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US 5,245,737 AGranted
Cotter pin extractor kit apparatus
OwnerCharles R. Pereainventor
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Abstract
Elongate pull legs having shanks are arranged with hooks at their first distal ends and shank projecting second ends for reception within a slide hammer arrangement, wherein the hooks are arranged for grasping of cotter pins for their extraction.
Claims3
A cotter pin extractor kit apparatus, comprising in combination,
- a first pull leg, a second pull leg, and a slide hammer, the first pull leg includes a first longitudinally aligned leg shank of a first length and first shank first end and a first shank second end, and the second pull leg includes an elongate second leg shank longitudinally aligned having a second shank first end and a second shank second end, wherein the second shank is of a second length less than the first length, and
- the first shank first end includes a first bore directed through the first shank orthogonally oriented relative to the first shank, and the second shank first end includes a second bore directed therethrough orthogonally oriented relative to the second shank, and the first shank first end includes a first hook member integral with the first shank, and the second shank first end includes an intermediate shank oriented at an oblique angle relative to the second leg shank, and the intermediate shank includes a forward shank integral to the intermediate shank and the forward shank is spaced from the second shank, with the forward shank arranged parallel to and offset relative to the second leg shank, wherein the forward shank includes a second hook member mounted to the forward shank spaced from the intermediate shank, and
- the slide hammer includes a slide hammer shaft, the slide hammer shaft having a first end, with the slide hammer shaft first end having a handle longitudinally aligned with the slide hammer shaft, and the handle including a handle abutment flange at an intersection of the slide hammer shaft and the handle, and the slide hammer shaft having a slide hammer shaft second end, and the slide hammer shaft second end including a second end socket to selectively receive the first pull leg and the second pull leg therewithin, with the slide hammer socket having a slide hammer socket aperture, wherein the slide hammer aperture is directed through the second end socket for alignment with the first bore and the second bore selectively, and
- a lock pin arranged for projection through the aperture and selectively the first bore and the second bore.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.