Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Coupling to conduit
Patent
1995-08-10
1998-09-08
Watson, Robert C.
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Coupling to conduit
29268, 814265, 81423, B23P 1904
Patent
active
058026908
ABSTRACT:
A tool for reconnecting a fuel hose safety break away. Various geometry safety break aways are attached to various diameter fuel hoses, typically above a person's head. These safety break aways separate if a vehicle drives away from a fuel pump with the fuel nozzle still attached to the vehicle. The tool of the present invention assists the person having to reconnect the two halves of the safety break away. While individual tools for various geometry safety break aways and different hose diameters can be made, so that a service station does not have to obtain several different tools for their various fuel pumps, the tool of the preferred embodiment has a plurality of user selectable jaws, the jaws having hose engaging portions with similar geometry to the hoses they are to engage. Further, the tool is adjustable, for example, using a channel lock type configuration for the two members, so that the jaws can be moved closer together or further apart to be the proper spacing for the particular safety break away being reconnected. Instead of a channel lock type configuration, one of the members can have an extended portion which receives a jaw receiving portion which is movable therealong. The selected jaws can be securely retained by the members.
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Page from 1989 Granges Catalog Showing Locking Bar Clamps, Other Info Unknow.
Eaves, Jr. James C.
Watson Robert C.
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