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Handle for a hydraulically driven tool with heat transmission reducing properties

  • US 9,604,355 B2
  • Filed: 09/25/2012
  • Issued: 03/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hydraulically driven tool comprising:

  • a body formed of a heat transmissive material, the body having at least one channel through which a high temperature fluid flows, wherein heat is transmitted to the body as a result of contact with the high temperature fluid, the body defining a perimeter;

    a non-conductive housing having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface facing the body, the interior surface defining a cavity in which the body is seated and which extends around the perimeter of the body; and

    the interior surface of the non-conductive housing having a plurality of spaced apart standoffs extending therefrom, the standoffs contacting the body, such that an air gap is formed between the interior surface of the non-conductive housing and the body at locations where standoffs of the non-conductive housing are not provided;

    wherein the housing and body form a handle of the tool which in use is configured to have a user'"'"'s hand contact a portion of the exterior surface of the housing such that the user'"'"'s hand is adjacent to the body, the channel and at least a portion of the standoffs wherein the air gap provides a spacing of 0.10″

    between the interior surface of the non-conductive housing, and the body.

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