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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce V. Weeks, Pataskala, OH (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cutting Technologies, Ltd., Westerville, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/526 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/526 ;
Abstract
A power boiler tube removal tool assembly is provided with co-operating shear block cavity, shear blade, and anvil elements that function to shear and inwardly bend gap metal in a boiler tube flared-end segment to thereby facilitate subsequent boiler tube flared-end segment peeling, crushing, and withdrawal steps that complete tube end removal from retention within a boiler drum wall.