Patent ID: 9726657
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G01N

Claim:
1. A pullout apparatus, comprising: a plurality of bracing rods connected to a cylindrical first base plate at a proximal end of the plurality of bracing rods; a cylindrical second base plate connected at a distal end of the plurality of bracing rods; a reaction rod attached to the first base plate extending away from the plurality of bracing rods; a sample specimen mounting location disposed between the first base plate and the second base plate; and an anchor disposed through the second base plate and configured to be fixed within a sample cylindrical specimen mounted at the sample specimen mounting location, wherein the first base plate is removably attached to the plurality of bracing rods to insert additional bracing rods based on the mounted sample specimen, wherein the first cylindrical base plate has a diameter equal to a diameter of the second cylindrical base plate, the cylindrical specimen has a diameter equal to half the diameter of either one of the first base plate and the second base plate, and a diameter of each bracing rod is equal to a diameter of the anchor, and wherein the reaction rod and the anchor are configured to be mounted in a universal testing machine (UTM), the reaction rod being connected to a first grip of the UTM, and the anchor being connected to a second grip of the UTM.