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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Charles R. Smida, Isanti, MN (US);
Darrell E. Morse, Rochester, MN (US);
Daniel L. Lozinski, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Charles R. Smida, Isanti, MN (US);
Darrell E. Morse, Rochester, MN (US);
Daniel L. Lozinski, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Airmo, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A hydrostatic testing tool for testing containers, hoses or the like under high pressures. The testing tool having a coupling that threadably engages a threaded aperture of a test container without having to be rotated into the threaded aperture. The hydrostatic testing tool may be hooked up to a source of pressurized medium and the tool includes a container-engaging head having a plurality of collet segments that each have a threaded surface that can expand radially outward, partially due to the force of the pressurized medium, to engage a threaded aperture of the test container, allowing for the formation of a liquid and/or gas tight seal under high pressures. The testing tool further includes an actuating unit connected to the head that controls the movement of the collet segments with a piston or the like.