Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Coupling to conduit
Patent
1991-12-13
1993-02-23
Watson, Robert C.
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Coupling to conduit
29268, F16L 3500, B23P 1904
Patent
active
051878518
ABSTRACT:
A tool for releasing a male fitting from a mating female connector coupled together by a retaining element includes an elongated H-shaped handle, a bifurcated body including complementary body havles resiliently carried by one end of the handle in a spaced-apart relationship which embraces an outer surface of the connector in a fixed orientation substantially overlying a radial opening therein which exposes the retaining element, and an abutment member which extends from one or both of the body halves operable to radially penetrate the opening to displace the retaining element from an engaged position to an O.D. release position. A second bifurcated body including a second set of complementary body halves is carried on the other end of the handle. Finger members carried by the second body axially engages the retaining element to effect I.D. release of the connector.
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ITT Corporation
Lewis J. Gordon
Seitter Robert P.
Watson Robert C.
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