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OT-2026-000003229

Dent removing tool

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Manufacturing & Assembly Equipment › Machining Systems
Assignee
BODY BUDDY INC
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US-5727418-A, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 17 March 1998
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A sheet metal working tool particularly adapted for vehicle body repair comprising a slide hammer assembly attached to a suction cup from which air is drawn through the assembly. The tool incorporates a compressed air-operated vacuum ejector functioning on the venturi principle into a stop on the end of the slide hammer assembly opposite the suction cup. The exhaust stream is effectively muffled and diffused through a collar of hard, rugged, porous material that fits within a channel in the surface of the vacuum ejector/stop and that completely covers the port through which the exhaust exists the vacuum ejector/stop. The suction cup is reinforced by an internally located stiffener, and shock loads that may damage the threaded connections among components of the tool are damped by a shock absorbing hose connected to the vacuum ejector/stop.

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Abstract

A sheet metal working tool particularly adapted for vehicle body repair comprising a slide hammer assembly attached to a suction cup from which air is drawn through the assembly. The tool incorporates a compressed air-operated vacuum ejector functioning on the venturi principle into a stop on the end of the slide hammer assembly opposite the suction cup. The exhaust stream is effectively muffled and diffused through a collar of hard, rugged, porous material that fits within a channel in the surface of the vacuum ejector/stop and that completely covers the port through which the exhaust exists the vacuum ejector/stop. The suction cup is reinforced by an internally located stiffener, and shock loads that may damage the threaded connections among components of the tool are damped by a shock absorbing hose connected to the vacuum ejector/stop.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000003229, “Dent removing tool,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:52:48 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000003229.

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