Patents Assigned to Small Steel Ring Company
  • Removal tool for internal and external retaining rings
    Patent number: 6249946
    Abstract: A tool for the one-handed removal of retaining rings includes a handle and a ring-engaging portion. The ring-engaging portion includes an engagement head that has a slot formed in it for receiving the free end of the retaining ring. The engagement head has a flat surface adjacent the slot which forms a sidewall of the slot and which serves as a lead-in surface to fit between the layers of multiple-turn retaining rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Small Steel Ring Company
    Inventor: Michael Greenhill