Nut member strike adapter and method of utilizing the same
AssigneeInnovative Maintenance Products, LLC
InventorElias De Los Santos
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Abstract
An adapter encircles and locks around nut members of pipe unions or nuts made up on fasteners, and engages the nut member in locking contact. The adapter has strike surfaces which allow the nut member to be tightened or loosened by a hammering means, such as a hammer, mallet or sledge hammer. Thus, in the case of a pipe union, the device temporarily converts a nut union to a hammer union. The apparatus is configured to facilitate attachment of the device in tight situations, such as attaching the device to the nut member of a pipe union on a piping manifold having closely spaced parallel pipelines.
Claims14
A device for facilitating the loosening or tightening of a nut member, the device comprising:
- a first nut adaptor member and a second nut adapter member, each nut adapter member comprising an outwardly facing side and an inwardly facing side;
- means for attaching the first nut adapter member to the second nut adapter member with the inwardly facing side of the first nut adapter member in facing relationship with the inwardly facing side of the second nut adapter member, wherein an opening is defined by the respective inwardly facing sides when the first nut adapter member is attached to the second nut adapter member and the opening comprises inwardly facing engagement surfaces for engaging the nut member;
- the outwardly facing side of the first nut adapter member comprising a strike member radiating outwardly, the strike member comprising a side having a tightening strike surface and a side having a loosening strike surface;
- wherein the first nut adapter member may pivot with respect to the second nut adapter member before the first nut adapter member is fully attached to the second nut adapter member;
- wherein a plane is defined by the nut member, wherein the plane is parallel to the opening of the nut member, and the device may pivot in the same plane as the plane defined by the nut member or, alternatively, the first nut adapter member may pivot in a different plane than the plane defined by the nut member while the second adapter member remains in the plane defined by the nut member.
A device for facilitating the loosening or tightening of a nut member the device comprising:
- a first nut adaptor member comprising a pair of outwardly extending strike members, a pair of fastener retention members, and an inwardly facing side, the inwardly facing side comprising engagement surfaces for engaging two sides of the nut member;
- a second nut adaptor member pivotally attached to the first nut adapter member, the second nut adaptor member comprising a pair of outwardly extending strike members, a pair of fastener retention members, and an inwardly facing side, the inwardly facing side comprising engagement surfaces for engaging two sides of the nut member;
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- means for securing the first nut adapter member to the second nut adapter member in a fixed position with respect to one another such that the inwardly facing side of the first nut adapter member is retained in a facing relationship with the inwardly facing side of the second nut adapter member, each inwardly facing side in locking engagement with the nut member;
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- at least one pair of opposite facing clips attached to the first nut adapter member, the opposite facing clips oriented toward the inwardly facing side, the opposite facing clips defining an opening for receiving a side of the nut member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.