US 11,951,598 B2
Tool for disassembling connectors
Joseph Krzyzanski, New Haven, CT (US); Ryan Adams, Cheshire, CT (US); and Scott Wetzel, Milford, CT (US)
Assigned to Oetiker Tool Corporation, Branford, CT (US)
Appl. No. 17/441,998
Filed by Oetiker Tool Corporation, Branford, CT (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/024630
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/210029, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/833,184, filed on Apr. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0168876 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. B25B 27/10 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 27/10 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool for disassembling a pipe or tube from a push-to-connect fitting having a collar arranged to engage the pipe or the tube, the tool comprising:
a first body;
a second body pivotally coupled to the first body;
a pair of first fingers pivotally coupled to the first body, each of the first fingers having a first semi-circular surface, the first semi-circular surfaces cooperating to engage the pipe or the tube adjacent the collar; and
a pair of second fingers coupled to the second body, each of the second fingers having a second semicircular surface, the second semicircular surfaces cooperating to engage the push to connect fitting;
wherein when the first body is rotated from a first position to a second position, the pair of first fingers moves the collar axially relative to the pipe or the tube; and
wherein each of the second semi-circular surfaces includes a slot extending therefrom, each of the slots being arranged opposite each other.