Tool for fastening and releasing a wall anchor
View Patent ↗A wall anchor fastening and releasing tool having a tool body forming a slide housing, a handle rigidly projecting from the slide housing, a slide arranged inside the slide housing, and a first lever pivotally connected to the handle and arranged to displace the slide in the slide housing between a first position and a second position. When the first lever is in the first position, a screw gripping end of the slide is adjacent a first housing end, and, when in the second position, the screw gripping end of the slide is retracted in the slide housing and a screw pushing end of the slide is adjacent a second housing end, the screw gripping end of the slide being arranged to grip underneath a head of a wall anchor center screw, and the second housing end being arranged to grip underneath a wall anchor collar.
1 . A wall anchor fastening and releasing tool comprising:
a tool body forming a slide housing,
a handle rigidly projecting from the slide housing,
a slide arranged inside the slide housing, and
a first lever pivotally connected to the handle and arranged to displace the slide in the slide housing between a first position and a second position, wherein,
when the first lever is in the first position, a screw gripping end of the slide is adjacent a first housing end,
wherein, when the first lever is in the second position, the screw gripping end of the slide is retracted in the slide housing and a screw pushing end of the slide is adjacent a second housing end,
the screw gripping end of the slide being arranged to grip underneath a head of a wall anchor center screw, and
the second housing end being arranged to grip under-neath a wall anchor collar.
2 . The wall anchor fastening and releasing tool according to claim 1 , wherein a second lever is pivotally connected to the slide housing with a lever gripping end arranged adjacent the second housing end to selectively grip underneath the wall anchor collar.
3 . The wall anchor fastening and releasing tool according to claim 2 , wherein the second lever is connected to means arranged to revert the second lever to a defined idle position when inoperative.
4 . The wall anchor fastening and releasing tool according to claim 3 , wherein said means are one or more springs arranged at the second lever.
5 . The wall anchor fastening and releasing tool according to claim 1 , wherein the second housing end is provided with an anchor collar grip in the form of a claw facing a center line of the slide housing.
6 . The wall anchor fastening and releasing tool according to claim 1 , wherein a second lever is pivotally connected to the slide housing with a lever gripping end arranged adjacent the second housing end, the lever gripping end being provided with a claw facing a claw provided in the second housing end, said claws forming a jaw arranged to grip underneath the wall anchor collar.
7 . The wall anchor fastening and releasing tool according to claim 6 , wherein the claws are provided with slanted forward portions forming opposing forward sharp edges.
8 . The wall anchor fastening and releasing tool according to claim 6 , wherein the second lever is connected to means arranged to revert the second lever to a defined idle position when inoperative.
9 . The wall anchor fastening and releasing tool according to claim 4 , wherein the second lever is connected to means arranged to revert the second lever to a defined idle position when inoperative.
10 . The wall anchor fastening and releasing tool according to claim 1 , wherein the screw gripping end of the slide is provided with a claw arranged to support underneath the head of the wall anchor center screw.
11 . The wall anchor fastening and releasing tool according to claim 1 , wherein the slide is connected to means arranged to revert the slide to a defined idle position when inoperative.
12 . The wall anchor fastening and releasing tool according to claim 11 , wherein said means are one or more springs arranged at the first lever.
13 . The wall anchor fastening and releasing tool according to claim 1 , wherein the screw pushing end of the slide is countersunk.
14 . The wall anchor fastening and releasing tool according to claim 1 , wherein a center screw projecting length scale is provided on a projecting end portion of the tool body.