Title: Water closet flange wrench and puller

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1. A tool for the installation, alignment and removal of the water closet flange comprising:

a. a base element having a length at least as long as the diameter of the water closet flange, and a width sufficient to push the water closet flange onto a soil pipe;

b. a pair of line-up studs engagable with a respective pair of bolt head receiving slots in said water closet flange, said studs having a cylindrical body with a diameter of such size as to be accommodated in the bolt head receiving slot and fixedly attached at a first end to a bottom surface of the base element;

c. a head element attached to a second end of the cylindrical body having a diameter larger than the cylindrical body and slidably and fixedly engagable in the bolt head receiving slot in the water closet flange, said cylindrical body having a length such that the head element when engaged in the water closet flange does not extend beyond the bottom surface of the water closet flange;

d. a handle attached to a top surface of the base element in a perpendicular relation to the base element; and

e. a spirit level mounted in a cavity in said tool for indicating the alignment of the water closet flange bolt head receiving slots for proper mating with a water closet.

2. A tool as set forth in claim 1 wherein the spirit level is mounted in a cavity in the base element.

3. A tool as set forth in claim 1 wherein grooves are located in each end of the base element, the center of said grooves being in a plane through the longitudinal axis of both line-up stud cylinders.

4. A tool as set forth in claim 1 wherein a projection is located on each of the opposite ends of the base element, the center of said projections being in a plane through the longitudinal axis of both line-up stud cylinders.

5. A tool as set forth in claim 1 wherein the spirit level is mounted in a cavity in said handle.

6. A tool as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cylindrical bodies of the line-up studs are threaded for removable attachment to the bottom surface of said base element.

Other info:

Inventors: Whitmore, Floyd Evans (Ellington, CT, US)

Application Number: 649734
Filing Date: 1976-01-16
Publication_date: 1978-06-06
Assignee: Whitmore Tool & Die Co., Inc. (Vernon, CT)
Primary Class(es): 81/176.15 33/371, 81/451, 81/461
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

1579992	Apr, 1926	Altman	81/90.
1882462	Oct, 1932	Weber	81/90.
2746163	May, 1956	Moritz	33/370.
2770991	Nov, 1956	Myers	81/90.
2881648	Apr, 1959	Hottle	81/90.
3822481	Jul, 1974	Doan	33/371.
3903576	Sep, 1975	Stein	29/200.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Jones, Jr., James L.
Assistant Examiner: Smith, James G.
Attorney: Cavanaugh; Lawrence A.