Scot D Colby

US Patent:

H17779, Feb 2, 1999

Filed:

May 20, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/859363

Inventors:

Scot Colby - Rolling Meadows IL

Assignee:

Fuji Hunt Photographic Chemicals, Inc. - Allendale NJ

International Classification:

B65B 728

US Classification:

533315

Abstract:

A torque wrench for manually applying a screw cap on a threaded opening of a container. The torque wrench includes a handle portion which engages a dome s that releasably receives a neck ring insert. The insert engages the cap and applies a consistent amount of torque thereto by the use of a draft angle or curved portion on an inner surface which tightly engages the curved top edge of the cap. The insert may be sized to accommodate different sized caps.