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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2008
Michel Armand Lauzon, Haileybury, CA;
Rejean Leonel Plante, Callander, CA;
David Robert Ritter, North Bay, CA;
Michel Armand Lauzon, Haileybury, CA;
Rejean Leonel Plante, Callander, CA;
David Robert Ritter, North Bay, CA;
Longyear TM, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Abstract
A joint tool includes a first wrench assembly configured to be placed in gripping contact with a rod, a second wrench assembly including jaws configured to grip and rotate a rod when the second wrench assembly is rotated in a first direction and to rotate relative to the rod when moved in a second direction, the second direction being opposite the first direction, and a drive assembly mounted to the first wrench assembly and coupled to the second wrench assembly, the drive assembly being configured to rotate the rod in the first direction and the second direction.