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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7996971 | Seal removal apparatus One embodiment of a seal removal tool may include a handle, a seal grasping member, and a biasing member. The handle may have an end with a curved surface to roll back a seal. The seal grasping member may be adapted to move from an open extended position into a clos... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7946011 | Device and a method for fitting an elastic element around a particularly rectilinear element A device and a method for the automatic fitting of an elastic element, which includes a closed loop around a rectilinear element in particular, such as an assembly including a vine shoot and a support wire. The device includes an upper arm, equipped at one of its en... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7484284 | High pressure water blasting device This device will allow a worker to safely, cleanly and most efficiently clean out a pipe or piping system, using high pressure fluid, probably water, that is directed through an opening and into the pipe. This device can be used on any piping system and may be adjus... | 02/03/2009 |
| 6997083 | Motorized conduit linking device and method A motorized device for linking sections of threaded conduit such as electrical conduit, and a method of linking such conduit are described. In one form, the device is formed as a motorized tool, including a motor (such as an electric motor) and a bit. The motor is c... | 02/14/2006 |
| 5199145 | Corporate stop assembly A corporate stop is shown for sealing an opening in the sidewall of a host pipe. The stop has a threaded stem with an enlarged head portion and a neck portion of reduced size. A flexible sleeve member is received about the neck portion of the stem and has... | 04/06/1993 |
| 4553422 | Tap duct crimping tool A tool for securing a tap duct to an opening in a tap duct sized main duct having a base structure for extending transversely across and seating in supported relationship against the exterior open end of a tap duct flanged at the opposite end; an anvil st... | 11/19/1985 |
