Fluid handling – With repair – tapping – assembly – or disassembly means – Tapping a pipe – keg – or apertured tank under pressure
Patent
1994-02-18
1994-12-20
Shaver, Kevin P.
Fluid handling
With repair, tapping, assembly, or disassembly means
Tapping a pipe, keg, or apertured tank under pressure
222 5, 222 83, F16L 4104
Patent
active
053738667
ABSTRACT:
Refrigerant discharge pliers for removing refrigerant from the lines of refrigeration systems comprising a first rigid bar having a handle formed on one end and a lower jaw formed on the other end. A second rigid bar having a handle formed on one end and an upper jaw formed on the other end. A pivotal mechanism for coupling the jaws and allowing one bar to pivot with respect to the other. A spacer mechanism coupled between the handles for biasing the jaws. A positioning mechanism coupled to the jaws for holding and positioning a line. A piercing mechanism coupled to jaws for piercing a line held by the positioning mechanism, and a discharge mechanism coupled to the piercing mechanism for draining a pierced line held by the positioning mechanism.
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Colitz, Jr. Michael J.
Shaver Kevin P.
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