An alignment tool for use in aligning a manway cover with a manway body/flange includes an body/flange alignment tool plate having a plate opening, a tool beam support extending transversely from the body/flange alignment tool plate, a cover attachment plate having at least one cover plate opening sized and positioned to align with a corresponding manway cover opening in the manway cover, and a height adjuster extending between and connecting the tool beam support to the cover attachment plate where the cover attachment plate is vertically translated by the threaded height adjuster.
E02D 29/14 - Couvercles pour regards ou analoguesChâssis de couvercles
B25B 27/16 - Outils à main ou outillage d'établi, spécialement conçus pour assembler ou séparer des pièces ou des objets, que cela entraîne ou non une certaine déformation, non prévus ailleurs pour assembler des objets autrement que par ajustage à la presse, ou pour les détacher pour décoller des brides
E02D 29/12 - Trous d'hommeAutres chambres d'inspection ou d'accèsAccessoires à cet effet
F16L 55/10 - Moyens pour arrêter l'écoulement dans les tuyaux ou manches
In combination, a manway cover and a manway flange having one or more bolt opening(s) and a pull-up bolt assembly adapted to be used for supporting a hinge component to the manway cover, the manway flange, or both, where the pull-up bolt assembly having a pull-up bolt member, a nut component, a tapered member, and an expandable friction member, where one or more structures selected from a thread, a ridge and/or a groove disposed on an outside surface of the expandable friction member and the one or more bolt opening(s) having an inside surface adapted for mating with the corresponding one or more structures of the expandable friction member whereby, when the pull-up bolt assembly is engaged within the one or more bolt opening(s), the one or more structures aligns with the corresponding inside surface of the one or more bolt opening(s).
F16B 13/08 - Chevilles ou autres dispositifs fixés à des parois ou autres emplacements par insertion dans des trous préparés à cet effet avec parties s'agrippant dans le trou ou derrière la paroi après insertion les parties s'agrippant étant distinctes du dispositif et amenées dans leur position finale sans opération manuelle ultérieure
B21H 3/02 - Fabrication de corps hélicoïdaux ou de corps ayant certaines parties de forme hélicoïdale de corps à filetage extérieur
B65D 90/10 - Trous d'hommeOuvertures de visiteCouvercles à cet effet
In combination, an attachment bolt assembly and a portable manway hinge for assembly to a manway flange and a manway cover where the attachment bolt assembly has an attachment bolt and a removable retaining pin in which the attachment bolt is configured for insertion into a manway flange opening through a corresponding manway cover opening and a corresponding hinge plate opening of the manway hinge in order to retain a hinge plate of the portable manway hinge against the outside back surface of the manway flange with the removable retaining pin transversely disposed through a transverse opening in a distal hinge portion end of the attachment bolt.
B65D 90/10 - Trous d'hommeOuvertures de visiteCouvercles à cet effet
F16B 21/12 - Dispositifs sans filetage pour empêcher le mouvement relatif selon l'axe d'une broche, d'un ergot, d'un arbre ou d'une pièce analogue par rapport à l'organe qui l'entoureFixations à ergots et douilles largables sans filetage à parties séparées par goupilles d'arrêt ou goupilles fendues enfoncées dans des trous
F16B 35/04 - Boulons filetésBoulons d'ancrageGoujons filetésVisVis de pression avec tête ou axe de forme particulière permettant de fixer le boulon sur ou dans un objet
In combination, an attachment bolt assembly and a portable manway hinge for assembly to a manway flange and a manway cover where the attachment bolt assembly has an attachment bolt and a removable retaining pin in which the attachment bolt is configured for insertion into a manway flange opening through a corresponding manway cover opening and a corresponding hinge plate opening of the manway hinge in order to retain a hinge plate of the portable manway hinge against the outside back surface of the manway flange with the removable retaining pin transversely disposed through a transverse opening in a distal hinge portion end of the attachment bolt.
