Patents Assigned to Francis Services, Inc.
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Publication number: 20140209322Abstract: An improved multi-bolt and nut torque wrench for installing and removing bolts or nuts from flanged joints or the like which includes a plurality of torque stations having a plurality of high torque wrenches for engaging the heads of the bolts or nuts during a high torque phase of removal or installation; a plurality of low-torque motors operatively engaged with the wrenches for rotating the bolts or nuts during the low torque phase of removal or installation; a source of hydraulic fluid for driving the low-torque motors during the low-torque phase, and driving the high-torque wrenches during the high torque phase; and a mechanism for switching between the two phases depending on the torque needed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Francis Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale Francis, Nicholas Francis, William P. Bernard, Oswald J. Bernard, Lan Hiscox, Brian Compton, Arthur Jones
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Patent number: 8640780Abstract: An improved multi-bolt and nut torque wrench for installing and removing bolts or nuts from flanged joints or the like which includes a plurality of torque stations having a plurality of high torque wrenches for engaging the heads of the bolts or nuts during a high torque phase of removal or installation; a plurality of low-torque motors operatively engaged with the wrenches for rotating the bolts or nuts during the low torque phase of removal or installation; a source of hydraulic fluid for driving the low-torque motors during the low-torque phase, and driving the high-torque wrenches during the high torque phase; and a mechanism for switching between the two phases depending on the torque needed.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Francis Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale Francis, Nicholas Francis, William P. Bernard, Oswald J. Bernard, Lan Hiscox, Brian Compton, Arthur Jones
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Publication number: 20130186642Abstract: An improved multi-bolt and nut torque wrench for installing and removing bolts or nuts from flanged joints or the like which includes a plurality of torque stations having a plurality of high torque wrenches for engaging the heads of the bolts or nuts during a high torque phase of removal or installation; a plurality of low-torque motors operatively engaged with the wrenches for rotating the bolts or nuts during the low torque phase of removal or installation; a source of hydraulic fluid for driving the low-torque motors during the low-torque phase, and driving the high-torque wrenches during the high torque phase; and a mechanism for switching between the two phases depending on the torque needed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2013Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: FRANCIS SERVICES, INC.Inventor: Francis Services, Inc.
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Patent number: 8347972Abstract: An improved multi-bolt and nut torque wrench for installing and removing bolts or nuts from flanged joints or the like which includes a plurality of torque stations having a plurality of high torque wrenches for engaging the heads of the bolts or nuts during a high torque phase of removal or installation; a plurality of low-torque motors operatively engaged with the wrenches for rotating the bolts or nuts during the low torque phase of removal or installation; a source of hydraulic fluid for driving the low-torque motors during the low-torque phase, and driving the high-torque wrenches during the high torque phase; and a mechanism for switching between the two phases depending on the torque needed.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Francis Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale Francis, Nicholas Francis, William P. Bernard, Oswald J. Bernard, Lan Hiscox, Brian Compton, Arthur Jones
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Publication number: 20120227977Abstract: An improved multi-bolt and nut torque wrench for installing and removing bolts or nuts from flanged joints or the like which includes a plurality of torque stations having a plurality of high torque wrenches for engaging the heads of the bolts or nuts during a high torque phase of removal or installation; a plurality of low-torque motors operatively engaged with the wrenches for rotating the bolts or nuts during the low torque phase of removal or installation; a source of hydraulic fluid for driving the low-torque motors during the low-torque phase, and driving the high-torque wrenches during the high torque phase; and a mechanism for switching between the two phases depending on the torque needed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: Francis Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale Francis, Nicholas Francis, William P. Bernard, Oswald J. Bernard, Lan Hiscox, Brian Compton, Arthur Jones
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Patent number: 8157018Abstract: An improved multi-bolt and nut torque wrench for installing and removing bolts or nuts from flanged joints or the like which includes a plurality of torque stations having a plurality of high torque wrenches for engaging the heads of the bolts or nuts during a high torque phase of removal or installation; a plurality of low-torque motors operatively engaged with the wrenches for rotating the bolts or nuts during the low torque phase of removal or installation; a source of hydraulic fluid for driving the low-torque motors during the low-torque phase, and driving the high-torque wrenches during the high torque phase; and a mechanism for switching between the two phases depending on the torque needed.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Francis Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale Francis, Nicholas Francis, William P. Bernard, Oswald J. Bernard, Lan Hiscox, Brian Compton, Arthur Jones
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Patent number: 7146880Abstract: An improved hydraulic wrench including a one-piece housing in which one end of the housing forms internally a cylinder for hydraulically reciprocating power and the second end of the housing includes an opening in which a torque arm/ratchet mechanism can be pivotally connected by, for example, a square shaft. There is further included a piston shaft which has a fixed piston on the first end and the second end includes an elongated slot which provides a flat wall at 90 degrees of the reciprocating power source. The wall in the elongated slot allows the drive pin which connects the ratchet mechanism to the piston shaft to roll up and down during cycling of the tool, and provides a non-pivoting reciprocating power source as the piston shaft moves backward and forward during operation. There is included a ratchet wheel fixed to a square shaft for rotation therewith, a ratchet pawl on the drive lever and engaging the ratchet wheel to rotate the square shaft upon reciprocation of the piston shaft in the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Francis Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale L. Francis, William P. Bernard, Oswald J. Bernard