Patent ID: 7430849

Claim:
A conveyor chain pin remover, comprising: a gear case, said gear case having an attached handle, an actuating lever, a ratchet mechanism engaged by said actuating lever and first and second aligned passthrough openings; a retaining bar, said retaining bar having a first end and a second end, being attached adjacent said first end to said gear case and having a chain retaining fixture disposed adjacent said second end, said chain retaining fixture having a barrier portion disposed orthogonally to said retaining bar and having a central aperture disposed in said barrier portion; a ram, said ram having a first end, a second end, a pin punch portion disposed at said first end and a rack portion extending substantially from said second end toward said pin punch portion; said rack portion being sized and shaped to fit slidably through said first and second aligned passthrough openings and teeth of said rack portion engaging said ratchet mechanism; and said pin punch portion being sized, shaped and disposed to fit slidably through said central aperture and being smaller in diameter than pins of a roller chain.