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Tool for installing and removing threaded members

US10828752B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 23, 2013
Grant dateNov 10, 2020
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 29, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25B13/5008
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool for installing or removing a threaded member as for example a thread protector onto a second threaded member, as for example, the pin or box of an oilfield tubular, which has a jaw for selectively gripping an outer surface of a thread protector, a bridge interconnecting the jaw and a cam, the cam being selectively engageable with the inner surface of the thread protector, the cam being operatively connected to a lever for moving the cam from a first position out of contact with the inner surface of the thread protector to a second position in gripping engagement with the inner surface of the thread protector.

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