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US 12,194,556 B2Granted
Thread repair hand tool
OwnerBeau Biggsinventor
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Abstract
A thread repair hand tool for rapidly repairing damaged threads on a threaded rod, the tool including a shell member and a core member to move inside the shell member to separate or combine a pair of threaded semi-circular arc sections.
Claims7
A thread repair hand tool apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a shell member comprising:
- a cavity therein;
- a shell member first end;
- a shell member second end, wherein an inside surface along the shell member second end further comprises an inwardly facing first semi-circular threaded arc;
- and
- a shell member first wall and a shell member first aperture along the shell member first wall;
- a shell member second wall opposite the shell member first wall;
- a shell member third wall oriented orthogonal to the shell member first wall, the shell member third wall further comprising a shell member second aperture along the shell member third wall;
- a shell member fourth wall opposite the shell member third wall, the shell member fourth wall further comprising a shell member third aperture along the shell member fourth wall;
- a core member comprising:
- a core member first end, the core member first end further comprising a biasing member extending out of the shell member first aperture;
- a core member second end, the core member second end comprising an outwardly facing second semi-circular threaded arc;
- a core member base configured to slide along a shell member second wall interior surface of the shell member second wall;
- wherein the core member is configured to move inside the shell member from a first configuration in which the first semi-circular threaded arc and the second semi-circular threaded arc are separated to a second configuration in which the first semi-circular threaded arc and the second semi-circular threaded arc are combined to form a full circular threaded arc.
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A method for repairing threads of a threaded rod, the method comprising:
- providing a thread repair hand tool comprising:
- a shell member comprising:
- a cavity therein;
- a shell member first end;
- a shell member second end, wherein an inside surface along the shell member second end further comprises an inwardly facing first semi-circular threaded arc;
- and
- a shell member first wall and a shell member first aperture along the shell member first wall;
- a shell member second wall opposite the shell member first wall;
- a shell member third wall oriented orthogonal to the shell member first wall, the shell member third wall further comprising a shell member second aperture along the shell member third wall;
- a shell member fourth wall opposite the shell member third wall, the shell member fourth wall further comprising a shell member third aperture along the shell member fourth wall;
- a core member comprising:
- a core member first end, the core member first end further comprising a biasing member extending out of the shell member first aperture;
- a core member second end, the core member second end comprising an outwardly facing second semi-circular threaded arc;
- a core member base configured to slide along a shell member second wall interior surface of the shell member second wall;
- wherein the core member is configured to move inside the shell member from a first configuration in which the first semi-circular threaded arc and the second semi-circular threaded arc are separated to a second configuration in which the first semi-circular threaded arc and the second semi-circular threaded arc are combined to form a full circular threaded arc
- setting the thread repair hand tool to the first configuration;
- positioning the thread repair hand tool such that a threaded rod extends through the shell member second aperture and the shell member third aperture;
- moving the thread repair hand tool along the threaded rod until the thread repair hand tool is position adjacent to a section of the threaded rod that includes damaged threads;
- setting the thread repair hand tool to the second configuration;
- rotating the thread repair hand tool around the threaded rod such that the full circular threaded arc tightly rotates along the damaged threads to repair the damaged threads;
- setting the thread repair hand tool to the first configuration;
- and
- removing the thread repair hand tool from the threaded rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.