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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2004
Applicant:
Luke G. M. Gray, Waterloo, CA;
Inventor:
Luke G. M. Gray, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd., New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/027 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is related to a tube extracting device for removing a tube from a conventional drum of a boiler or heat exchanger. The device includes a wedge which is driven into a tube hole between the tube outer wall and the hole in the drum that the tube is in. The wedge has longitudinal ridges on its internal surface and inwardly tapered edges at its end which is driven into the zone between the tube hole and the outer wall of the tube such that the tube may be readily inwardly collapsed. Upon retracting the wedge from the tube hole, the tube is removed from the drum inside the wedge.