Patent ID: 8881357
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: B23K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tool for peeling apart a weld between a top sheet and a bottom sheet of metal while the bottom sheet is held in a vise, comprising: a wheel having a peripheral rim surface; a handle attached to the wheel so that rotating the handle rotates the wheel; a clamping mechanism having a serrated face for gripping the top sheet, the clamping mechanism being mounted on the wheel for movement between an open position spaced from the peripheral rim surface of the wheel and a closed position in which the clamping mechanism clamps the top sheet to the peripheral rim surface so that rotation of the wheel by the handle will progressively wrap the top sheet about the peripheral rim of the wheel and thereby peel the top sheet away from the bottom sheet to pull apart the weld between the top and bottom sheets.