IP Library Granted Patent US 9,009,937
Granted Patent B2
US 9,009,937 · App. 13/323,302 · Granted Apr 21, 2015

Sleeve removal tool and sleeve removal method

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,009,937
App. No.
13/323,302
Granted
Apr 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The object of the invention is to provide a sleeve removal tool that is able to easily remove a sleeve from a tap without damaging the sleeve. The sleeve removal tool has a first fastening member and a second fastening member. The first fastening member has a first contact surface and inner screw section, and is formed in a cylindrical shape. The first contact surface comes in contact with the flange of the sleeve all around one ring shaped surface. An inner screw section is provided such that it protrudes in the axial direction from the first contact surface. The second fastening member has a second contact surface and outer screw section, and is formed in a cylindrical shape. The first contact surface comes in contact all around the other ring shaped surface of the flange.

Claims (11)

1. A sleeve removal tool for removing a cylindrical sleeve from a tap screwed into the sleeve, wherein the sleeve has a flange, the flange having a first ring-shaped surface that faces to a first direction along the center axis of the sleeve and a second ring-shaped surface that faces to a second direction that is opposite from the first direction,

the sleeve removal tool, comprising:

a first fastening member which forms a separate individual first member having a first contact surface that comes in contact with the first ring-shaped surface of the flange, and an inner circumferential surface that extends in the second direction from the first contact surface, wherein an inner screw section is formed around the inner circumferential surface; and

a second fastening member which forms a separate individual member being separate from said first fastening member having an outer screw section that screws into the inner screw section of the first fastening member, a second contact surface that comes in contact with the second ring-shaped surface of the flange when the outer screw section screws into the inner screw section of the first fastening member, and a second outer section with a polygonal section,

wherein the sleeve removal tool holds the flange by catching the flange between the first contact surface of the first fastening member and the second contact surface of the second fastening member.

2. The sleeve removal tool according to claim 1 , wherein

a cutout section is formed in an outer circumferential surface of at least one of the second fastening member; and

the cutout section penetrates through the second fastening member.

3. The sleeve removal tool according to claim 1 , wherein

a cutout section is formed in an outer circumferential surface of at least one of the first fastening member; and

the cutout section penetrates through the first fastening member.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 12, 2017
From: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042624/0886 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 31, 2014
From: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 034114/0841 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2012
From: SAITO, MANABU; TAKAHASHI, HIDEHARU; NAKAHATA, TATSUO
To: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 027734/0928 →