Patent ID: 7039994

Claim:
A mill rod puller for a use with a grinding machine which is mounted on a frame, and which includes a hammermill with hammers attached to said hammermill by a number of rods which extend through said hammers, comprising: a rod puller support frame which connects to said grinding machine frame; a rod extension for attachment to an end of one of said rods for pulling said rod from said hammermill, said rod extension with a plurality of attachment points for connection to a reciprocating force generator, in which said attachment points of said rod extension are enlarged diameter sections of said rod extension, for incrementally moving said rod extension toward or away from said hammermill by reciprocating action, with said rod attached to said rod extension; and a linkage piece for linking said rod extension to said reciprocating force generator, in which said linkage piece is configured to be repositionable to a different attachment point for each increment of rod movement.