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2. Allen (brand) - Wikipedia

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   Originally named Allen Manufacturing Company, the business produced hexagonal set screws and wrenches to fasten them. The terms "Allen wrench" (American English, though "Allen key" is also common in the US) and "Allen key" (British English) [3] are derived from the Allen brand name and refer to the generic product category "hex keys".

3. Easco Hand Tools - Wikipedia

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   Easco Hand Tools was an American manufacturer of hand tools. It is best known for being the main supplier of mechanic's tools for the Craftsman brand. Its tools were also sold under the Allen and KD Tools brands after its acquisition by Danaher Corporation. The brand name was gradually phased out by Danaher.

4. Hex key - Wikipedia

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   A hex key (also, hex wrench, Allen key and Allen wrench, Unbrako or Inbus) is a simple driver for bolts or screws that have heads with internal hexagonal recesses ().. Hex keys are formed from a single piece of hard hexagonal steel rod, having blunt ends that fit snugly into similarly shaped screw sockets.

5. List of screw drives - Wikipedia

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   A hex screw drive uses six-sided fastener heads, and the fastener is known as a hex head cap screw. It can be turned with an adjustable wrench, combination wrench and 6- or 12-point sockets. The hex drive is better than square drive for locations where surrounding obstacles limit wrenching access, because smaller wrench-swing arcs can still ...

6. Proto (tools) - Wikipedia

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   Proto Tools (formally Stanley Proto) is an American industrial hand tool company. Founded as Plomb , it is presently a division of Stanley Black & Decker . The company is credited with creating the first combination wrench in 1933.

7. Crescent (brand) - Wikipedia

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   Crescent is a brand of hand tools. It originated with the Crescent Tool Company, founded in 1907. The Crescent brand has changed ownership multiple times. It is currently owned by Apex Tool Group, LLC of Sparks, Maryland as part of its Hand Tools division. It is best known for its style of adjustable wrench. [1] [2]