GB2031316A

GB2031316A – Illuminated hand tools
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GB2031316A – Illuminated hand tools
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Illuminated hand tools

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GB2031316A

GB2031316A
GB7927989A
GB7927989A
GB2031316A
GB 2031316 A
GB2031316 A
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GB 7927989 A
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tool
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working
hand tool
illumination
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1978-10-16
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ARROWLITE TOOLS Ltd

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ARROWLITE TOOLS Ltd
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1978-10-16
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1979-08-10
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1980-04-23

1979-08-10
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1979-08-10
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1979-10-12
Priority to CA000337541A
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1979-10-15
Priority to US06/084,856
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patent/US4302797A/en

1979-10-15
Priority to EP79302218A
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1979-10-16
Priority to AU51848/79A
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1979-10-16
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1980-04-23
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1982-11-24
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Classifications

B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS

B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING

B25B23/00—Details of, or accessories for, spanners, wrenches, screwdrivers

B25B23/18—Devices for illuminating the head of the screw or the nut

Description

GB 2 03T 316 A 1
SPECIFICATION
Improvements in or relating to hand tools
This invention relates to hand tools and more particularly, but not exclusively, is concerned with 5 elongate hand tools for use in dark or inconvenient places.
When carrying out operations using hand tools in dark locations, especially at night where a source of light powered by mains electricity is 10 unavailable or is available but provides inadequate illumination, it is often necessary for the operator to hold a portable source of light in one hand and direct its light towards the workpiece while operating the tool with the other hand. The types 15 of tools envisaged here are screwdrivers,
spanners, hand drills etc. and it is frequently difficult or even impossible to operate such tools with one hand. Moreover, when working with, for example, a screwdriver in one hand, it is often 20 difficult to keep a torch beam directed onto a screw head with the risk that the screwdriver may slip and damage surrounding material or even injure the operator.
According to the present invention, there is 25 provided a hand tool whose body carries one or more optical fibres, one end of the or each fibre terminating at the surface of the tool at or in the vicinity of the working part of the tool, the fibre(s) terminating at its/their other end adjacent a source 30 of illumination housed within or externally but operatively associated with the tool.
The source of illumination will generally be electrically operated and can generally be housed within a handle portion of the tool. The source of 35 illumination will thus usually be a light bulb or other electrically operated source of illumination and is preferably powered by a battery or batteries which may also be housed within the handle of the tool in an electrical circuit including the source 40 of illumination and a suitable switch device, the switch device being located on a surface portion of the handle. If desired, however, power for the source of illumination may be provided from a source external to the hand tool through suitable 45 electric leads. It is also within the ambit of invention for the optical fibre{s) to terminate outside the body of the hand tool provided that support means for the optical fibre(s) or the tool itself supports a source of illumination in 50 association with the end of the optical fibre(s).
In most cases, the hand tool will be generally elongate in form and will usually have a metal working portion attached to the handle of the tool. With elongate hand tools, such as screwdrivers, 55 the optical fibres can be embedded within the metal shank of the tool while a source of illumination, in particular a light bulb, with an associated battery is housed in a chamber within the handle.
60 It is not essential for the optical fibre or fibres to ‘ terminate at the working part of the tool. The ends of the optical fibres from which light is to be omitted may be positioned a little short of the working part of the tool and where a plurality of
65 optical fibres are provided in the tool, it is possible for some to terminate at the working part of the tool and some to terminate adjacent the working part of the tool. An advantage of having an optical fibre terminate before the working end of the tool 70 is that when, in use, the whole of the working part of the tool is in contact with a workpiece, illumination of the working surface will still be provided.
One form of hand tool embodying the present 75 invention comprises a working portion having an end portion of small cross-section in relation to its length and a handling portion within which there is a chamber; electric switch means on the handling portion, a pair of contacts within the 80 chamber for receiving an electric power source therebetween, one contact being associated with the switch means and the other being associated with electrically conductive mounting means for receiving an electric light source to be directed in 85 use towards the working portion of the tool, and a passage or a plurality of passages extending lengthwise of the working portion of the tool from a position adjacent said mounting means to a position at or adjacent the end portion of the 90 working portion of the tool and carrying one or more optical fibres therein.
