Multi-port core removal tool
OwnerRonald A. Plasek, Gregory M. Guseinventors
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Abstract
An embodiment provides a tool, including: a flare nut region at a distal end of the tool comprising a fastener complementary to a fitting on an environmental control system, wherein the fastener and the fitting form an air tight seal; a core removal tool region at a proximal end comprising a shaft, a knob at the proximal end of the shaft, and a slidable fastener, wherein a distal end of the shaft has a complementary shape to a core; and a coupler region between the distal end of the tool and the proximal end of the tool, the coupler region comprising at least two ports, an internal valve, and a longitudinal volume to accept the distal end of the core removal tool region. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims20
A tool, comprising:
- a flare nut region at a distal end of the tool comprising a fastener, wherein the fastener forms an air tight seal with an environmental control system;
- a core removal tool region at a proximal end of the tool comprising a shaft, a knob at an opposite end of the shaft from an end that mates with a valve core, and a slidable fastener, wherein the shaft is oriented along a longitudinal axis of the core removal tool region;
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- a coupler region between the distal end of the tool and the proximal end of the tool, the coupler region comprising at least two ports, an internal valve, and a longitudinal volume to accept a portion of the core removal tool region, wherein each of the at least two ports are at an acute angle from the longitudinal axis, wherein the internal valve is positioned at an intersection of the longitudinal axis of the tool and the at least two ports.
A method for servicing an environmental control system, comprising:
- removing a core on the environmental control system using a multi-port core removal tool;
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- installing the multi-port core removal tool within the environmental control system;
- wherein the multi-port core removal tool comprises:
- a flare nut region at a distal end of the tool comprising a fastener, wherein the fastener forms an air tight seal with the environmental control system;
- a core removal tool region at a proximal end of the tool comprising a shaft, a knob at an opposite end of the shaft from an end that mates with a valve core, and a slidable fastener, wherein the shaft is oriented along a longitudinal axis of the core removal tool region;
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- a coupler region between the distal end of the tool and the proximal end of the tool, the coupler region comprising at least two ports, an internal valve, and a longitudinal volume to accept a portion of the core removal tool region, wherein each of the at least two ports are at an acute angle from the longitudinal axis, wherein the internal valve is positioned at an intersection of the longitudinal axis of the tool and the at least two ports.
A tool, comprising:
- a flare nut region at a distal end of the tool comprising a fastener, wherein the fastener forms an air tight seal with an environmental control system;
- a core removal tool region at a proximal end of the tool comprising a shaft, a knob an opposite end of the shaft from an end that mates with a valve core, and a slidable fastener, wherein the shaft is oriented along a longitudinal axis of the core removal tool region;
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- a coupler region between the distal end of the tool and the proximal end of the tool having at least two ports, at least two vacuum pump hoses operatively coupled to the at least two ports, an internal valve, and a longitudinal volume to accept a portion of the core removal tool region, wherein each of the at least two ports are at an acute angle from the longitudinal axis, wherein provision of the at least two vacuum pump hoses reduce a time to reach a vacuum within the environmental control system, wherein the internal valve is positioned at an intersection of the longitudinal axis of the tool and the at least two ports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.