US 12,246,412 B2
Removal tool kit and removal tool therefor
Chungeng Chen, Las Vegas, NV (US); Travis Cottle, Glenview, IL (US); Frank Hennessey, Des Plaines, IL (US); Joseph Irwin, Algonquin, IL (US); and Jim McNelis, Naperville, IL (US)
Assigned to JS Products, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US); and GTI Energy, Des Plaines, IL (US)
Filed by JS Products, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/245,827.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/704,333, filed on May 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/126,719, filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0347015 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B25B 13/42 (2006.01); B25B 13/16 (2006.01); B25B 13/50 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 13/42 (2013.01) [B25B 13/16 (2013.01); B25B 13/50 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A removal tool comprising:
a wrench apparatus comprising a body having a handle, wherein a portion of the body is structured to engage a securing member;
a locking tool assembly comprising a first jaw, a second jaw coupled to the first jaw, and a handle extending from the first jaw, the first and second jaws being structured to engage a conduit, the conduit being coupled to the securing member; and
a transfer assembly coupled to the handles of the wrench apparatus and the locking tool assembly in order to transfer a force therebetween, thereby allowing the securing member to be removed from the conduit,
wherein the transfer assembly comprises a pusher rod extending between the handles of the wrench apparatus and the locking tool assembly, wherein a position of the pusher rod is adjustable relative to the locking tool assembly, wherein the transfer assembly further comprises a number of drive components coupled to the handle of the locking tool assembly, wherein the number of drive components are cooperable with each other in order to adjust the position of the pusher rod relative to the locking tool assembly, wherein the number of drive components comprises a gear member coupled to the handle of the locking tool assembly and threadably coupled to the pusher rod, a worm member structured to drive the gear member, and a drive shaft structured to rotate the worm member and be driven by a driving apparatus.