Several arrangements may be employed for locating the optical fibres within the tool. For example, an optical fibre bundle may be located in 95 a single channel formed within the tool.
Alternatively, a plurality of passages within the tool may be provided, each passage containing one or more optical fibres. However a particularly preferred construction is one wherein an elongate 100 portion of the tool, formed for example of metal, has one or more surface channels thereon, the or each surface channel housing one or more optical fibres, the elongate-portion of the tool being encased in a sheath formed, for example of 105 plastics material pulled or extruded thereover.
Alternatively, when the optical fibres lie within the usually metal body of the tool fitted with a separately manufactured handle, the body of the tool may be drilled lengthwise thereof to provide 110 one or more passages into which the optical fibre(s) is/are inserted. A tight fit is desirable. The end portion of the metal rod in which the optical fibre(s) will be accommodated can be shaped to the desired form in a manner such that no damage 115 results to the optical fibres. Cold forming methods will usually be employed for this purpose when, for example, a screwdriver blade is to be produced. However, such working of the tool after provision of the optical fibres will generally not be 20 required when the optical fibres sit in channels extending along the length of the hand tool.
Another method for producing a hand tool having optical fibres therein is a pultrusion method which may be employed when the portion of the 25 hand tool containing the optical fibres is to be formed of glass fibre reinforced plastics material.
Hand tools embodying this invention are typified by screwdrivers, including conventionally bladed screwdrivers and crossed bladed
O D UJ I JlO rt screwdrivers of both the Philips and Posidrive type, which may be produced with a conventionally shaped handle having a chamber therein. Other tools which may embody this 5 invention include spanners and hand drills whose bits will contain the optical fibres.
The optical fibres may be formed of glass. However, it is also possible to employ light transmitting fibres formed of plastics material. 10 Hand tools embodying this invention provide a simple and effective means of illuminating the position at which the tool is to be operated. With a form of hand tool embodying this invention such as that hereinbefore defined, the act of closing the 15 switch will cause a battery or other electric power source located in the handling portion of the tool to light up a light bulb whose light output is directed down the optical fibres towards the position at which the tool is to be operated. It is 20 possible to ensure that there is no risk of the working part of the tool not being illuminated during the use thereof if the lighting arrangement in the hand tool is operating.
Any convenient electrical power source may be 25 employed in the handling portion of the hand too I or externally thereof. However, bearing in mind the relatively long periods during which the tool will not be in use, it is preferred to employ a lithium battery because of the particularly long storage life 30 thereof. Other forms of battery which may be employed are zinc/carbon and manganese alkali batteries.
For a better understanding of the invention, and to show how the same may be carried into effect, 35 reference will now be made, by way of example only, to the accompanying drawing, wherein:
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a screwdriver embodying the present invention; and Figure 2 is an end view of the blade of the 40 screwdriver of Figure 1.
Referring to the drawing, the screwdriver comprises a handle 1 having a cap 2 in screw-threaded engagement therewith and a metal working portion 3 fitted in a ferrule 4 forming part 45 of the handle and terminating in a flat blade 5. The metal working portion 3 is of cruciform cross-section as may be better appreciated from Figure 2 having channels 6 extending lengthwise thereof each housing an optical fibre 7. The metal working 50 portion 3 and optical fibres 7 are sheathed in a tube 8 of opaque plastics material. The tube 8 and . optical fibres 7 terminate at the beginning of the flat blade 5.
At the opposite end of the metal working 55 portion 3 to the blade 5, the optical fibres 7 enter a central passage 9 in the ferrule 4 of the handle 1, which central passage narrows in an upper region 10 thereof defined by a cylindrical wall 11 within which the optical fibres terminate a short 60 distance in front of an electric light bulb 12.
The construction of the remainder of the handle 1 of the screwdriver is similar to that of a conventional torch. Thus the handle 1 is hollow and houses a resilient spring member 13 which 65 biases a battery 14, for example a manganese alkali battery into contact with the terminal 15 of the electrical light bulb 12. The biasing effect of the spring member 13 is achieved by screwing the cap 2 up tight on the handle 1. The spring member 70 13 extends to a position adjacent the metal shank 16 of the bulb. Housed in a slot 17 in the wall of the handle 1 is a slide member 18 which is able to slide lengthwise of the handle into and out of a position wherein a rounded portion 1 9 is able to 75 press on a correspondingly shaped portion 20 of the spring member to force it into contact with the shank 16 of the bulb thereby to cause illumination of the bulb by completion of an electrical circuit. The electric bulb 12 is supported in the mouth of 80 the cylindrical wall 11 and in a holding arrangement 21 which has an opening 22 for the portion 20 of the spring member 13 to pass through.
In use of the tool in a location needing 85 illumination, it is simply necessary to actuate the electric light bulb 12 by sliding the slide member 18 in an upward direction, that is away from the blade of the screwdriver, so as to cause the circuit to be complete and the light bulb to be 90 illuminated. The output from the light bulb 12 is directed down the optical fibres 7 and out of the end of the tube 8 onto a screw on which the screwdriver is being used. In this way, the work piece is illuminated and operation of the hand tool 95 is aided.

