Low-friction, abrasion resistant replaceable bearing surface
AssigneeExtreme Technologies, LLC
InventorsGilbert Troy Meier, Joseph Aschenbrenner, Joshua J. Smith, Lane Snell
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Abstract
Low-friction, abrasion resistant systems of replaceable bearing surfaces and methods of using the system are disclosed. The system comprises a device having at least one recess, each recess having a groove in an inner wall of the recess; a plurality of replaceable bearing surfaces adapted to be inserted into and removed from the at least one recess without damaging the device; and at least one snap ring adapted to engage the groove in each recess and secure a replaceable bearing surface within the recess.
Claims16
A low-friction, abrasion resistant system of replaceable bearing surfaces, comprising:
- a device having at least one cylindrical recess with a wall, the at least one recess having a hole in the wall and a cavity in the wall diametrically opposed to the hole;
- a plurality of replaceable bearing surfaces adapted to be inserted into and removed from the at least one recess without damaging the device, each replicable bearing surface having a hole;
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- at least one cross-pin adapted to be threaded through the hole in the wall of the recess, through the hole in a replaceable bearing surface, and into the cavity in the wall of the recess.
A method of installing and replacing bearing surfaces in a device, comprising:
- providing a device having at least one cylindrical recess with a wall, the at least one recess having a hole in the wall and a cavity in the wall diametrically opposed to the hole;
- removing any damaged or used replaceable bearing surfaces from each recess without damaging the device;
- providing a plurality of replaceable bearing surfaces, each replicable bearing surface having a hole;
- inserting one replaceable bearing surface into the at least one recess without damaging the device;
- providing at least one cross-pin;
- inserting a cross-pin through the hole in the wall of the recess, through the hole in a replaceable bearing surface, and into the cavity in the wall of the recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.