Hammer tipping and de-tipping device
AssigneeRomp Fasteners LLC
InventorHollis C. HENDERSON, JR.
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Abstract
A mallet hammer tipping-detipping apparatus may include a press weldment. The press weldment may include a press base and a press neck extending from a surface of the press base. The mallet hammer tipping-detipping apparatus may include a press adapter coupled to the press neck. The press adapter may include a central recess such that a mallet hammer head may interface with the press adapter. The mallet hammer tipping-detipping apparatus may include a tip holder coupled to the base of the press weldment such that the press adapter is positioned above the tip holder. The tip holder may include a seating section in which the mallet hammer head may be positioned.
Claims20
A mallet hammer tipping-detipping apparatus, comprising:
- a press weldment, the press weldment including a press base and a press neck extending from a surface of the press base;
- a press adapter coupled to the press neck, the press adapter including a central recess;
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- a tip holder coupled to the press base such that the press adapter is positioned above the tip holder, the tip holder including a seating section.
A method of installing a mallet hammer cap to a mallet hammer head, the method comprising:
- positioning a first end of the hammer head in a seating section of a tip holder;
- positioning a second end of the mallet hammer head against a press adapter of a mallet hammer tipping-detipping apparatus, wherein the hammer tipping-detipping apparatus comprises:
- a press weldment, the press weldment including a press base and a press neck extending from a surface of the press base;
- the press adapter coupled to the press neck, the press adapter including a central recess;
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- the tip holder coupled to the press base such that the press adapter is positioned above the tip holder, the tip holder including the seating section;
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- applying a downward pressure to the press adapter.
A method of removing a mallet hammer cap from a hammer head, the method comprising:
- positioning a lateral surface of the mallet hammer head against a seating section of a tip holder;
- applying a downward pressure to a press adapter of a hammer tipping-detipping apparatus positioned above the mallet hammer head, wherein the mallet hammer tipping-detipping apparatus comprises:
- a press weldment, the press weldment including a press base and a press neck extending from a surface of the press base;
- the press adapter coupled to the press neck, the press adapter including a central recess;
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- the tip holder coupled to the press base such that the press adapter is positioned above the tip holder, the tip holder including the seating section;
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- applying a pressure to a handle of the hammer in a direction away from the hammer tipping-detipping apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.