Patent ID: 7836568
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A disconnect tool for one-handed disconnection of a tubing end which is inserted with a collet of a fitting, the disconnect tool comprising: a first member having a first front portion, a first rear portion, a first middle portion and a first channel disposed through the first front portion, the first rear portion and the first middle portion; and a second member having a second front portion, a second rear portion, and a second middle portion, the second middle portion having a pair of bevel surfaces that are positioned separate and spaced from the first member, the surfaces are configured to bevel outwardly and downwardly from the second middle portion toward the first portion, the second member further having a second channel disposed through the second front portion, the second rear portion and the second middle portion, the second channel being axially aligned with the first channel wherein the pair of bevel surfaces contact an outer collet surface of the collet such that the pair of bevel surfaces cam the outer collet surface against the fitting to axially drive the collet inwardly against the fitting in order to release the tubing end from the collet.