B65D 90/10 - Trous d'hommeOuvertures de visiteCouvercles à cet effet
F16B 35/04 - Boulons filetésBoulons d'ancrageGoujons filetésVisVis de pression avec tête ou axe de forme particulière permettant de fixer le boulon sur ou dans un objet
F16B 21/12 - Dispositifs sans filetage pour empêcher le mouvement relatif selon l'axe d'une broche, d'un ergot, d'un arbre ou d'une pièce analogue par rapport à l'organe qui l'entoureFixations à ergots et douilles largables sans filetage à parties séparées par goupilles d'arrêt ou goupilles fendues enfoncées dans des trous
An improved pull-up bolt assembly adapted to be used for supporting a high-weight structure to a hinge component using an opening or recess in the high-weight structure, the bolt assembly having a pull-up bolt member, a nut component, a tapered member, and an expandable friction member, where the improvement includes one or more threads helically disposed about the expandable friction member, the one or more threads each having a height, a width and a helical angle.
F16B 13/06 - Chevilles ou autres dispositifs fixés à des parois ou autres emplacements par insertion dans des trous préparés à cet effet avec parties s'agrippant dans le trou ou derrière la paroi après insertion et combinées avec un manchon extensible
An improved pull-up bolt assembly adapted to be used for supporting a high-weight structure to a hinge component using an opening or recess in the high-weight structure, the bolt assembly having a pull-up bolt member, a nut component, a tapered member, and an expandable friction member, where the improvement includes one or more threads helically disposed about the expandable friction member, the one or more threads each having a height, a width and a helical angle.
F16B 13/06 - Chevilles ou autres dispositifs fixés à des parois ou autres emplacements par insertion dans des trous préparés à cet effet avec parties s'agrippant dans le trou ou derrière la paroi après insertion et combinées avec un manchon extensible
An alignment tool device for use in aligning a manway cover to a manway body/flange during installation of the manway cover includes a body/flange plate having a flange plate body with a plurality of flange plate openings and an alignment support structure, a cover plate having a cover plate body with a plurality of cover plate openings, and a height adjuster extending through the alignment support structure where the height adjuster is adapted to change a position of the cover plate relative to the flange plate to substantially align the manway cover openings with corresponding manway flange openings.
E02D 29/14 - Couvercles pour regards ou analoguesChâssis de couvercles
E02D 29/12 - Trous d'hommeAutres chambres d'inspection ou d'accèsAccessoires à cet effet
B25B 27/16 - Outils à main ou outillage d'établi, spécialement conçus pour assembler ou séparer des pièces ou des objets, que cela entraîne ou non une certaine déformation, non prévus ailleurs pour assembler des objets autrement que par ajustage à la presse, ou pour les détacher pour décoller des brides
F16L 55/10 - Moyens pour arrêter l'écoulement dans les tuyaux ou manches
An improved pull-up bolt assembly adapted to be used for supporting a high-weight structure to a hinge component using an opening or recess in the high-weight structure, the bolt assembly having a pull-up bolt member, a nut component, a tapered member, and an expandable friction member, where the improvement includes one or more threads helically disposed about the expandable friction member, the one or more threads each having a height, a width and a helical angle.
F16B 13/04 - Chevilles ou autres dispositifs fixés à des parois ou autres emplacements par insertion dans des trous préparés à cet effet avec parties s'agrippant dans le trou ou derrière la paroi après insertion
F16B 13/06 - Chevilles ou autres dispositifs fixés à des parois ou autres emplacements par insertion dans des trous préparés à cet effet avec parties s'agrippant dans le trou ou derrière la paroi après insertion et combinées avec un manchon extensible
An alignment tool for use in aligning a manway cover with a manway body/flange includes an alignment tool plate having a plate body, a first planar surface and a plurality of plate openings each spaced from a first edge where each of the plurality of plate openings are positioned to align with a corresponding opening in the manway body/flange, a tool beam support having a distal end portion and extending a predefined distance transversely from the tool alignment plate, a cover attachment plate having at least one through-opening sized and positioned for attachment of the cover attachment plate to the manway cover, and a height adjuster extending between and connecting the tool beam support to the cover attachment plate.
