A tool and a method for replacing brake system components for automotive vehicles. The tool is designed to rotatably secure a worn or defective treadle valve side by side with a rotatably secured replacement treadle valve. The treadle valves can be rotated and locked into place to present correspond
A tool and a method for replacing brake system components for automotive vehicles. The tool is designed to rotatably secure a worn or defective treadle valve side by side with a rotatably secured replacement treadle valve. The treadle valves can be rotated and locked into place to present corresponding faces to the user. The tool and method allows the user to measure the orientation or alignment of threaded fittings on the worn or defective treadle valve, remove them and then install them or their replacement fittings on the replacement treadle valve in the same general orientation or alignment as the fittings had on the worn or defective treadle valve. The tool and method ensures that when the replacement treadle valve is reinstalled on the vehicle, the threaded couplings on the ends of lengths of tubing will align with the fittings installed on the replacement treadle valve.
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1. An apparatus for mounting at least two articles thereto for the purpose of repair, assembly, or inspection of said articles, or a combination thereof, said apparatus comprising: two or more substantially rotatable couplings, said couplings each including a flange thereon for respectively secur
1. An apparatus for mounting at least two articles thereto for the purpose of repair, assembly, or inspection of said articles, or a combination thereof, said apparatus comprising: two or more substantially rotatable couplings, said couplings each including a flange thereon for respectively securing two or more articles thereto, and said couplings being coupled to a common support member; and a locking system for rotatively locking at least one of the rotatable couplings in one of at least two angular locked positions; wherein said locking system in an engaged position maintains said rotatable couplings and the articles secured thereto in a first angular locked position such that corresponding faces of said articles are disposed in a first substantially identical orientation, and in a disengaged position permits the rotatable couplings and the articles secured thereto to be rotated to and subsequently locked in a second angular position such that corresponding faces of said articles are disposed in a second substantially identical orientation. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support member is adapted to be gripped in a bench vise. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising two or more legs extending downwardly from the support member wherein the legs can receive a vise beam therebetween when the support member is gripped in a bench vise. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least two stationary pipes secured in a fixed configuration relative to a support member and substantially parallel one to the other. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the rotatable couplings are adapted for securing a treadle valve thereto using fasteners. 6. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the rotatable couplings are each coupled to rotatable shafts, one received into each of the stationary pipes and each having a first end and a second end and being of a diameter less than the inside diameter of the stationary pipe into which it is received. 7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a retainer cap for securing the rotatable shafts within the stationary pipes. 8. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a first sprocket and a second sprocket, each coupled to the second end of each rotatable shaft, a rotatable coupling coupled to the first end of each rotatable shaft, and a linked chain engaging a portion of the periphery of both sprockets, wherein rotation of one of the rotating couplings causes synchronous rotation of the other rotatable coupling. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the locking member comprises a hole in the plate and a plurality of holes in one of the sprocket wheels, such that a hole on the sprocket wheel can be aligned with the hole in the plate, whereby inserting a pin through the aligned holes rotatively locks the shaft into an angularly distinct position, thereby locking all the rotatable couplings into the same angularly distinct position by the chain linking them. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said flange is adapted for receiving a treadle valve. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the flange comprises a plurality of holes for insertion of bolts for securing the treadle valve to the rotatable coupling. 12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the locking system comprises a pair of aligned holes in a stationary pipe and at least two generally coplanar channels in a rotatable shaft, the channels having axes perpendicular to the axis of the rotatable shaft, wherein each channel is alignable with the pair of aligned holes in the stationary pipe for receiving a locking pin therethrough for rotatively locking the rotatable shaft. 13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the two or more articles are treadle valves. 14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support member is adapted to be mounted to a wall. 15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support member is adapted to be mounted to a support structure.
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Yang Tai-Her (5-1 Taipin St. Si-Hu Town ; Dzan-Hwa TWX), C-clamp structure.
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