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4: Trimming of Lighted Screwdriver: Invention of Nano-LED guided screw-driver

This invention relates generally to screw drivers, though it can be extended to other hand or hand held
power tools. In particular, this invention is directed towards mini or micro screwdrivers.

Established Problem: It is well known that at times a person is obliged to place or remove a screw that is
in a dark area, so that a separate flashlight must be employed to accomplish the task. Often there is not
enough space for placement of a flashlight in the area, or the use of a flashlight necessitates a second
person to hold it while a first person's hands are both busy holding the screw and the screw driver. This
situation is accordingly in want of an improvement. Therefore, it is a principle object of the present
invention to provide a screw driver that incorporates its own light for illuminating a screw being turned,
and the vicinity thereof where the light is needed, and which thus eliminates the employment of external
lighting means. What are shortcomings or limitations of existing patents on this?

1. Either additional space is taken by lighting sub-system

2. TS is conventionally lighted screw driver. It is too complex.

3. Light source is way above screw so illumination is not bright enough on head of screw

4. No adaptation for micro screwdrivers exists. Especially, miniaturization, viz. type 2nd
convolution is prohibited or tough.

Figure 69 shows some existing patents.

 Figure 69

We start with our trimming in a customized manner. Instead of pruning conventionally lighted screw
driver, we start with standard screw driver as our TS and increase MUF by inclusion of illumination
function. Strategy is to develop a convoluted TS with lighting function incorporated. This convoluted
result can be ‘considered’ as trimmed version of cumbersome conventionally lighted screw driver.

TS = basic screw driver, figure 70.

MUF = to tighten screws, bolts, similar machine parts.

Super-System = TS + bolt to be tightened (with machine part where located) + flashlight used at night
(conditional adjacent technical system)

Environment = Sunlight or lack of it at night, gravity.

Inventive Problem= To add to existing MUF, another function of being able to work in poor light
conditions without adjacent TS of flashlight.

MUF (desired) = to tighten screws in all-light conditions = MUF(1) tighten screws + MUF(2) provide
light by TS.

1. If we desired we could have left MUF of our TS unaltered and concentrated on super-system.
 2. In that case, super-system could have fulfilled necessary MUF of light providing. For example,
luminescent or radium coated bolt.

3. Also, in super-system, MUF is tightening bolt in all light conditions. We could have used another
physical principle of magnetism, electrostatic field, etc. that enables us to direct tip of screwdriver
to exact face of bolt’s head. We could have got away with light-emitting source altogether.
Already magnetized tip of screw driver used to ‘hold’ it to bolt, screw, etc.

4. But we avoid Super-System route and confine ourselves to TS only.

Figure 70

5. In our TS = screw driver, add a sub-system SS(l)

6. MUF of SS(l) = provide light onto screw/bolt

7. Parts of SS(l) :
a) light source
b) pathway for light
c) battery
d) electrical connectors
e) switch

Development of SS(l)

Choices made

a) light source = taken as nano Led enclosed in shank, size: 0.8mm

b) pathway for light = shank of screwdriver

c) battery = displacing handle

d) electrical connectors = enclosed & hidden in shank

e) switch = can be placed anywhere

Modification of parts of TS to accommodate SS(l)

a) Handle of SS displaced/replaced by Battery. Battery is rigid enough and can withstand stresses
generated in handle of compressive & shearing kind due to pressing of screwdriver to screw &
turning of hard nuts. So feasible.

b) Shank to be made of hollow tube that carries light efficiently by total internal refraction. Fibre
glass or toughened glass possible. Strength of shank by replacing solid cylindrical shape to
hollow cylindrical shape would not cause much disadvantage. Most chairs and tables have tubular
legs of hollow beams. Advantage additionally is: weight saving. So MDE of TS goes down.
Shank can enclose nano-LED and connection wires.

c) Once hollow transparent tube replaces solid steel, LED can be moved up & down vertically inside
shank by pulling or releasing wires. Application of Laws of dynamics growth of technical system.

Final technical solution photographed in Figure 71. We leave it for readers to investigate type(s)
of convolution occurring.