(19)
(11) EP 0 076 644 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.08.1984 Bulletin 1984/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.04.1983 Bulletin 1983/15

(21) Application number: 82305177

(22) Date of filing: 29.09.1982
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 02.10.1981 GB 8129782

(71) Applicant: BROCKHOUSE CHATWIN PRECISION LIMITED
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(72) Inventors:
  • Edge, Robert William
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  • Griffiths, Reginald
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  • Barron, Michael Joseph
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(54) Method of and means for prising two items apart


(57) method of prising two items, such as parts of vehicles, apart using a device (10) comprising first (11) and second (12) rigid members pivotally connected (13) intermediate the ends thereof for relative pivotal movement about an axis transverse to the members, (11,12), the method comprising the steps of inserting one end (14) of both of the members (11,12) closed together, between the items to be prised apart, relatively pivoting the first (11) and second (12) members by moving their other ends (15,16) apart preferably using a fluid operated ram (18) thereby causing their one ends (14) to open to prise the items apart.







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