Patent ID: 8230566

Claim:
A sleeve puller for pulling out a sleeve inserted in a panel, the sleeve having an inner wall that defines a hole, the sleeve puller comprising: a sleeve-engaging rod having a distal end and integrally including a sleeve-engaging portion, a screw rod continuous with the sleeve-engaging portion, and a wrenching porting continuous with the screw rod and opposite from the sleeve-engaging portion across the screw rod, the sleeve-engaging portion having a screw thread therein and having a tapered shape having a diameter smaller toward the distal end of the sleeve-engaging rod; a nut support including a slidable surface, a nut supporting surface opposite from the slidable surface, and a through hold extending throughout the nut support from the slidable surface to the nut supporting surface so as to allow the screw rod of the sleeve-engaging rod to be inserted therethrough; and a nut; wherein: the sleeve-engaging portion is capable of being inserted in the hole of the sleeve so that the screw thread engages with the inner surface of the sleeve; the sleeve-engaging rod is capable of being rotated by wrenching the wrenching portion; the nut is capable of being placed on the nut supporting surface of the nut support and is screwed onto the screw rod of the sleeve-engaging rod; the nut support includes a metal tubular support member and a slide plate, the tubular support member having the nut supporting surface and an end surface whereto the tubular support member is attached; the slide plate has the slidable surface; and the slide plate has a shape straightly cut away in an angular area narrower than a semicircle.