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US3347523A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Scissors jack

Assignee: SUMCO Manufacturing CO Inc
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Filing: 1965-10-23
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Granted: 1967-10-17
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Expires: 1985-10-23
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Herbert E Hankey
  • 👤 Elmer J Hamrick

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 19:56
CPC Classifications
B; B66; B66F; B66F3/00; B66F3/08; B66F3/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 238 words
A COLLAPSIBLE JACK, COMPRISING; (A) A BASE; (B) A WORK-ENGAGING PAD SPACE FROM SAID BASE; (C) UPPER AND LOWER SETS OF OPPOSED CROSSED LINKS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID PAD AND TO SAID BASE RESPECTIVELY; (D) A DRIVE TRUNNION HAVING (1) A BODY PORTION WITH A THROUGH OPENING; (E) A DRAW TRUNNION HAVING (1) A THREADED THROUGH OPENING, AND (2) BEING SPACED FROM SAID DRIVE TRUNNION ALONG A COMMON AXIS; (F) AN OPERATING SCREW (1) LYING ON SAID COMMON AXIS (2) THREADABLY ENGAGED IN SAID DRAW TRUNNION AND (3) PASSING FREELY THROUGH SAID OPENING IN SAID BODY OF SAID DRIVE TRUNNION; (G) OPPOSITE ADJOINING ENDS OF SAID SETS OF CROSSED LINKS HAVING PIVOTAL INTERCONNECTION TO SAID DRAWN TRUNNION AND BODY PORTION OF SAID DRIVE TRUNNION RESPECTIVELY; (H) A FIRST PLATE (1) MOUNTED ON SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID DRIVE TRUNION OUTSIDE THE POINT OF PIVOTAL CONNECTION OF SAID LINKS THERETO; (I) A SECOND PLATE (1) MOUNTED ON SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID DRIVE TRUNNION BETWEEN SAID OPPOSED LINKS IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID FIRST PLATE; (J) A FIRST SPROCKET AND DRIVE CONNECTOR (1) SECURED TO SAID SCREW AT A POINT OUTSIDE SAID FIRST PLATE; (K) A SECOND SPROCKET AND DRIVE CONNECTOR (1) ROTATABLY CARRIED BY SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLATES, (2) WITH SAID SECOND SPROCKET LYING IN A PLANE COMMON WITH SAID FIRST SPROCKET; AND (L) A SPROCKET CHAIN IN DRIVE-TRANSMITTING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND SPROCKETS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 238 words
A COLLAPSIBLE JACK, COMPRISING; (A) A BASE; (B) A WORK-ENGAGING PAD SPACE FROM SAID BASE; (C) UPPER AND LOWER SETS OF OPPOSED CROSSED LINKS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID PAD AND TO SAID BASE RESPECTIVELY; (D) A DRIVE TRUNNION HAVING (1) A BODY PORTION WITH A THROUGH OPENING; (E) A DRAW TRUNNION HAVING (1) A THREADED THROUGH OPENING, AND (2) BEING SPACED FROM SAID DRIVE TRUNNION ALONG A COMMON AXIS; (F) AN OPERATING SCREW (1) LYING ON SAID COMMON AXIS (2) THREADABLY ENGAGED IN SAID DRAW TRUNNION AND (3) PASSING FREELY THROUGH SAID OPENING IN SAID BODY OF SAID DRIVE TRUNNION; (G) OPPOSITE ADJOINING ENDS OF SAID SETS OF CROSSED LINKS HAVING PIVOTAL INTERCONNECTION TO SAID DRAWN TRUNNION AND BODY PORTION OF SAID DRIVE TRUNNION RESPECTIVELY; (H) A FIRST PLATE (1) MOUNTED ON SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID DRIVE TRUNION OUTSIDE THE POINT OF PIVOTAL CONNECTION OF SAID LINKS THERETO; (I) A SECOND PLATE (1) MOUNTED ON SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID DRIVE TRUNNION BETWEEN SAID OPPOSED LINKS IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID FIRST PLATE; (J) A FIRST SPROCKET AND DRIVE CONNECTOR (1) SECURED TO SAID SCREW AT A POINT OUTSIDE SAID FIRST PLATE; (K) A SECOND SPROCKET AND DRIVE CONNECTOR (1) ROTATABLY CARRIED BY SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLATES, (2) WITH SAID SECOND SPROCKET LYING IN A PLANE COMMON WITH SAID FIRST SPROCKET; AND (L) A SPROCKET CHAIN IN DRIVE-TRANSMITTING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND SPROCKETS.

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