	US 12,330,272 B2
	Apparatus for tightening threaded fasteners
Eric P. Junkers, Mahwah, NJ (US); Peter Fortoloczki, Essex Fells, NJ (US); Thomas F. McLoughlin, Montclair, NJ (US); and Richard J. Raska, River Edge, NJ (US)
Assigned to HYTORC Division UNEX Corporation, Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed by HYTORC Division UNEX Corporation, Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/103,444.
Application 18/103,444 is a division of application No. 16/079,435, granted, now 11,590,633, previously published as PCT/US2017/019541, filed on Feb. 24, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/299,110, filed on Feb. 24, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0390903 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B25B 1/00 (2006.01); B25B 21/00 (2006.01); B25B 23/145 (2006.01); B25F 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 16/10 (2006.01); G05G 5/00 (2006.01)

CPC B25B 21/008 (2013.01) [B25B 21/00 (2013.01); B25B 23/145 (2013.01); B25F 5/001 (2013.01); B25F 5/005 (2013.01); G05D 16/103 (2013.01); G05G 5/005 (2013.01)]

26 Claims

1. A pneumatic fluid directional valve assembly for use with pneumatic torque tools for tightening and/or loosening threaded fasteners including: an outer pneumatic valve portion; an inner pneumatic valve portion; push button rod assembly; and wherein the outer pneumatic valve portion and the inner pneumatic valve portion, formed as a relatively rotatable unit actuated by the push button rod assembly, includes various inlet and exhaust ports, slots, faces, passages and sleeves which allow an operator to control and optimize directional airflow through the tool.