E02D 29/12 - Trous d'hommeAutres chambres d'inspection ou d'accèsAccessoires à cet effet
E02D 29/14 - Couvercles pour regards ou analoguesChâssis de couvercles
B25B 27/16 - Outils à main ou outillage d'établi, spécialement conçus pour assembler ou séparer des pièces ou des objets, que cela entraîne ou non une certaine déformation, non prévus ailleurs pour assembler des objets autrement que par ajustage à la presse, ou pour les détacher pour décoller des brides
F16L 55/10 - Moyens pour arrêter l'écoulement dans les tuyaux ou manches
An alignment tool device for use in aligning a manway cover to a manway body/flange during installation of the manway cover includes a body/flange plate having a flange plate body with a plurality of flange plate openings and an alignment support structure, a cover plate having a cover plate body with a plurality of cover plate openings, and a height adjuster extending through the alignment support structure where the height adjuster is adapted to change a position of the cover plate relative to the flange plate to substantially align the manway cover openings with corresponding manway flange openings.
B25B 27/00 - Outils à main ou outillage d'établi, spécialement conçus pour assembler ou séparer des pièces ou des objets, que cela entraîne ou non une certaine déformation, non prévus ailleurs
An alignment tool device for use in aligning a manway cover to a manway body/flange during installation of the manway cover includes a body/flange plate having a flange plate body with a plurality of flange plate openings and an alignment support structure, a cover plate having a cover plate body with a plurality of cover plate openings, and a height adjuster extending through the alignment support structure where the height adjuster is adapted to change a position of the cover plate relative to the flange plate to substantially align the manway cover openings with corresponding manway flange openings.
B25B 27/00 - Outils à main ou outillage d'établi, spécialement conçus pour assembler ou séparer des pièces ou des objets, que cela entraîne ou non une certaine déformation, non prévus ailleurs
B23P 19/10 - Alignement de pièces qui doivent être assemblées entre elles
An alignment tool device for use in aligning a manway cover to a manway body/flange during installation of the manway cover includes a first plate with an L-shape has body with a pair of holes and a first tongue extending transversely from the plate. A second plate with an inverted-L shape has a body with a pair of holes and a second tongue extending transversely from the plate. The first plate is oriented substantially parallel to and opposing the second plate with the first tongue extending parallel to and overlapping the second tongue, where the first and second tongues extend in opposite directions. A height adjuster displaces the first plate relative to the second plate by adjustable engagement of the tongues.
E02D 29/14 - Couvercles pour regards ou analoguesChâssis de couvercles
B65D 90/10 - Trous d'hommeOuvertures de visiteCouvercles à cet effet
B25B 27/16 - Outils à main ou outillage d'établi, spécialement conçus pour assembler ou séparer des pièces ou des objets, que cela entraîne ou non une certaine déformation, non prévus ailleurs pour assembler des objets autrement que par ajustage à la presse, ou pour les détacher pour décoller des brides
A pull-up bolt assembly for frictionally supporting a high-weight structure to a hinge component using an opening or recess in the high-weight structure. The bolt assembly includes a pull-up bolt member having a threaded shaft with a first shaft end and a second shaft end, and an abutting member with a tapered surface formed at the first shaft end, the abutting member being wider than and tapering toward the threaded shaft, a nut component with an external torque-applying surface threadably connected to the threaded shaft, a tapered member with a tapered end portion and a flange formed between the external torque-applying surface of the nut component and the tapered end portion wherein the tapered end portion faces toward the tapered surface of the abutting member, and an expandable friction member disposed around the threaded shaft between the abutting member and the tapered member whereby the expandable friction member expands when the nut component is threadably moved toward the abutting member of the pull-up bolt member.
F16B 13/04 - Chevilles ou autres dispositifs fixés à des parois ou autres emplacements par insertion dans des trous préparés à cet effet avec parties s'agrippant dans le trou ou derrière la paroi après insertion
A method of handling the removal and installation of a manway cover to a manway flange includes removing a plurality of manway cover bolts, assembling a portable manway cover hinge device having a pair of hinge plates having a hinge aperture alignable with an existing bolt opening or a user formed bolt opening, forming one or more bolt openings in a peripheral portion of one of the manway cover and the manway flange, aligning a hinge aperture of the support member of each of the pair of hinge plates with the one or more bolt openings formed in the peripheral portion of the one of the manway cover and the manway flange or the plurality of existing bolt openings, inserting a pin into each hinge aperture of the hinge plates, and removing the remaining manway cover bolts from the manway cover.
