Abstract:
An adjustable spanner wrench for various spanner head work piece having different size holes where various spanner driver element are able to be stored on the arms of the wrench itself, instead of being stored somewhere else in a separate container where they can be easily lost or misplaced.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   1. Field of the Invention 
   The present invention relates to spanner wrenches and more particularly to adjustable spanner wrenches with multiple, self-carried, differently sized spanner driver elements. 
   2. Description of the Prior Art 
   Numerous innovations for adjustable spanner wrench for spanner head work pieces having different size holes have been provided in the prior art that will be described. Even though these innovations may be suitable for the specific individual purposes to which they address, accordingly they differ from the present invention. 
   A FIRST EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 4,676,126 to Polastri teaches an adjustable wrench head is disclosed for use in conjunction with spanner nuts of various sizes, each spanner nut having a plurality of locking recesses therein. More particularly, a wrench head is provided which includes a central elongated driving spindle having a plurality of opposed pairs of planar guide rails projecting radially outwardly therefrom. Each pair of guide rails defines a channel, which is adapted to receive a generally rectangular insert, with the insert being radially movable therein, relative to the central spindle. Each insert is provided with a tang which projects axially beyond the front end of the spindle for engagement with a locking recess of the spanner nut. The radial position of the inserts are adjusted and secured such that the tangs thereof are spaced from the center of the spindle a distance corresponding to the radius of the spanner nut. Preferably, a plurality of planar webs are provided which extend between one guide rail of one pair and the adjacent guide rail of another pair. The planar webs function to add structural rigidity to the wrench head and prevent deflection of the guide rails. 
   A SECOND EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. D337,492 to Ryan, et al. shows the ornamental design for a folding spanner wrench. 
   A THIRD EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 5,347,891 Kamp, et al. teaches an adjustable wrench assembly for installing and removing a threaded cap member of an hydraulic cylinder assembly includes a head member adapted to partially surround the piston rod of the cylinder assembly. A cover plate attaches to the head member to completely surround the piston rod. A plurality of adjustable contact pins accommodate various sizes of piston rods and are engagable with the piston rod to keep the wrench square and prevent it from twisting. Various sizes of adapter plates are connectable to the head member and include a plurality of engagable pins to engage mating slots or holes in the cap member. The adjustable contact pins include non-metallic plastic contact portions to prevent marring of the piston rod. 
   A FOURTH EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 5,469,766 to Hodges teaches an adjustable spanner wrench comprising of a pair of handle halves, the handle halves including a first handle half and a second handle half, the first handle half being provided with an interior channel along its length. Jaws in the form of two C-shaped arms, the C-shaped arms each having an outboard extent with an aperture therethrough, each C-shaped arm having an inboard extent with an aperture and an associated rivet coupling the outboard ends of the handle halves to the inboard extents of the arms. A pivotable clip having a free end and a pivot end pivotally secured to each outboard end of each C-shaped arm and a semicircular recess at its free end, the semicircular recess adapted to be moved in position concentric with its associated aperture for contacting the groove of the pin received in an aperture. 
   A FIFTH EXAMPLE, U.S. Pat. No. 6,305,254 to Hsieh teaches a combination tool kit includes an elongated casing, a hexagon head socket holder mounted in the casing between front and rear ends of the casing and holding a set of hexagon head sockets adapted for turning bolts and nuts, a combination wrench pivoted to the front end of casing, the combination wrench having an open end and a box end at two distal ends thereof adapted for grasping and turning bolts and nuts, and a hexagonal spanner block pivoted to the rear end of casing, the hexagonal spanner block having a hexagonal box adapted to work with one of the hexagon head sockets stored in the hexagon head socket holder for turning bolts and nuts. The storage bin for the spare sockets is located at the back of the wrench, thus ruining proper weight distribution for a user. 
   A SIXTH EXAMPLE, McMaster Carr catalog shows three double armed spanner driver element spanner wrenches. None has provisions for spanner driver element storage thereupon. 
   Contrarily, the instant spanner wrench stores alternative sized spanner driver elements upon the length of its own arms. Thus, it maintains and contributes to proper weight distribution for a user for most efficient use and the ease of finding an locating a required sized set of spanner driver elements. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   AN OBJECT of the present invention is to provide an adjustable spanner wrench for spanner head work pieces having different size holes that avoids the disadvantages of the prior art. 
   ANOTHER OBJECT of the present invention is to provide an adjustable spanner wrench for spanner head work pieces having different size holes that is simple and inexpensive to manufacture. 
   STILL ANOTHER OBJECT of the present invention is to provide an adjustable spanner wrench for spanner head work pieces having different size holes that is simple to use. 
   BRIEFLY STATED, STILL YET ANOTHER OBJECT of the present invention is to provide an adjustable spanner wrench for spanner head work pieces having different size holes that has a storage bay for storing different sized sets of spanner driver elements to be used with the spanner wrench so that they will not be inadvertently lost or misplaced. 
   The novel features which are considered characteristic of the present invention are set forth in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its construction and its method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of the specific embodiments when read and understood in connection with the accompanying drawing. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING 
     The figures of the drawings are briefly described as follows: 
       FIG. 1  is a diagrammatic perspective view of the present invention showing it cooperating with a work piece, typically a machine screw which utilizes a spanner wrench; 
       FIG. 2  is a side elevational view taken in the direction of arrow  2  in  FIG. 1 , with parts broken away; and 
       FIG. 3  is a top elevational view taken in the direction of arrow  3  in  FIG. 1 . 
   

