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Hose fitting removal apparatus

  • US 5,068,953 A
  • Filed: 09/12/1990
  • Issued: 12/03/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for fitting on an end of a hose to enable a finger fitting at an opposite end of the hose to be loosened by forcing the apparatus in the direction of the fitting and enlarging the hose comprising a hollow cylinder open at a first axial end and a second axial end, the opening at the first end being circular and of a diameter greater than the diameter of the opening at the second end, the second end with the narrower diameter opening being planar in a radial direction, the interior of the cylinder having an annular ledge adjacent to and contiguous with the opening of smaller diameter at the second end, the ledge being angled radially inwardly to the axial centre and in the direction of the first end of the hollow cylinder having the greater diameter opening, and the cylindrical walls of the interior of the greater diameter portion of the hollow cylinder between the ledge and the first end being tapered diametrically outwardly from the outer diameter of the ledge to the inner diameter of the greater opening of the first end of the hollow cylinder.

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