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A chisel for breaking spot welds of a vehicle includes an elongate handle section with a grip and a slightly angled chisel section with blade faces on three sides and a rib generally parallel to a blade edge to limit insertion of a blade between vehicle body parts.

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What is claimed is: 1. A tool for breaking a spot weld joint comprising, a metal member having a handle section and a chisel blade, said handle section terminated at a head end, and said chisel blade terminated at a blade end; said member including first and second spaced, generally parallel latera

What is claimed is: 1. A tool for breaking a spot weld joint comprising, a metal member having a handle section and a chisel blade, said handle section terminated at a head end, and said chisel blade terminated at a blade end; said member including first and second spaced, generally parallel lateral sides joining the head end and the blade end, a generally flat top face, and a parallel, generally flat bottom face, said chisel blade comprising the top face, the bottom face, a first inclined, planar end face extending from the top face toward the bottom face to form a first acute angle with the bottom face in the range of about 18째 to 45째 therewith, and a first side blade face and a second side blade face extending from the top face respectively to the first and second spaced, lateral sides and at an acute angle substantially equal to the first acute angle; a handle grip on the handle section, said chisel blade forming an included angle with said handle section in the range of about 4째 to 12째, said chisel blade further including a cut away section into the top face defining a rib, said rib generally parallel to the blade end. 2. The tool of claim 1 wherein the handle grip is intermediate the head end and the chisel blade. 3. The tool of claim 1 wherein the first acute angle is about 22째짹1째. 4. The tool of claim 3 wherein the included angle of the chisel blade and the handle section is about 5째 to 7째짹1째. 5. The tool of claim 1 wherein the included angle of the chisel blade and the handle section is about 5째 to 7째짹1째. 6. The tool of claim 1 wherein the transverse width of the chisel blade is about 1.75 inches. 7. The tool of claim 1 wherein the dimension between the top face and the bottom face is about 0.100 to 짹0.005 inches in thickness.