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Hydraulic tube plug remover

US4679315A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 6, 1986
Grant dateJul 14, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 6, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53987
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hydraulic actuator (26) for removing a plug (14) from a tube (12) including tube gripping means (28, 32), the actuator having a double piston arrangement (38, 52), which when energized quickly and efficiently first causes the gripping means to positively grip the plug, and then thereafter remove the plug from the tube, all in one continuous motion.

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