Claims (9)

Claims

1. A hand tool whose body carries one or more optical fibres, one end of the or each fibre terminating at the surface of the tool at or in the
100 vicinity of the working part of the tool, the fibre(s) terminating at its/their other end adjacent a source of illumination housed within or externally but operatively associated with the tool.

2. A hand tool as claimed in claim 1, which 105 comprises a working, portion having an end portion of small cross-section in relation to its • length and a handling portion within which there is a chamber, electric switch means on the handling portion, a pair of contacts within the 110 chamberfor receiving an electric power source therebetween, one contact being associated with the switch means and the other being associated with electrically conductive mounting means for receiving an electric light source to be directed in ,115 use towards the working portion of the tool, and a passage or a plurality of passages extending lengthwise of the working portion of the tool from a position adjacent said mounting means to a position at or adjacent the end portion of the 120 working portion of the tool and carrying one or more optical fibres therein.

3. A hand tool as claimed in claim 1 or 2, which is a screwdriver.

4. A hand tool as claimed in any one of the
125 preceding claims, wherein the or each optical fibre lies in a channel extending lengthwise of the tool on an external surface thereof between the source of illumination and the working part, the optical fibre(s) being held in the channel(s) by means of a
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sheath fitted over the tool.
5. A hand tool as claimed in claim 4 when appendant to claim 3, wherein said working portion is of cruciform section thereby defining

5 four said channels each of which houses an optical fibre.

6. A hand tool as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the optical fibre{s) pass(es) through passages disposed wherein a portion of the tool
10 extending between the source of illumination and the working part thereof.

7. A hand tool as claimed in any one of claims 1
to 3, wherein the portion thereof extending between the source of illumination and the 15 working part is formed of glass fibre reinforced plastics material pultruded around one or more optical fibres extending lengthwise thereof.

8. A hand tool as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, which comprisesa lithium
20 battery as source of electric power for the source of illumination.

9. A hand tool, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying drawings.
Printed for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office by the Courier Press, Leamington Spa. 1980. Published by the Patent Office, 25 Southampton Buildings, London. WC2A 1 AY, from which copies may be obtained.

GB7927989A
1978-10-16
1979-08-10
Illuminated hand tools

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GB7927989A

GB2031316B
(en)

1978-10-16
1979-08-10
Illuminated hand tools

CA000337541A

CA1116575A
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1978-10-16
1979-10-12
Hand tools

US06/084,856

US4302797A
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1978-10-16
1979-10-15
Hand tools

EP79302218A

EP0010423A1
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1978-10-16
1979-10-15
Improvements in or relating to hand tools

AU51848/79A

AU5184879A
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1978-10-16
1979-10-16
Illuminated screwdriver

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1978-10-16
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A HAND TOOL SUCH AS A SCREWDRIVER AND THE LIKE.

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Illuminated hand tools

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1988-08-30
Hwaw Hong L
Screwdriver structure with illuminating function

US4878406A
(en)

*

1988-09-28
1989-11-07
Sk Hand Tool Corp.
Screwdriver blade

GB2248794A
(en)

*

1990-10-20
1992-04-22
Nigel David Cushion
Screwdriver with bulb

GB2272967A
(en)

*

1992-11-25
1994-06-01
Miriam Howitt
An illuminating tool

GB2272967B
(en)

*

1992-11-25
1996-06-05
Miriam Howitt
Illuminating tool

US6030092A
(en)

*

1998-04-29
2000-02-29
Mccalla Company D/B/A Ovation Group
Light handle

US6364500B1
(en)

1998-04-29
2002-04-02
Mccalla Company
Lighted handle

US6419371B1
(en)

1998-04-29
2002-07-16
Ovation Group, Inc.
Lighted tool

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1981-04-16

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1980-04-30

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1982-08-11
732
Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)

1985-04-03
PCNP
Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

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