Pipe extracting tool
OwnerDale BRUEGEMANinventor
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Abstract
The present application discloses a pipe extracting tool for use with first and second pipes mated together and having a gasket disposed therebetween. The pipe extracting tool includes an arcuate blade and a driving member portion extending radially outwardly from the arcuate blade. The arcuate blade is sized and shaped to surround an outer circumference of the first pipe and slide between the outer circumference of the first pipe and an inner circumference of the second pipe to disengage the gasket from one of the first and second pipes.
Claims19
A pipe extracting tool for use with first and second pipes mated together and having a gasket disposed therebetween, the pipe extracting tool comprising:
- (a) an arcuate blade being sized and shaped to substantially surround an outer circumference of the first pipe and slide between the outer circumference of the first pipe and an inner circumference of the second pipe to disengage the gasket from one of the first and second pipes;
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- (b) a driving member portion extending radially outwardly from the arcuate blade.
A pipe extracting tool kit for use with a first pipe having an outer circumference and a second pipe having an inner circumference, the first and second pipes mated together and having a gasket disposed therebetween and engaging the outer circumference of the first pipe and the inner circumference of the second pipe, the pipe extracting tool kit comprising:
- (a) a first tool piece, comprising:
- (i) a first arcuate blade having first and second ends, the first arcuate blade being sized and shaped to surround a portion of the first pipe and slide between the outer circumference of the first pipe and the inner circumference of the second pipe to disengage a first portion of the gasket from the outer circumference of the first pipe;
- (ii) a first driving member portion extending radially outwardly from the first arcuate blade;
- (b) a second tool piece, comprising:
- (i) a second arcuate blade having first and second ends, the second arcuate blade being sized and shaped to surround a portion of the first pipe and slide between the outer circumference of the first pipe and the inner circumference of the second pipe to disengage a second portion of the gasket from the outer circumference of the first pipe, the second arcuate blade also sized and shaped such that the first and second ends of the second arcuate blade overlap the first and second ends of the first arcuate blade when the first and second arcuate blades surround the first pipe;
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- (ii) a second driving member portion extending radially outwardly from the second arcuate blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.