plane of the O-ring, the metal insert being attached to the far end of the projection, the projection being disposed in the first bore of the socket, the projection having a predetermined length less than half the diameter of the O-ring such that the metal insert extends through the first juxtaposition.