Patent ID: 7730598

Claim:
A tool for effecting release of conduit from a fitting having a release collar, said conduit fitted through the collar, said collar moveable longitudinally to enable disengagement of said conduit from said fitting, said tool comprising: a generally hollow, generally cylindrical tube having a longitudinal axis, an internal tube diameter greater than the outer diameter of a said conduit engaged with a said fitting, and an external tube diameter, said tube further including a first end section for fitting over the conduit and engaging the said fitting and an opposite, second end section, said tube first end section flattened and formed with first and second spaced tines, said first and second spaced tines defining a passage therebetween greater than the diameter of the said conduit, said tines extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis and said hollow tube second end section formed as a generally semi-cylindrical longitudinal section of said tube with a second tube end surface generally transverse to the longitudinal axis, said tube further including a single bend in the tube in the range of 45±15° intermediate the first end section and second end section; wherein the hollow tube at the first end section is flattened to form said spaced tines and said passage therebetween, said passage open at the distal end of said first end section; and said tube further including first and second intersecting center line axial elements that intersect at said bend and lie in a first plane, with said flat tines in a second plane substantially transverse to the first plane.