O.D. - I.D. combination release tool
US5187851A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 13, 1991 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/539
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A tool for releasing a male fitting from a mating female connector coupled together by a retaining element includes an elongated H-shaped handle, a bifurcated body including complementary body havles resiliently carried by one end of the handle in a spaced-apart relationship which embraces an outer surface of the connector in a fixed orientation substantially overlying a radial opening therein which exposes the retaining element, and an abutment member which extends from one or both of the body halves operable to radially penetrate the opening to displace the retaining element from an engaged position to an O.D. release position. A second bifurcated body including a second set of complementary body halves is carried on the other end of the handle. Finger members carried by the second body axially engages the retaining element to effect I.D. release of the connector.
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