Patent ID: 6899001

Claim:
A wrench tool for use in firefighting, providing a plurality of tools used by firemen on hydrants and hose couplings, replacing several other individual tools used for the same purpose, said wrench tool comprising: a sliding member having a first end forming a ratchet housing containing at least one cylindrical ratchet wheel having outer ratchet teeth engaged by a spring loaded pawl retained within a formed pawl housing in said ratchet housing, said cylindrical ratchet wheel having a cut-out portion adapted to a hydrant nut, said first end also forming a first spanner wrench adapted to a Storz coupler, a slotted channel adapted to a commercial gas cock, and a second spanner wrench adapted to pin and rocker lug couplings, said sliding member also having a second end forming a shaft; and a receiver member having a first end providing a shaft receiver channel defining an interior cavity, said shaft receiver channel receiving said shaft of said sliding member with a shaft locking means retaining said shaft within said shaft receiver channel, said receiver member further comprising a second tool end attached to a first end of an externally threaded extension upon which an internally threaded throat of a spark resistant housing is threadably engaged, said externally threaded extension having a second end to which is applied a lock plate, retaining said spark resisting housing upon said externally threaded extension, said spark resisting housing defining an internal universal socket adapted to a hydrant nut with an outer margin forming a third spanner wrench adapted to a Storz coupling and a fourth spanner wrench adapted to pin and rocker lug couplings, said sliding member and said receiver member being separable to provide a firefighter with two independent and identical sets of spanner wrenches to engage and disengage common hose and hydrant couplings.