Rod pulling device.
AssigneeEchafaudages Secur-It Inc.
InventorGermain Depot
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Abstract
A rod pulling device for pulling a rod anchored in surrounding material, the rod pulling device comprising: a substantially elongated device body; a carriage movable along the device body; an actuator operatively coupled to the carriage for selectively moving the carriage along the device body; and a gripping assembly mounted to the carriage for selectively gripping the rod; wherein the gripping assembly includes a pair of jaws each defining a respective gripping surface for gripping the rod, the gripping surfaces facing each other and defining a gap therebetween for receiving the rod, the jaws being movable between open and closed configurations, wherein the gap is narrower in the closed configuration than in the open configuration.
Claims18
A rod pulling device for pulling a rod anchored in surrounding material, the rod pulling device comprising:
- a substantially elongated device body;
- a carriage movable along the device body;
- an actuator operatively coupled to the carriage for selectively moving the carriage along the device body;
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- a gripping assembly mounted to the carriage for selectively gripping the rod;
- wherein the gripping assembly includes a pair of jaws each defining a respective gripping surface for gripping the rod, the gripping surfaces facing each other and defining a gap therebetween for receiving the rod, the jaws being movable between open and closed configurations, wherein the gap is narrower in the closed configuration than in the open configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.