Patent ID: 8161845

Claim:
A tool for assembling and disassembling a resilient clamping collar on a tubular member, said tool comprising: a first L-shaped jaw comprising a first leg substantially parallel to a plane of said tool and a second leg oriented at an angle to said first leg, said first leg and said second leg of said first L-shaped jaw being connected in succession, said first leg of said first L-shaped jaw having a first gripping profile, and said second leg of said first L-shaped jaw having a second gripping profile; and a second L-shaped jaw comprising a first leg substantially parallel to said plane of said tool and a second leg oriented at an angle to said first leg, said first leg and said second leg of said L-shaped jaw being connected in succession, said first leg of said second L-shaped jaw having a first gripping profile, and said second leg of said second L-shaped jaw having a second gripping profile, said first L-shaped jaw and said second L-shaped jaw being movable relative to one another so as to assemble and disassemble the clamping collar; wherein said first gripping profile of said first leg of said first L-shaped jaw is configured to cooperate with a first one of two ends of the clamping collar; wherein said first gripping profile of said first leg of said second L-shaped jaw is configured to cooperate with a second one of the two ends of the clamping collar; wherein said first gripping profile of said first leg of said first L-shaped jaw and said first gripping profile of said first leg of said second L-shaped jaw are arranged to face each other in a first predetermined collar-gripping orientation; wherein said second gripping profile of said second leg of said first L-shaped jaw and said second gripping profile of said second leg of said second L-shaped jaw are arranged to face each other in a second predetermined collar-gripping orientation, said second predetermined orientation being different from said first predetermined orientation; wherein said first gripping profile of said first leg of said first L-shaped jaw comprises a guiding chamfer and a centering notch for guiding and centering the first one of the two ends of the clamping collar; wherein said first gripping profile of said first leg of said second L-shaped jaw comprises a hollow tip having a tapered shape; wherein said second gripping profile of said second leg of said first L-shaped jaw comprises a guiding chamfer and a centering notch for guiding and centering the first one of the two ends of the clamping collar; and wherein said second gripping profile of said second leg of said second L-shaped jaw comprises a hollow tip having a tapered shape.