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US 8,240,049 · App. 12/354,468 · Granted Aug 14, 2012

Tube stub removal apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,240,049
App. No.
12/354,468
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An improved apparatus and method of removing tubes and/or tube stubs from structures comprising multiple tubes wherein induction heating is utilized to heat the tube stub prior to removal.

Claims (6)

1. A tube stub pulling apparatus comprising:

an induction heating coil attached to an inner ram, an outer ram configured to pull on a tube stub and concentrically surrounding the inner ram, a sheath concentrically surrounding the outer ram, a tube pin hole in the outer ram and a tube pin channel in the sheath, a motive force to operate the outer ram, a lever arm connected to the inner ram and a lever arm channel in the sheath.

2. The tube stub pulling apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a tube clamp attached to the outer ram.

3. The tube stub pulling apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising hydraulics to operate the outer ram.

4. The tube stub pulling apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising an electric motor to operate the outer ram.

5. The tube stub pulling apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the hydraulics also operate the inner ram.

Assignments (12)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC.; THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY; DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC; BABCOCK & WILCOX SPIG, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX CANADA CORP.; BABCOCK & WILCOX FPS INC.
To: B. RILEY FINANCIAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 072053/0943 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2025
From: BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC.; THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY; DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC; BABCOCK & WILCOX SPIG, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX CANADA CORP.; BABCOCK & WILCOX FPS INC.
To: GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 071371/0835 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2025
From: BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC.; THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY; DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC; BABCOCK & WILCOX SPIG, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX CANADA CORP.; BABCOCK & WILCOX FPS INC.
To: PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070380/0647 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2024
From: MSD PCOF PARTNERS XLV, LLC
To: THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY; DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC; AMERICON LLC
Reel/Frame 069017/0362 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2024
From: BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC.; THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY; DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC; BABCOCK & WILCOX SPIG, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX CANADA CORP.; BABCOCK & WILCOX FPS INC.
To: AXOS BANK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 066354/0765 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2021
From: THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY (F/K/A BABCOCK & WILCOX POWER GENERATION GROUP, INC.); BABCOCK & WILCOX SPIG, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX TECHNOLOGY, LLC; DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC (F/K/A DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.)
To: MSD PCOF PARTNERS XLV, LLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 056962/0486 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2021
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
To: DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC (F/K/A DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.); MEGTEC TURBOSONIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY (F/K/A BABCOCK & WILCOX POWER GENERATION GROUP, INC.); BABCOCK & WILCOX SPIG, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX TECHNOLOGY, LLC (F/K/A MCDERMOTT TECHNOLOGY, INC.); SOFCO-EFS HOLDINGS LLC; BABCOCK & WILCOX MEGTEC, LLC
Reel/Frame 057337/0823 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2018
From: LIGHTSHIP CAPITAL LLC
To: BABCOCK & WILCOX ENTERPRISES, INC.; THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY; DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC; BABCOCK & WILCOX MEGTEC, LLC; MEGTEC TURBOSONIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX UNIVERSAL, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 046182/0829 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 12, 2017
From: BABCOCK & WILCOX POWER GENERATION GROUP, INC.
To: THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY
Reel/Frame 043552/0103 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2017
From: THE BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY; DIAMOND POWER INTERNATIONAL, LLC; BABCOCK & WILCOX MEGTEC, LLC; MEGTEC TURBOSONIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX UNIVERSAL, INC.; BABCOCK & WILCOX TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: LIGHTSHIP CAPITAL LLC
Reel/Frame 043515/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2015
From: BABCOCK & WILCOX POWER GENERATION GROUP, INC. (TO BE RENAMED THE BABCOCK AND WILCOX COMPANY)
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 036201/0598 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2009
From: SEYMOUR, MICHAEL J.
To: BABCOCK & WILCOX POWER GENERATION GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 022411/0562 →