   A MARSHALLING OF REFERENCE NUMERALS UTILIZED IN THE DRAWING 
   
     
       
             
             
           
         
             
                 
             
           
           
             
               10 
               adjustable spanner wrench 
             
             
               18 
               work piece 
             
             
               20 
               typical machine screw 
             
             
               22 
               engageable pins 
             
             
               26 
               hole in working screw 
             
             
               30 
               dual arms 
             
             
               32 
               proximal end 
             
             
               34 
               pivot 
             
             
               40 
               spanner driver element storage bays in spanner wrench arms 30 
             
             
               50 
               spanner driver elements 
             
             
               54 
               male threads on a shank of 56 
             
             
               56 
               shank of spanner driver elements 50 
             
             
               58 
               thread bay 
             
             
               60 
               spanner driver element working bay in dual arms 30 
             
             
               64 
               top surfaces of the heads 66 
             
             
               66 
               heads of the spanner driver elements 50 
             
             
               68 
               indicia 
             
             
               70 
               distal ends of the dual arms 32 
             
             
               74 
               a mid portion of arms 30 
             
             
               78 
               depressed surface, of the dual arms 30 
             
             
               80 
               bottom surface, of the dual arms 30 
             
             
               82 
               adjacent surfaces next to the spanner driver element storage bays 40 
             
             
                 
             
           
        
       
     
   
   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
   Referring now to the figures, in which like numerals indicate like parts, and particularly to  FIG. 1 , the invention is an adjustable spanner wrench which  10  is shown about to grip a work piece  18  illustrated as a typical machine screw  20 . Engageable pins  22  mate with receiving holes  26  of the screw  20 . This prevents slipping of the adjustable spanner wrench  10  while it is being used to tighten or loosen a work piece which is a spanner driven component i.e. a spanner screw or spanner nut. 
   The adjustable spanner wrench  10  comprises dual arms  30  rotatively attached at a proximal end  32  by a pivot  34 . This simple configuration perfectly accomplishes the necessary operation of gripping the work piece  18  typically a screw  20 , by aligning the engageable pins  22  for entry into holes  26  of the screw  20 . 
   The adjustable spanner wrench  10  is adapted to handle various work piece type items  20  that may be in different sizes and/or different units of size measurement, and the like. Towards this end, differently sized engageable pins  22  must be used. Thus, a plurality of sets of different individual spanner driver elements  50  must be provided for each operation requiring a differently sized engageable pins  22  since these pins are an integral part of the spanner driver elements  50 . 
   In the past, these items needed to be carried separately or in an associated carrying container. The adjustable spanner wrench  10 , however, provides for spanner driver element storage bays  40  built-in or set into, and integral with, a mid portion of  74 , of arms  30 . Each one of spanner driver element storage bays  40  is intended to store a differently sized pair of spanner driver elements  50 , which have differently sized pairs of engageable pins  22 , which accordingly have threaded shanks  56 , which are held into a thread bay  58  by male threads  54  on a shank  56  of spanner driver elements  50 . Thus a user never needs to look for, nor lose the requisite spanner driver elements  50  that fits into the pair spanner driver element working bays  60 , located at a distal ends  70  of the dual arms  30  in the adjustable spanner wrench  10 . This arrangement makes them instantly available for use or alternatively ready for switching with those located in the storage bays. 
   It is to be observed that the distal ends  70  of dual arms  30  each have a depressed surface  78  which is closer to a bottom surface  80 , of the dual arms  30 , than adjacent surfaces  82  next to the spanner driver element storage bays  40 . This geometry permits the engageable pins  22  of the spanner driver elements to protrude out of the bottom surfaces  80  of the dual arms  30  when the elements are installed in the working bays  60  so that a work piece  18  may be easily engaged, but simultaneously prevents the engageable pins  22  of those elements stored in the storage bays from interfering with any work environment and causing any inadvertent damage to either the pins themselves or the surrounding work environment. 
   IN OPERATION, a plurality of spanner driver elements  50  are stored in a plurality of spanner driver element storage bays  40  on arms  30  of adjustable spanner wrench  10 . Each spanner driver element  50  is immediately available at the work place for use, as may required, as a result of being stored on the wrench arms  30  themselves instead of off somewhere else in a separate storage container as is required by the prior art. Thus, the adjustable spanner wrench  10  and its varying working spanner driver elements  50 , are always available without waste of searching time for spanner driver elements that fit the work pieces  18  or screws  20 . This unique storage position maintains proper wrench balance and does not interfere with a user&#39;s operations in using said adjustable spanner wrench  10 . Appropriately the top surfaces  64  of the heads  66  of the spanner driver elements  50  may optionally have indicia  68  which is indicative of a particular size. 
   It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together, may also find a useful application in other types of constructions differing from the types described above. 
   While the invention has been illustrated and described as embodiments of an adjustable spanner wrench for spanner heads having different size holes, accordingly it is not limited to the details shown, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention. 
   Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention.