Patent ID: 6374709
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
Accessory for use in a wrench socket for a spark plug and without need for modifying the wrench socket, with the wrench socket including a well having an inner periphery formed by multiple sides intersecting at outer corners, with the spark plug including a body having a threaded portion threadably engageable at a fastening location and a nut portion, with the well slideably receiving the nut portion of the spark plug, with the spark plug further including an insulator extending from the body and terminating in an electrode disk against which a connecting nut abuts, with the electrode disk being formed of magnetic material, comprising, in combination: a magnet having a periphery smaller than the inner periphery of the well; and a nonmagnetic disk including opposed, first and second faces, a periphery, and a recess of a size for receipt of the periphery of the magnet, with the periphery of the nonmagnetic disk being adapted to pass into the inner periphery of the well, with the nonmagnetic disk including an axial bore of a size for slideable receipt of the connecting nut and the insulator of the spark plug, with the magnet received in the recess of the nonmagnetic disk being proximate to the connecting nut when the insulator is received in the axial bore of the nonmagnetic disk and magnetically attracted to the spark plug, with the magnet being magnetically attracted to the socket sufficiently to hold the nonmagnetic disk and the spark plug removed from the fastening location captive in the well of the wrench socket while the socket is being moved relative to the fastening location.