Auto body dent removing puller and anchor

This auto body dent removing puller and anchor may be inserted through a drilled hole or existing hole in the body of automobiles or other vehicles. The hole having to be only as large as the modified cylinder shaped part of the tool. It can be made in various lengths and diameters. Once inserted this uniquely modified cylinder shaped portion may be tipped by a rod attached to the outside of the tool and to the cylinder allowing a flattened V-shaped surface area to abut against the inside of the material for the purpose of pulling a damaged area out with common pulling devices or with an impacting device such as a slide hammer. Once the damaged area is pulled out it may be removed from the hole easily by the same rod it was tipped with after being inserted.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
In the art of auto body repairing internal pulling and impacting devices 
are used to pull out damaged areas when access is limited due to the boxed 
in type structure of some part of the vehicle. Some of the devices used 
for this type of repair along with a pulling or impacting device are U.S. 
Pat. Nos. 832,920, 2,470,498, 3,332,118, 3,641,805 and 4,122,699. This 
invention differs from the foregoing inventions as it allows the operator 
to insert this modified cylinder shaped tool into a drilled hole or an 
existing hole. Once inserted the tool is tipped by a handle or lever on 
the outside portion of the shank and allowing the V-shaped flat surface to 
abut against the inside of the damaged area so a pulling or impacting 
pressure can be applied to the damaged area forcing it back into its 
original shape. Once the necessary pulling or impacting hammering is 
completed it may be easily removed by simply pulling back on the handle or 
lever. Thereafter the hole is merely filled by the use of plastic body 
fillers or welding as necessary. This tool may have different diameters 
and lengths of the cylinder which allows it to be used in many different 
applications as a puller and an anchor. By using tool steel and having no 
center pin this tool can be made to withstand great pressure and also the 
V-shaped flat surface reduces the amount of probable tearing of the metal 
when pulling or impacting devices are used. 
BRIEF INVENTION DESCRIPTION 
The purpose of the invention is to allow access for a modified cylinder 
shaped object to be inserted through a drilled round hole or existing hole 
where access is prohibited by a boxed in structure and after the cylinder 
is inserted through the hole the cylinder is allowed to be tipped at an 
angle or perpendicular angle from the shaft that the slotted cylinder 
surrounds after being inserted. This, therefore, allows the shank that the 
slotted cylinder is attached to and in an angular or perpendicular 
position to be pulled or drawn back by a pulling device such as a 
come-a-long or a reversed acting impacting tool such as a common device 
shown as a slide hammer. This tool would be very useful in repairing 
damaged areas on automobiles in handling of other objects or materials 
where access is prohibited from the inside of a boxed in object. The tool 
is as easily removed as it is inserted. It is a slotted cylinder shaped 
object surrounding a shaft that has a head similar to a common bolt. The 
cylinder being slotted from opposite ends on opposite sides. The depth of 
the slots being one-half the thickness of the diameter of the cylinder 
plus the one-half diameter of the shaft it surrounds. Both ends of the 
cylinder are rounded and one end angled at the end closest to the head of 
the shaft for the purpose of aiding in tipping the cylinder. The rounded 
end makes simple removal of the cylinder back out of the same hole in the 
material it was inserted. The cylinder is also tapered from opposite 
directions, the wider portion of the taper starting at the ends that are 
slotted and ending at the opposite ends, therefore, this leaves a V-shaped 
flat surface to be forced against the material that it has been inserted 
through, thus allowing a backward pressure to be used on the shank and the 
slotted cylinder that has been tipped into a perpendicular position to the 
shank. After inserting the tool through the hole a rod attached to the 
cylinder wall is pushed towards the head of the shaft turning the cylinder 
in a perpendicular position. The removal of the tool is simply made by 
pulling back on the rod that tipped the cylinder to the point where 
another rod attached parallel and attached to the shank extending down the 
shaft towards the head of the shaft ending at a point from the head of the 
shaft the length of one of the slots less the diameter of the shaft. Upon 
pulling back on the rod that tipped the shaft perpendicular the cylinder 
is allowed to be pulled back being stopped by the rod opposite the pulling 
rod, therefore, tipping the slotted cylinder back into a parallel position 
to the shank where the tool can then be easily removed from the hole it 
was inserted.

More thorough description of FIG. 1: 
1 is the shank having a rounded head 2 like a common stove bolt. 131 is the 
modified cylinder shaped object that can be tipped from a perpendicular 
position. 1 is the shank of a threaded shaft having a half rounded shaped 
head similar to the head found on a common stove bolt without a slot. 131 
is in a perpendicular or open position from the shank 1 and abuts against 
the material 30 and 31 after being tipped into position by pushing the 
controlling lever 11 that is attached to 12 the controlling rod that is 
attached to the cylinder 131 through notch 16 and hole 15 of FIG. 2. 10 is 
the collar attached to rod 14 and surrounding the shank 1. The purpose of 
the rod 14 or spline is to stop the cylinder 131 and to aid in the tipping 
of cylinder 131 back into the parallel position to the shank 1. 17 is a 
set screw in the collar 10 that holds the collar 10 in a permanent 
position. 
FIG. 2 shows the flat surface 3 of 131 and the cylinder shaped wall 9 of 
131 and the angled rounded end 5 of 131 and the rounded opposite end 6 of 
131. Also FIG. 10 the lever is shown in the drawn back position on the 
shank. 
FIG. 3 shows the auto body dent removing anchor and puller rotated in 
180.degree. from FIG. 1 in the parallel position from the shank and the 
dotted lines 133 show the cylinder in a partially opened position and the 
dotted lines 132 in a fully opened position. Also 5 of 131 is the angled 
rounded shaped end for the purpose in aiding of the tipping of the 
cylinder. 
FIG. 4 shows the auto body dent removing anchor and puller rotated in a 
270.degree. angle from FIG. 1. FIG. 4 also shows the rod 14 stopping the 
cylinder 131 and allowing it to be tipped into a parallel position to the 
shank. 
FIG. 6 shows the cyllinder with one of the flat V-shaped surface 4 shown 
and the slot 8 in the cylinder and the cylinder shaped wall 9 and the hole 
35 drilled perpendicularly through the cylinder 131. 
FIG. 5 is an end view of the cylinder in FIG. 6 showing the longitudinal 
bore in the cylinder 131 and a better view of 16 the slot which the 
controlling rod rides in and 4 the V-shaped flat surface of the cylinder. 
FIG. 7 shows the opposite side of the cylinder in FIG. 6 and the V-shaped 
flat surface of that side 3 and the slotted portion 7 of the cylinder. 
FIG. 8 shows an end view of FIG. 7 and an end view of the flat V-shaped 
surface 4. 
FIG. 9 shows the controlling rod and lever separately with the dotted lines 
19 indicating a hole in the lever allowing the lever to slide up and down 
on the shaft 1. 12 the controlling rod having a loop 20 that is attached 
to the cylinder 131 through hole and slot 15 and 16. 
FIG. 10 shows the auto body dent removing anchor and puller and the 
cylinder 131 in the closed position and the dotted lines 132 indicate the 
cylinder in the open position. 22 is a collar attaching the shank of the 
auto body dent removing anchor and puller to the shank 23 of an impacting 
device that uses a hammering action of 24 a heavy cylinder shaped object 
that slides on shaft 23 and when 24 is drawn back with force stopping at 
handle 25 creating an impacting action thus pulling out the damaged area.