a) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a puller for automotive dents, and more particularly to a repairing kit that can be used to completely repair auto body cavities by a DIY (Do It Yourself) method.
b) Description of the Prior Art
Dents are created on a general automobile when the automobile is hit by small rocks or foreign objects. An owner of the car cannot repair by a DIY method, and has to rely on an auto repair shop to repair the dents. Nevertheless, the majority of repair procedures taken by the auto repair shop include first hammering out the automotive dent cavity to restore it to a smooth surface, and then implementing a baking finish on the surface of the car body, which is both time consuming and very troublesome.
There are a few USA patents that mention a repairing kit for automotive dents, including U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,457,570, 1,696,462, 5,203,196 and 5,934,139. Nevertheless, all the abovementioned patents are different from the present invention.
The primary object of the present invention is to provide a puller for automotive dents that can be used to repair automotive dents by a DIY method.
To enable a further understanding of the said objectives and the technological methods of the invention herein, the brief description of the drawings below is followed by the detailed description of the preferred embodiments.
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a rod unit 10, two ends of the rod unit 10 being provided respectively with a screw 11, 12;
a slide hammer 20, a center of the slide hammer 20 being provided with a through-hole 21 that can be sheathed on the rod unit 10, with that two end surfaces of the slide hammer 20 are provided respectively with a hammering surface 22, 23;
a first handle 30, two ends of the first handle 30 being provided respectively with a threaded hole 31, 32, with that one threaded hole 31 provides for locking with the screw 12 of the rod unit 10, that end surface is a stop part 33 of a larger diameter, the other threaded hole 32 provides for locking with a screw 341 at one end of a hook 34, and a surface of the first handle 30 is concaved with plural collars 35 to facilitate holding by a user;
a second handle 40, a threaded hole 41 at one end of the second handle 40 providing for locking with the screw 11 at the other end of the rod unit 10, with that that end surface is a stop part 42 of a larger diameter, the other end is a T-shaped slot 43, and a surface of the second handle 40 is concaved with plural collars 44 to facilitate holding by the user;
at least a pull piece 50, the pull piece 50 being emplaced in the T-shaped slot 42 at one end of the second handle 40, with that the pull piece 50 can be a structure of all kinds of shapes and sizes, such as a circle, a square or an oval, to fit a size of the automotive dent, and a threaded hole 51 at one end of the pull piece 50 provides for locking with a bolt 52 after the bolt 52 has been sheathed with a washer 53, as shown in
a pull assembly 60 (as shown in
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In conclusion, the present invention provides a puller for automotive dents. The puller is a dual-purpose tool, allowing the user to repair automotive dents by him or her alone with the DIY method. Moreover, as the abovementioned components can be easily dismantled, the puller can be carried and packaged conveniently, which improves the value of business application.
It is of course to be understood that the embodiments described herein is merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
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