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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Cecil Lee Lavender, Ocilla, GA (US);
Assignee:
Aeroquip-Vickers, Inc., Maumee, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294 96 ;
Abstract
A pulling device for use with a pipe having an inside wall. The device includes a center slide. The device further includes at least one gripper plate that is adapted to cooperatively engage the center slide to cause the gripper plate to expand outwardly with respect to the center slide. The gripper plate includes a plurality of rings for engaging the inside wall of the pipe. The device further includes a pulling eye attached to the center slide to which a swivel or a cable can be attached to pull the device.