A manway cover-manway flange separating device and method includes at least one extended length cover supporting rod having end stops at each end of the cover supporting rod wherein at least one of the end stops is removable and wherein the cover supporting rod is adapted for positioning within one of a plurality of transverse bolt openings in a manway cover and a manway flange that are exposed by the removal of a plurality of manway cover bolts from a manway cover and manway flange and for maintaining substantial alignment of the manway cover and the manway flange when the remaining plurality of manway cover bolts are removed, the cover supporting rod having a length sufficient to maintain the alignment when the manway cover is a predefined distance away from the manway flange, and a flange-cover separator comprising a threaded rod and a pair of elongated flange plates, each of the pair of elongated flange plates having a flange plate and a flange plate end, the flange plate end being rotatably connectable to the threaded rod wherein the flange plate end of at least one of the pair of elongated flange plates has a threaded opening transverse to the flange plate for receiving the threaded rod and providing translational movement of the flange plate along the threaded rod, the flange plate adapted for placement between opposing surfaces of the manway cover and the manway flange.
A manway cover-manway flange separating kit and method for use with a manway cover handling device includes at least one extended length cover supporting rod having end stops at each end of the cover supporting rod wherein at least one of the end stops is removable and wherein the cover supporting rod is adapted for positioning within one of a plurality of manway cover bolt openings exposed by the removal of a plurality of manway cover bolts and for maintaining alignment of the manway cover and the manway flange when the manway cover is a predefined distance away from the manway flange, and a flange separator including a separator component having a threaded rod and a pair of elongated flange plates, the pair of elongated flange plates rotatably connectable on a first flange plate end to the threaded rod wherein at least one of the pair of elongated flange plates has a threaded opening at the first flange plate end transverse to the flange plate that receives the threaded rod to provide translational movement of the flange plate along the threaded rod.
B65D 43/16 - Couvercles ou chapeaux inamovibles s'ouvrant à charnières vers le haut ou vers le bas
B65D 51/04 - Couvercles ou capots à fermeture lâche pour pots, boîtes ou réceptacles analogues pour liquides, sans moyens pour assurer l'étanchéité des réceptacles à charnières
A method of handling the removal and installation of a manway cover to a manway flange includes removing a plurality of cover bolts from a portion of the cover, providing a flange hinge plate of a portable cover hinge device with an aperture therethrough, inserting the first end of a fastening pin through the aperture and into an aligned bolt opening of the flange, where the pin first end has a bore transverse to the longitudinal axis of the pin, inserting a transverse rod into the bore of the pin, securing the flange hinge plate to the flange, inserting a first end of another fastening pin through the cover hinge plate aperture and into an aligned bolt opening in the cover and securing the cover hinge plate to the cover, pivotally connecting the flange hinge plate to the cover hinge plate, and removing any remaining cover bolts.
B65D 43/16 - Couvercles ou chapeaux inamovibles s'ouvrant à charnières vers le haut ou vers le bas
B65D 51/04 - Couvercles ou capots à fermeture lâche pour pots, boîtes ou réceptacles analogues pour liquides, sans moyens pour assurer l'étanchéité des réceptacles à charnières
A pull-up bolt assembly for frictionally supporting a high-weight structure to a hinge component using an opening or recess in the high-weight structure. The bolt assembly includes a pull-up bolt member having a threaded shaft with a first shaft end and a second shaft end, and an abutting member with a tapered surface formed at the first shaft end, the abutting member being wider than and tapering toward the threaded shaft, a nut component with an external torque-applying surface threadably connected to the threaded shaft, a tapered member with a tapered end portion and a flange formed between the external torque-applying surface of the nut component and the tapered end portion wherein the tapered end portion faces toward the tapered surface of the abutting member, and an expandable friction member disposed around the threaded shaft between the abutting member and the tapered member whereby the expandable friction member expands when the nut component is threadably moved toward the abutting member of the pull-up bolt member.
