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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:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas E. Haycook, Whitehall, 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 boiler tube peeler tool useful in connection with the removal of boiler tube flared-end segments from retention within a power boiler drum wall is provided with a tool guide element that slidably co-operates with boiler tube flared-end segment, and with a tool peeler element that slidably co-operates with the guide element and that peels unwanted gap metal from the boiler tube flared-end segment by shearing and bending when manually forced throughout the length of the retained boiler tube flared-end segment.