Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Assembling or joining
Patent
1988-06-03
1992-03-03
Meislin, D. S.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Assembling or joining
29525, 29278, 8117615, B21D 3900
Patent
active
050920251
ABSTRACT:
A four-way closet spud insertion tool for inserting a spud into a inlet/outlet hole of a plumbing fixture. The closet spud includes a couple having at least one lug protruding inwardly therefrom and a gasket circumscribing the couple, the gasket having a flared portion that is to be inserted into the inlet/outlet hole of the fixture with a portion of the couple, the diameter of the flared portion being greater than the diameter of the hole. The spud insertion tool comprises a cross-shaped body having four arms extending from a center point thereof, each of the arms terminating in a different head, each of the heads being configured to be insertable into a respectively sized couple, the force being sufficient to compress the flared portion of the gasket such that the flared portion can pass through the hole of the fixture.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2644359 (1953-07-01), Lydle
patent: 3156141 (1964-11-01), Pluntz
patent: 4016696 (1977-04-01), Mess et al.
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