Patent ID: 8042242

Claim:
A mechanical device to pry apart two intersecting flanges (A and B), with lips, root thicknesses and with a fillet radius, in a profile, the device comprising: at least one ‘C’ shaped plate to surround one of the flanges (A), with a hook member with a moving action behind flange (A), a thrust bolt mounted opposite the hooking member, a C shaped plate extension of the ‘C’ clamp structure that extends below the thrust bolt and substantially parallel to said flange (B): a pressure plate having a top and a bottom with a thickness being pivotally connected with the extension and pivoting in a same plane as the extension, that pivots in the flange intersection to pry one said flange (A) apart from the flange (B) under the extension(s) when said thrust bolt force is applied to the pressure plate.