Release Tool
OwnerDouglas Dewellinventor
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Abstract
A tool for releasing a tube from a fluid carrying tubing fitting having a C frame with a first end member and a second longer end member. A screw having a first end and a second end is rotatably coupled to the first and second end members and a knob coupled to the first end of the screw is provided for rotating the screw. A movable jaw is located between the first and second end members and has a threaded opening that engages the first end of the screw. The tool may include a bolster plate which is adapted to be attached to the second end member of the C frame or to the movable jaw to contact the back of a tubing fitting and has an adapter plate with a hook that engages the screw and has a slot for engaging a tube from the front of a tubing fitting.
Claims20
A tool for releasing a tube from a fluid carrying tube fitting comprising:
- a C frame having a base member connected to a first end member and a second end member that is longer than the first end member;
- a screw having a first end rotatably coupled to the first end member and a second end rotatably coupled to the second end member;
- a knob coupled to the first end of the screw for rotating the screw;
- a movable jaw located between the first and second end members and having a threaded opening that engages the first end of the screw;
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- an adapter jaw having a hook that engages the screw and a slot for engaging a tube from the front of a tube fitting.
A tool for releasing a tube from a fluid carrying tube fitting comprising:
- a pair of tool adapter jaws, each having a U shaped slot that has a thin tapered U shaped blade along the edges of the slot and adjoining one side of the jaw, and
- a hook that engages a screw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.