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US 2016/0096712 A1Published application
Fire tube implement, system, and method
OwnerPhil Madroninventor
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Abstract
An implement is disclosed for use in moving a fire tube in relation to a heat treater. The disclosed implement includes a frame extending along a first axis, a shaft extending from the frame along a second axis, and a stabilizer extending from the frame that is configured to inhibit rotation of the fire tube when the implement is employed to move the fire tube.
Claims15
A method of moving a fire tube in relation to a heat treater, the method comprising:
- inserting a shaft of an implement into the fire tube;
- contacting an inner surface of the fire tube with an exterior portion of the shaft;
- inhibiting rotational movement of the fire tube in relation to the implement;
- and
- moving the fire tube via movement of the implement.
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A method for extraction and insertion of a fire tube associated with a heater treater, comprising:
- positioning an elongate shaft coupled to a powered machine axially into an opening of the fire tube;
- altering height of the elongate shaft while positioned in the fire tube to cause an exterior portion of the elongate shaft to engage an internal surface of the fire tube;
- limiting rotational movement of the fire tube in relation to the elongate shaft;
- and
- extracting the fire tube from the heater treater by moving the powered machine while the elongate shaft is engaged with the fire tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.