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US 5,515,250 AGranted
Magnetic valve spring shim remover
OwnerJoe A. Ortegainventor
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Abstract
A device for removing valve spring shims from automotive cylinder heads, the device being constructed in the form of a hand tool having a pair of prongs at the end of a shaft, with a magnet installed in each prong.
Claims10
A device adapted to remove the valve spring shim of a valve assembly in internal combustion engines, the device comprising:
- a hand tool having a handle and connected shaft with a pronged end, the pronged end having at least two tine elements with terminal ends, the terminal ends each having a magnet, wherein the tine elements are spaced to span a projecting valve guide in a valve assembly and permit engagement of the magnets with the shim.
A device for removing valve spring shims from an engine, comprising:
- a non-magnetic handle having a longitudinal axis;
- a non-magnetic two-pronged head having a longitudinal axis coincident with the axis of the handle;
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- two opposed magnetic tines projecting from the pronged head and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pronged head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.