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An adjustable oil filter wrench is set forth including an adjustable strap accommodating oil filters of varying diameters with said straps secured to an aligned handle provided with an arcuate saddle for accepting an adjustably pivotal band therein for application of torque to said band over a subst

An adjustable oil filter wrench is set forth including an adjustable strap accommodating oil filters of varying diameters with said straps secured to an aligned handle provided with an arcuate saddle for accepting an adjustably pivotal band therein for application of torque to said band over a substantial circumferential surface of an oil filter upon pivotally clamping of the band about the oil filter.

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An oil filter wrench comprising a substantially circular strap means for encircling engagement of an oil filter canister including a metallic strap of a predetermined width including a series of slots spaced along said strap means, and said strap means including a fixed first end and a relatively mo

An oil filter wrench comprising a substantially circular strap means for encircling engagement of an oil filter canister including a metallic strap of a predetermined width including a series of slots spaced along said strap means, and said strap means including a fixed first end and a relatively movable second end with a housing overlying said second end for overlying said slots and for effecting movement of said second end relative to said first end upon rotation of a worm screw rotatably mounted within said housing, and elongate handle means including a saddle means pivotally mounted thereto for securing said first end to said handle means at a first position, and said elongate handle means including an arcuate concave recess at an upper terminal end thereof for enabling pivotment of said saddle means relative to said recess and wherein said saddle means overlie said arcuate concave recess, and a bifurcated flexible outer strap securing said housing to said handle means at a second and said housing secured adjacent a remote terminal end of said outer strap spaced from siad handle means, wherein said bifurcated flexible outer strap includes a first leg and a second leg wherein said first and second legs are pivotally secured to aligned second bosses, wherein said second bosses project orthogonally relative to said handle means, and said saddle means includes a plurality of legs projecting downwardly from said saddle means straddling said handle means and pivotally secured to respective aligned first bosses projecting orthogonally relative to said handle means wherein said first bosses are positioned proximate a first end of said arcuate recess and said second bosses are positioned proximate a second end of said arcuate recess remote from said first and adjacent opposite respective ends of said arcuate recess, and wherein said housing means further includes an underlying band wherein said underlying band has integrally secured therewithin a terminal end portion of said bifurcated flexible outer strap remote from said second bosses and slidingly accepts therethrough said second end of said strap means.