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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2011
James H. Cink, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jonathan D. Berger, St. Louis, MO (US);
Steven R. Sims, St. Louis, MO (US);
Lee M. White, St. Louis, MO (US);
James H. Cink, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jonathan D. Berger, St. Louis, MO (US);
Steven R. Sims, St. Louis, MO (US);
Lee M. White, St. Louis, MO (US);
BASF Corporation, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
A tool includes a hub, at least two opposed fingers depending from the hub, and at least two opposed skirt sections configured different from the fingers. The skirt sections depend from the hub and are disposed adjacent the fingers. The opposed skirt sections have a second transverse distance between lower edges thereof that is greater than a first transverse distance between lower edges of the opposed fingers. The fingers are resiliently moveable relative to the skirt sections. Each of the fingers is circumferentially spaced from the adjacent skirt section by a gap. At least a portion of the gap is formed in the hub. The at least two fingers and the at least two skirt sections are circularly aligned such that each of the fingers and each of the skirt sections lie on a common circle.