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US 2012/0056382 A1Published application
Method and Apparatus for Installing an Engine Seal
OwnerPaul J. Gremilion, Gary V. Triolainventors
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for installing an engine seal include the steps of removing the existing seal and repositioning a replacement seal therein. A varying-diameter sleeve is compressed, inserted into the replacement seal and released. A telescoping pipe is inserted into the sleeve and extended until the seal is perfectly seated within a designated groove.
Claims7
A method of installing an engine seal within an engine block opening comprising the steps of:
- placing the seal within said opening;
- compressing an expandible sleeve and inserting said sleeve within said seal and said opening;
- inserting an extendable pipe into said sleeve;
- extending said pipe to expand said sleeve until said seal is properly seated within a designated groove.
1 more element
In combination with an engine block having a rear coolant opening and a front coolant opening, an apparatus installing a seal within said front coolant opening comprising:
- an annular seal positioned within said front coolant opening;
- an expandable sleeve received within said seal;
- an extendable pipe having a first end and a second end, said first end received within said sleeve, said second end secured to said second coolant opening whereby extension of said pipe expands said sleeve to thrust said seal within a designated groove formed within said front coolant opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.