US Patent Issued to Caterpillar Paving Products on Jan. 28 for "Tooling for removing bit holders from base blocks of milling drums" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,495, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

"Tooling for removing bit holders from base blocks of milling drums" was invented by Daniel Jonathan Heim (Blaine, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tooling for removing a bit holder from a base block of a milling drum. The tooling includes a bracket, a pry tool, and an actuation member. The bracket is configured to be engaged with the bit holder and defines an impact surface to receive one or more impacts. The pry tool has a portion configured to be positioned between the bit holder and the base block. The actuation member is movabl...