Patent ID: 7618023
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: B25B,B26B,B26D,B62D,Y02W,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of removing a fixed window element from a vehicle, said window element having a first side and a second side and having an edge area being bonded to a receiving frame of the vehicle with an adhesive, comprising the steps of: inserting first and second ends of a wire from the first side of the window element through the adhesive to the second side of the window element to form a loop of the wire on said first side thereof, and applying the loop of the wire along the edge of the window element between the window element and the frame; attaching the first end of the wire to a first wire wind-up mechanism of a single tool secured to said second side of the window element and pulling the first end of the wire with the first wire wind-up mechanism to tension the wire; attaching the second end of the wire to a second wire wind-up mechanism of said single tool; and pulling the first and second ends of the wire until the wire cuts through the adhesive at the edge of the window element around the entire perimeter thereof.