Flange gasket scraper tool
OwnerAdrian Chavez, Jr., Armando Ramirezinventors
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Abstract
A flange gasket scraper tool includes a handle, and flexible shaft extending from the handle, one or more scraping elements and a removal member. The scraping elements extend outward from the shaft or are located at a distance away from a central axis of the shaft. The removal member is coupled to the shaft and extends back towards the handle. The scraper body may have either a rectangular profile or a triangular profile. The scraper blades are configured with an edge treatment and may be tapered or squared at the edges. In one embodiment the scraper blade, the shaft, and the removal member are in the same plane. The tools are used to enter into and scrape out used gaskets from an area at the end of pipes.
Claims17
A flange gasket scraper tool, comprising:
- a handle;
- a shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to the handle, the shaft having a width and a thickness being rectangular in shape, the shaft configured to flex about its width;
- a scraper body coupled to the second end of the shaft, the scraper body having a width and a thickness, the scraper body width being equal to the width of the shaft, the scraper body including a scraper blade along a top edge of the scraper body;
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- a removal member coupled to the shaft and extending downward to the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.