Patent ID: 6256855
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for removing hinge pins from hinge assemblies, in combination with a hinge assembly having a hinge pin the combination comprising:a hinge pin having a shaft and a head positioned on one end of the shaft wherein the outer dimension of the head is greater than the outer dimension of the shaft and the shaft is adapted to be positioned in a hinge with the head positioned adjacent a flange of the hinge assembly;a first plier member having a jaw portion with a first and a second surface extending the length of the jaw portion and a handle portion;a second plier member having a jaw portion with a first and a second surface extending the length of the jaw portion and a handle portion, wherein said second plier member is pivotally attached to the first plier member so that said jaw portions of said first and said second plier members can be closed together in response to a user moving said handle portions of said first and said second plier members;a first opening extending between the first and second surface of the jaw portion of the first plier member having a first edge and a first bevelled surface formed in the jaw portion of said first plier member so that the first edge is immediately adjacent the first surface of the jaw portion of the first plier member and the bevelled surface is positioned immediately adjacent the first edge and bevels upwards toward the second surface of the first plier member; anda second opening extending between the first and second surface of the jaw portion of the second plier member having a second edge formed in the jaw portion of said second plier member so that the second edge is immediately adjacent the first surface of the jaw portion of the second plier member and the bevelled surface is positioned immediately adjacent the second edge and bevels upwards to the second surface of the second plier member, wherein said first and said second openings are so dimensioned and relatively positioned so that, when said jaw portions of said pliers are closed together, both the first and the second edges and the first surface of the jaw portion of the first and second plier members are co-planar such that said first and second openings close around said hinge pin with said first and said second edge positioned between said head of said hinge pin and said flange of said hinge assembly so that the first and second bevelled surface urge the hinge pin in a first direction away from the first surface of the first and second plier members and towards the second surface of the first and second plier members to thereby impart an outward force on said hinge pin to urge the hinge pin in a first direction to remove said hinge pin from a channel formed in said hinge assembly.