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Ratcheting Spline Combination Wrenches

Posted by PTT on January 23, 2014
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New Proto® Ratcheting Spline Combination Wrenches
11/27/2012

Ratcheting Spline Combination Wrenches

Ratcheting Spline Combination Wrenches

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Contact:
Alan English
Senior Brand Manager
+1 (860) 827-5253
alan.english@sbdinc.com

New Proto® Ratcheting Spline Combination Wrenches
Patented new design allows up to 13 degrees additional swing in the first reversible ratcheting spline wrenches made in the USA.

As part of a continued effort to bring innovation and segment leading performance to the industrial tool market, Proto has introduced a new line of full polish chrome, reversible ratcheting combination wrenches with spline box ends; featuring a new open end configuration which allows up to 13 degrees additional swing. The offering includes 38 fractional and metric sizes as well as four wrench sets.

“Spline ratcheting wrenches are commonly used in the aerospace industry and have been a key growth driver in recent years,” said Alan English, Senior Brand Manager. “To meet the needs of our government and military customers, as well as maintain the highest level of product quality, it was important for us to develop this range here at our Dallas manufacturing facility. We are proud to be the first hand tool manufacturer to offer this configuration meeting stringent Berry Amendment regulations for Made in the USA products.”

Visually distinctive, the new wrench pattern features a patented I-beam design that removes material weight while offering an increased bearing surface to help improve comfort and reduce hand fatigue.

Like most Proto combination wrenches, the open end features an anti-slip design, locking the wrench onto the fastener head to help prevent injury from wrench slippage. However, unlike other Proto combination wrenches, the open end is offset from the primary plane of the wrench, resulting in up to 13 degrees additional swing in tight quarters.

Spline box wrenches are extremely versatile and can be used on spline, 4 point, 6 point, 12 point, and Torx® fasteners. Like all Proto spline ratcheting wrenches, this new line maintains a 72-tooth design, resulting in a class leading 5-degree arc swing.

Fractional sizes range from ¼” to 1 ¼” and metric sizes from 6mm to 32mm.

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  • 60 Years of Service

    Taylor Industrial Tools is celebrating its 60th year of business in Overland, Missouri.

    In 1936, George and Vivian Taylor bought a home in Overland, Missouri to start their family. George was in the hardware business managing Human Brothers Hardware in Clayton, Missouri.

    Prior to 1954, the Louis A. Worth Hardware Company was located at 10434 Lackland Rd. George bought the business, building and lot from Mr. Worth upon his retirement. With wife Vivian and son
    Tom, George immediately opened for business as Taylor Paint & Hardware Co. focusing on hardware, plumbing supplies, glass, commercial coatings, lawn & garden, equipment and electrical supplies. Taylor Paint & Hardware served both retail and commercial contractors throughout greater St. Louis. George was also known to serve as local bicycle repairman to the neighborhood children.

    Soon after opening, Vivian began selling candle-making supplies on a folding table within the hardware store. Within short order, Vivian's product lines and clientele grew to a point where the folding table was too small, then display cases were too small and finally the hardware store was too small. Vivian's business needed it own space. A separate building was constructed and with its completion, Vivian began doing business as the Back Door Candle Division serving local and regional customers as the Midwest Stocking Distributor for the country's largest candle mold and product producer, Pourette of Seattle, Washington. With Vivan's retirement in 1980, Ellender Taylor became manger of the Back Door Candle Division and continued to serve a growing clientele. Ellender continues to serve as manager today.

    The 1960s brought about a change in focus. George's son Tom returned from active duty with US Navy and began to transform the traditional paint and hardware supplier into a wholesale distributor of hand tools serving industrial clients within construction and manufacturing sectors.

    In 1962, Taylor Paint & Hardware was solicited by the Pendelton Tool MFG Co. to become wholesale distributor for their Proto line of industrial hand tools. Thus, Tom created Taylor Industrial Tools, Inc. to handle the new industrial focus. In short order, he expanded the breadth of hand tool line adding Channellock, Stanley, Klein, Knipex, Millers-Falls, Vice-Grip and Rigid to name a few. Taylor Industrial Tools was supplied by 52 factories throughout North America. From 1960 to 1972, Taylor Industrial Tools was hired by the Bechtel Corporation as the sole-source provider of industrial supplies for the construction of the Labadie Power Plants 1, 2, 3 and 4. By 1965, to accommodate the growing industrial market, Taylor Industrial Tools doubled its warehouse capacity and added a loading dock for over-the-road deliveries.

    Taylor Industrial Tools business philosophy has been to supply the highest quality American made hand tools to makers in the aerospace, defense, railroads, refining, utilities, automotive/truck parts stores, salvage, technical schools, manufacturing, mining, agriculture or state/local highway/transportation/public works departments. Throughout St. Louis, whether it be a power-plant, bridge, lock and dam, factory, utility, monument or office building; hand tools provided by Taylor Industrial went into its construction.

    The Taylor family, Tom, Ellender and their sons Tony, Patrick, and Tim are all graduates of the Ritenour School District and agree that Overland is a great place to live and work. Taylor Industrial Tools is open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

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