Patent ID: 6164162
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool for use in installing and removing a resilient ring clamp having overlapping ends, each having a lug thereon, the tool comprising:a hollow housing including a front wall, the front wall defining a front wall hole;an axially movable shoe rod having a distal end region and a proximal end region, the distal end region extending through the front wall hole, the proximal end region being at least partially within the housing, the shoe rod having a shoe on the distal end region for engaging one of the lugs of the clamp;a hook rod extending from the front wall of the housing generally parallel to the shoe rod, the hook rod including a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end having a hook disposed thereon for engaging the other of the lugs of the clamp such that the clamp is held between the hook and the shoe when both the hook and the shoe are engaged with the lugs, the proximal end of the hook rod being associated with the front wall of the housing; anda frictional drive assembly within the housing operably associated with the shoe rod for moving the shoe rod outwardly from the housing;said shoe including a guide portion extending therefrom, the guide portion defining a guide hole through which the hook rod extends such that the shoe is slidably associated with the hook rod;whereby when the drive assembly moves the shoe rod outwardly, the shoe moves toward the hook to squeeze the lugs toward one another thereby increasing the circumference of the clamp.