Patent ID: 9724810
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B25B,F16B

Claim:
1. A coupling bolt hole alignment tool that aligns two coupling holes in two coupling halves, a first coupling hole in a first coupling half and a second coupling hole in a second coupling half, the coupling hole bolt alignment tool, comprising: an expandable sleeve assembly configured to be inserted into the second coupling hole and secured into the second coupling hole with a wedge nut; a rotatable rod including an eccentric hole formed in one end of the rotatable rod wherein the rotatable rod is contained within the expandable sleeve assembly such that an opening of the eccentric hole is in a mating face of the second coupling half; a pin/paw assembly including a pin and a paw wherein the pin is inserted into the eccentric hole from the first coupling hole and wherein the paw is disposed within the first coupling hole and includes a portion oriented against a wall of the first coupling hole; a restraining device coupled to the pin, wherein rotation of the rotatable rod while the pin/paw assembly is held stationary by the restraining device aligns the two coupling holes.