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US 2016/0107300 A1Published application
Stud Installation and Removal Tool and Method of Use
OwnerWilliam R. Hendrix, IIinventor
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Abstract
An inventive stud removal and installation tool and method of use is disclosed. The inventive tool incorporates a body configured to hold a cage, cam sleeve and jaws. The sleeve is capable of being oriented to accomplish either stud removal or installation. The assembly of the tool is modular such that broken elements can be replaced without the need to replace the entirety of the tool.
Claims10
A tool for installing or removing a threaded member comprising:
- a hollow, cylindrical tool body having a first end and a second end and interior cogs;
- and
- a hollow, cylindrical cam sleeve having a first end and a second end and exterior cogs designed to mesh with the cogs of the tool body when the cam sleeve is inserted into the tool body;
- wherein the cam sleeve is reversible such that it may be inserted into the tool body in an orientation for installation of the threaded member or removal of the threaded member.
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A method of installing a threaded member comprising:
- applying rotational force to a hollow, cylindrical tool body having a first end and a second end and interior cogs;
- and
- the tool body having inserted therein a hollow, cylindrical cam sleeve having exterior cogs meshed with the cogs of the tool body;
- wherein the cam sleeve is reversible and inserted into the tool body such that it is oriented for installation.
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A method of removing a threaded member comprising:
- applying rotational force to a hollow, cylindrical tool body having a first end and a second end and interior cogs;
- and
- the tool body having inserted therein a hollow, cylindrical cam sleeve having exterior cogs meshed with the cows of the tool body;
- wherein the cam sleeve is reversible and inserted into the tool body such that it is oriented for removal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.