Patent ID: 6321447
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of loosening or tightening first and second parts of a fitting in rotating machinery by rotating the parts relative to one another wherein the machinery has a stationary outer casing and an access opening through the casing and wherein the fitting is recessed in said opening and includes relatively rotatable first and second members for loosening or tightening the first and second parts of the fitting relative to one another, comprising the steps of:inserting an elongated hollow outer tube into said opening;engaging a first gripping surface on an interior surface portion of said outer tube adjacent one end thereof with the first member;disposing an elongated element within said outer tube;engaging a second gripping surface on said element adjacent one end thereof with the second member; andwhile holding an opposite end portion of one of said tube and said element and the first or second member engaged thereby against rotation, rotating another of said tube and said element and the first or second member engaged thereby to relatively rotate said first and second members to loosen or tighten said parts relative to one another.