Patent ID: 6360419
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B25B,E03C,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A garbage disposal split-ring insertion device adapted for depositing a split-ring onto an annular groove of a sink flange, comprising:(a) a first cylindrical member that includes means for retaining said split-ring in an expanded position thereto and wherein said first cylindrical member includes means for receiving said split-ring when said split-ring is disposed in a contracted position and wherein said first cylindrical member includes means for expanding said split-ring from said contracted position into an expanded position wherein said means for expanding said split-ring includes said first cylindrical member having a first conical taper wherein said first conical taper includes an outside diameter at a bottom end thereof that is less than the inside diameter of said split-ring when said split-ring is disposed in said contracted position and whereby said first conical taper progresses gradually to an outside diameter that is in excess of the outside diameter of the annular ring of said sink flange; (b) a second cylindrical member that includes a maximum inside diameter that is greater than the maximum outside diameter of said first cylindrical member and wherein said second cylindrical member includes a second conical taper, wherein said second conical taper includes a maximum inside diameter that exceeds the maximum outside diameter of said first cylindrical member at one end thereof and wherein said second conical taper includes a minimum inside diameter at an opposite end thereof that is less than the maximum outside diameter of said first conical member; and (c) means for concentrically aligning said first cylindrical member proximate to said sink flange and said second cylindrical member with respect to said first cylindrical member; wherein said second cylindrical member is adapted to be displaced longitudinally with respect to said first cylindrical member sufficient to urge said split-ring off of said first cylindrical member and into said annular groove and wherein said minimum inside diameter of said second conical taper limits the amount said second cylindrical member is adapted to be displaced longitudinally subsequent to the urging of said split-ring off of said first cylindrical member.