F16B 13/00 - Chevilles ou autres dispositifs fixés à des parois ou autres emplacements par insertion dans des trous préparés à cet effet
F16B 13/06 - Chevilles ou autres dispositifs fixés à des parois ou autres emplacements par insertion dans des trous préparés à cet effet avec parties s'agrippant dans le trou ou derrière la paroi après insertion et combinées avec un manchon extensible
F16B 39/24 - Blocage des vis, boulons ou écrous dans lequel le verrouillage se fait en même temps que le vissage ou le serrage par rondelles, rondelles à ressort ou plaques élastiques qui bloquent contre l'objet
A pull-up bolt assembly for frictionally supporting a high-weight structure to a hinge component using an opening or recess in the high-weight structure. The bolt assembly includes a pull-up bolt member having a threaded shaft with a first shaft end and a second shaft end, and an abutting member with a tapered surface formed at the first shaft end, the abutting member being wider than and tapering toward the threaded shaft, a nut component with an external torque-applying surface threadably connected to the threaded shaft, a tapered member with a tapered end portion and a flange formed between the external torque-applying surface of the nut component and the tapered end portion wherein the tapered end portion faces toward the tapered surface of the abutting member, and an expandable friction member disposed around the threaded shaft between the abutting member and the tapered member whereby the expandable friction member expands when the nut component is threadably moved toward the abutting member of the pull-up bolt member.
F16B 13/06 - Chevilles ou autres dispositifs fixés à des parois ou autres emplacements par insertion dans des trous préparés à cet effet avec parties s'agrippant dans le trou ou derrière la paroi après insertion et combinées avec un manchon extensible
F16B 39/24 - Blocage des vis, boulons ou écrous dans lequel le verrouillage se fait en même temps que le vissage ou le serrage par rondelles, rondelles à ressort ou plaques élastiques qui bloquent contre l'objet
F16B 13/00 - Chevilles ou autres dispositifs fixés à des parois ou autres emplacements par insertion dans des trous préparés à cet effet
A portable manway hinge device has a pair of hinge plates where each hinge plate has a support member with a hinge aperture positioned for alignment with a bolt opening of a manway cover and a manway flange, a linkage member adjacent a first end of each hinge plate and extending out of the plane of the hinge plate, and a pivotal connection coupling overlapping pairs of the linkage member of the pair of hinge plates.
B65D 43/16 - Couvercles ou chapeaux inamovibles s'ouvrant à charnières vers le haut ou vers le bas
B65D 51/04 - Couvercles ou capots à fermeture lâche pour pots, boîtes ou réceptacles analogues pour liquides, sans moyens pour assurer l'étanchéité des réceptacles à charnières
A portable manway hinge device has a pair of elongated hinge members where each hinge member has a pair of longitudinally-aligned, elongated apertures, a support member slidably connected to each of the elongated apertures where the support member has a pin receiving end, and a linkage member pivotally connected to each of the pair of elongated hinge members.
B65D 43/16 - Couvercles ou chapeaux inamovibles s'ouvrant à charnières vers le haut ou vers le bas
B65D 51/04 - Couvercles ou capots à fermeture lâche pour pots, boîtes ou réceptacles analogues pour liquides, sans moyens pour assurer l'étanchéité des réceptacles à charnières
E05D 3/18 - Charnières ou gonds à broches à plusieurs broches à broches coulissantes ou à glissières
A portable manway hinge device has a pair of hinge plates where each hinge plate has a support member with a hinge aperture positioned for alignment with a bolt opening of a manway cover and a manway flange, a linkage member adjacent a first end of each hinge plate and extending out of the plane of the hinge plate, and a pivotal connection coupling overlapping pairs of the linkage member of the pair of hinge plates.
B65D 90/10 - Trous d'hommeOuvertures de visiteCouvercles à cet effet
F16L 3/24 - Supports pour tuyaux, pour câbles ou pour conduits de protection, p. ex. potences, pattes de fixation, attaches, brides, colliers avec un élément spécial pour fixation à des poutres profilées
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