Tool

Abstract

A tool is proposed to assist detachment of an apparatus which has a housing adhering flatly on a pane, particularly of a sensor on the front windscreen of a vehicle, in which the apparatus housing has a surface with an exposed edge spaced from the pane. The tool has the form of a lug which has at least one engagement member on one longitudinal end, which engagement member can be engaged on the exposed edge of the apparatus and is provided with an opening or recess for a lever tool at a longitudinal distance from the engagement member. The tool is applied to the apparatus by engaging the engagement member behind the exposed edge on the apparatus housing. Then the lever tool, e.g. a simple bar or a screwdriver, is pushed through the opening or recess and is applied to bear on the top of the apparatus housing. The free end of the lever is then slowly raised, thereby lifting the housing off the pane.

1 . A tool to assist detachment of an apparatus that has a housing adhering flatly on a pane, said housing having a surface facing the pane and slightly spaced from the pane, and said surface having an exposed edge; said tool being shaped as a lug with a longitudinal end on which at least one engagement member is arranged, said engagement member being adapted to be engaged at the exposed of the housing surface, and said lug having a body portion provided with an opening or recess for engagement of a lever tool in an area of said body portion longitudinally spaced from said engagement member. 
   
   
       2 . The tool according to  claim 1 , in which the engagement member is an elastic latching element. 
   
   
       3 . The tool according to  claim 2 , in which the lug is a punched sheet metal part and the latching element is punched free from the body of the sheet metal part and is bent at an angle to the body of the sheet metal part. 
   
   
       4 . The tool according to  claim 1  in which the lug is provided with a reinforcing beading along at least part of its outer periphery. 
   
   
       5 . The tool according to  claim 1  in which a longitudinal end of the lug lying opposite the engagement member has a gripping opening and the opening or recess for the lever tool is located between two opposed longitudinal ends of the lug.