Spot weld separator

Claim 1

A MECHANISM FOR SEPARATING THE WELD SPOTS OF SPOT WELD SEAMS AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING: (A) A SEPARATING TOOL HAVING (A) A SHANK, (B) A HEAD AT THE FORWARD FREE END OF SAID SHANK, SAID HEAD BEING WEDGE SHAPED WITH OPPOSITELY ARRANGED FLAT SIDES, THE APEX OF SAID HEAD BEING AT THE FORWARD LEADING END, SAID HEAD ALSO FLARING TOWARD SAID FORWARD LEADING END, SAID HEAD HAVING OPPOSITELY ARRANGED GROOVES EXTENDING SIDES DEFINING THE WEDGE, SAID GROOVES EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM THE FORWARD LEADING END AND FORMING A NOTCH AT THE FORWARD END OF SAID WEDGE WHICH HAS A CONCAVELY CURVED CLOSED INNER END, SAID INNER END BEING A SHARP CUTTING EDGE SPACED INWARDLY FROM EACH OF SAID FLAT SIDES, SAID NOTCH DIVIDING THE FORWARD END PORTION OF THE HEAD INTO A PAIR OF MEMBERS, THE FORWARD EDGES OF SAID MEMBERS FORMING THE APEX END OF THE HEAD BEING ROUNDED, (C) AN ANNULAR FLANGE AT THE REAE OF THE SHANK, (D) A STEM EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID FLANGE; (B) AND A PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR TO WHICH SAID STEM IS REMOVABLY SECURED, SAID ACTUATOR IMPARTING LONGITUDINAL VIBRATORY MOVEMENTS TO SAID SEPARATOR TOOL.