Tool for removing automotive door panels
OwnerGerald P. Wivinisinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A tool for removing the outer sheet metal skin of an automobile door. The tool includes a head having a handle and a shank affixed to it, so that the tool can be held and guided by the handle, when operated with a pneumatic hammer or air chisel is coupled to the shank. The tool has a stepped groove formed in the bottom wall of the head, and a removable cutting bit which extends through the head and has its cutting edge co-planar with the bottom of the groove. Forward of the cutting bit the groove is of a deeper depth, and controls the depth of cut made by the tool when the cut edge of the sheet metal skin is seated in the groove behind the cutting bit. A bore also is provided in the head for dispelling the chip or scrape cut from the sheet metal skin.
Claims10
A tool for use in removing a door panel from an automobile door, the door panel being an outer sheet metal skin with its edges reversely folded over the edge of the door frame so that the door frame is sandwiched between the folded over edge and the outer sheet metal skin, said tool comprising:
- a head having at least a front wall, a back wall and a bottom wall;
- a stepped guide groove formed in said bottom wall and extending from said back wall to said front wall and having a first and a second bottom surface, said second bottom surface being deeper in depth than said first bottom surface;
- a cutting bit disposed with the cutting edge thereof co-planar with said first bottom surface of said guide groove, said second bottom surface of said guide groove being forward of said cutting bit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.