Attaching means removal tool
OwnerFrank D. Ragsdale, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
An attachment device is provided by joining a first structural member to the threaded stud of a second structural member by an attaching means which includes a flanged main body that has a tapered portion. A nut tightens the attachment device into an aperture of the first structural member and a removal tool is used to remove the attachment device when desired.
Claims6
An attaching means removal tool for removing an attaching means positioned on a stud from within an aperture, said tool comprising:
- a smooth cylindrically-shaped housing, a threaded member, said threaded member displaceably mounted within said housing, said housing defining an interior circumferential groove and an exterior longitudinal slot, said slot having a relatively wide mouth and a narrow neck, said neck extending rearwardly of said circumferential groove along said housing approximately twice the length of said mouth whereby an attaching means positioned within said circumferential groove is removed from the aperture by displacing said threaded member into said attaching means to urge said attaching means therefrom.
A tool for removal of an attaching means which is frictionally positioned within an aperture and on a stud extending from said aperture, said tool comprising:
- a smooth cylindrical housing, a threaded member displaceably mounted within said housing, said housing defining an exterior slot, said slot having a wide mouth and relatively narrow neck, said neck extending along said housing approximately twice the length of said mouth said housing defining an interior circumferential groove, said circumferential groove positioned proximate said mouth, said threaded member extending through said housing for rotation thereof, whereby the flange of an attaching means can be placed in the circumferential groove and by rotating the threaded member, the threaded member first contacts the stud and by continued rotation of said threaded member said attaching means is forced from the aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.