Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Valve cap adapter and arrangement and method of removing a valve cap
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Application No.: US16895386Application Date: 2020-06-08
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Publication No.: US11274765B2Publication Date: 2022-03-15
- Inventor: Robert E. Riedel, Jr. , Nickolas J. Gretz , James D. McPhail
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd
- Main IPC: F16K27/12
- IPC: F16K27/12 ; B25B13/50 ; B25B23/00

Abstract:
Method of removing a valve cap threadedly engaged with a valve body includes inserting at least one coupling rod from a cap adapter through a valve cap attachment hole to couple the structures, coupling an output drive of a torque multiplier with the adapter, and exerting an input torque on the torque multiplier to rotate the adapter and valve cap, the input torque exerted on the torque multiplier being increased by the torque multiplier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210381615A1 Valve Cap Adapter and Arrangement and Method of Removing a Valve Cap Public/Granted day:2021-12-09
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