Patent ID: 8978226
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tool for the removal of connectors from a pipe, said tool having a body, said body comprising: a gripping portion, said gripping portion having a first end and a second end, and a pusher portion, said pusher portion having a first end and a second end and being stationary relative to said gripping portion, a pivot connection, said pivot connection to maintain said gripping portion and said pusher portion rotatably connected to each other, a pair of handles, a first of said pair of handles connected to said gripping portion second end and a second of said pair of handles connected to said pusher portion second end, a handle spring, said spring being affixed to each of said pair of handles to maintain said pair of handles at a maximum separation distance, said maximum separation distance maintaining said gripping portion first end and said pusher portion first end adjacent one another, a compression spring, said compression spring providing tension to maintain said pusher portion adjacent said gripping portion; a gripping element, said gripping element being affixed to said gripping portion and having: a pusher element, said pusher element being affixed to said pusher portion first end and having: wherein at least said holding surface of said movable pusher jaw and said gripping surface of said movable gripping jaw have a hardness greater than the hardness of said pipe, said gripping element and said pusher element are positioned during initial compression of said handles to grip said pipe between said movable gripping jaw and said stationary gripping jaw and said movable pusher jaw and said stationary pusher jaw and secondary compression of said handles causes said gripping element to move away from said pusher element thereby creating distance between said gripping element and said pusher element.