Performance enhancing repair tool

• Main Authors: KURLINKUS, ROB, FAKHRI TOOSKY, RAHMATOLLAH, ESHRAGHI, SOHEIL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 12.04.2006
• Subjects: COMBINED OPERATIONS; FORGE FURNACES; FORGING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HAMMERING; HAND TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; OTHER WORKING OF METAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; PRESSING METAL; PUNCHING METAL; RIVETING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FORFASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING; TRANSPORTING; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS

A tool (100, 200, 300, 400) for removing a nut plate (130) after the nut plate (130) has been installed in an aperture (132) in a workpiece (128). One version of the tool (100) is for removing the nut plate (130) from the nut side using a power tool (118), while another version of the tool (200) is for manually removing the nut plate from the nut side. Still another version of the tool (300) is for removing the nut plate from the bolt side using a power tool (118), while another version of the tool (400) is for manually removing the nut plate (130) from the bolt side. Another aspect provides a tool (500) for conditioning a hole (550), such as for conditioning a hole (550) prior to installing a nut plate.