Patent ID: 7082747

Claim:
A chain connecting pin extracting apparatus for extracting a connecting pin that couples a first link to a second link through a pin opening disposed in the first link, wherein the apparatus comprises: a main body; a pin extractor support supported by the main body; a pin extractor supported by the pin extractor support for movement in a direction of a pin extractor axis defined by the pin extractor, wherein the pin extractor comprises: a force receiving component adapted to receive a connecting pin extracting force; a tip adapted to apply the connecting pin extracting force to the connecting pin, wherein the tip is dimensioned to extend into the pin opening in a first direction along the pin extractor axis; and a residue moving surface disposed between the force receiving component and the tip and facing at least in part in a second direction opposite the first direction so that, after the tip extends in the first direction into the pin opening, movement of the pin extractor in the second direction causes the residue moving surface to move residue of the connecting pin disposed at the first link that was caused by movement of the tip in the first direction; and a link support spaced apart from the pin extractor support in a direction of the pin extractor axis so that at least one of the first link and the second link is supported by the link support when the pin extractor moves in the first direction.