Patent ID: 6883217

Claim:
A disassembly apparatus for disassembling a mating taper connection in a pair of interpenetrating pans, a first of the interpenetrating parts including a longitudinal bore having a female taper, a second of the interpenetrating parts including a male taper, said disassembly apparatus comprising: a sleeve for engaging the first of the interpenetrating parts, said sleeve including a longitudinal bore having internal threads, said sleeve including external self-tapping threads, said sleeve sized whereby the longitudinal bore of the first of the interpenetrating parts accommodates said sleeve, said external self-tapping threads sized whereby rotation of said sleeve with said sleeve positioned in the longitudinal bore of the first of the interpenetrating parts threads the longitudinal bore of the first of the interpenetrating parts and secures said sleeve therein; and an inner rod having external threads, said external threads of said inner rod cooperating with said internal threads of said sleeve whereby rotation of one of said inner rod and said sleeve relative to the other of said inner rod and said sleeve causes axial displacement of said inner rod relative to said sleeve, said inner rod having a distal end.