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US 9,643,827 B2Granted
Fire tube implement, system, and method
OwnerPhil Madroninventor
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Abstract
An implement is disclosed for use in moving a fire tube in relation to a heat treater. The disclosed implement includes a frame extending along a first axis, a shaft extending from the frame along a second axis, and a stabilizer extending from the frame that is configured to inhibit rotation of the fire tube when the implement is employed to move the fire tube.
Claims14
A method of moving a fire tube in relation to a heat treater, the method comprising:
- inserting a shaft of an implement into the fire tube, the fire tube defined by a first portion and a second portion, the fire tube being longitudinally asymmetric with respect to a longitudinal axis of the shaft when the shaft is inserted into the first portion;
- contacting an inner surface of the first portion of the fire tube with an exterior portion of the shaft;
- inhibiting gravitationally rotational movement of the second portion of the fire tube in relation to the implement;
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- moving the fire tube via movement of the implement.
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A method for extraction and insertion of a fire tube associated with a heater treater, the method comprising:
- positioning an elongate shaft coupled to a powered machine axially into an opening of the fire tube, the fire tube defined by a first portion and a second portion, the fire tube being longitudinally asymmetric with respect to a longitudinal axis of the elongate shaft when the elongate shaft is positioned into the first portion;
- altering height of the elongate shaft while the elongate shaft is positioned in the first portion of the fire tube to cause an exterior portion of the elongate shaft to engage an internal surface of the first portion of the fire tube;
- limiting gravitationally rotational movement of the second portion of the fire tube in relation to the elongate shaft;
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- extracting the fire tube from the heater treater by moving the powered machine while the elongate shaft is engaged with the first portion of the fire tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.