Tool for Installing and Removing Threaded Members
OwnerPeter Krollinventor
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Abstract
A tool for installing or removing a threaded member as for example a thread protector onto a second threaded member, as for example, the pin or box of an oilfield tubular, which has a jaw for selectively gripping an outer surface of a thread protector, a bridge interconnecting the jaw and a cam, the cam being selectively engageable with the inner surface of the thread protector, the cam being operatively connected to a lever for moving the cam from a first position out of contact with the inner surface of the thread protector to a second position in gripping engagement with the inner surface of the thread protector.
Claims14
A tool for installing or removing a first threaded member from a second threaded member, comprising:
- a bridge having a first end and a second end;
- a jaw connected proximal said first end of said bridge;
- a cam rotatbly connected to said bridge, distal said jaw, said cam having a laterally outwardly projecting camming surface;
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- a lever, operatively connected to said cam, movement of said lever in a first direction causing a decrease in the distance between said jaw and said camming surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.