Patent ID: 6904660

Claim:
The method of manufacture of threadably engaged pullers used for removing a compression sleeve from a pipe by engaging the thread on the compression nut and pulling said compression nut and said compression sleeve off said pipe comprising: providing a cylindrical body possessing a first end and a second end; providing said first end of said cylindrical body with a recessed cavity having an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of said pipe and a depth sufficient to accept said pipe up to said compression sleeve; providing said first end of said cylindrical body with an external thread to match the thread on said compression nut, pitch of said thread may be either fine or coarse; providing said second end of said cylindrical body with a centered hole; providing said centered hole with an inner thread to accept an advancing screw; providing a screw possessing a first end and a second end passing through said hole in said second end of said cylindrical body such that said first end of said screw advances into said cavity of said cylindrical body and longitudinally through said cylindrical body; providing a smaller diameter shaft attached at said first end of said screw with a groove therein; providing a disk slidably and rotatably attached to said shaft; providing a clip attached to said groove on said shaft to retain said disk; and providing a torque handle at said second end of said screw to provide turning force on said screw.