Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Rigid jaws
Patent
1998-11-16
2000-08-15
Smith, James G.
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Rigid jaws
811246, B25B 1306
Patent
active
061019046
ABSTRACT:
An improved flange removal tool is provided to facilitate the installation and removal of pipe flanges from a receiving pipe fitting. The flange tool includes a body portion with an upper surface which includes a central opening for receiving an engagement head of a socket wrench. A continuous frame is attached to the body portion by spaced arms such that the continuous frame is suspended in spaced relation from the lower surface of the body portion by a distance which is greater than the thickness of a pipe flange to be rotated. The pipe flange is positioned between the body portion and the frame so upon rotation of the flange tool, facilitated by engagement of a socket wrench with the central opening, side walls of the spaced arms contact the edges of the pipe flange to urge rotation thereof and threading onto its receiving pipe fitting. A number of different sizes of pipe flanges can be accommodated by the flange tool of the present invention without changing the operation of the tool or engagement of the bolt apertures of the pipe flange.
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Freitas Industries, Inc.
Smith James G.
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