# US 2018/0021846 A1 · Circular Hydraulic Press and Method for Reforming and Resizing a Chamber Opening in a Combustion Chamber Housing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0021846 A1 - Document ID: US20180021846A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/218,001 - Filed: 2016-07-23 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-23 - Inventors: Raul G. Pena Gil - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180021846A1 ## CPC - B25B 28/00: Portable power-driven joining or separation tools (B25B21/00 takes precedence) - B21D 53/84: other parts for engines, e.g. connecting-rods - B21K 1/26: housings or supporting parts, e.g. axle housings, engine mountings - B23P 6/00: Restoring or reconditioning objects (straightening or restoring form of sheet metal, metal rods, metal tubes, metal profiles, or specific articles made therefrom B21D1/00, B21D3/00; repairing defective or damaged objects by casting techniques B22D19/10) - B25B 27/026: {fluid driven} - F23R 3/00: Continuous combustion chambers using liquid or gaseous fuel - H01R 43/0427: {fluid actuated hand crimping tools} - B21D 31/00: Other methods for working sheet metal, metal tubes, metal profiles (deforming one surface of tubes helically by rolling B21H3/00; upsetting B21J5/08; working metal by removing material therefrom B23; embossing B44B) - B23P 2700/13: Parts of turbine combustion chambers - B25B 1/20: Vices for clamping work of special profile, e.g. pipes - B25B 5/14: Clamps for work of special profile {(using chains or strips B25B1/205)} - B25B 5/147: {for pipes} - F23R 2900/00019: Repairing or maintaining combustion chamber liners or subparts - B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING - B21D: WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL (working or processing of wire B21F) - B21K: MAKING FORGED OR PRESSED METAL PRODUCTS, e.g. HORSE-SHOES, RIVETS, BOLTS OR WHEELS (making particular articles by working sheet metal without essentially removing material B21D; processing wire B21F; making pins, needles or nails B21G; making particular articles by rolling B21H; forging machines, pressing machines, hammering machines, in general B21J; making chains B21L; plating B23K) - B23P: METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) - F23R: GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY, e.g. GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBERS (fluidised bed combustion apparatus specially adapted for operation at superatmospheric pressures F23C10/16) - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract A circular hydraulic press reforms and resizes a chamber opening in a combustion chamber housing. The press comprises a bar having a U-shaped end and a pair of free ends. The press comprises a panel having a C-shaped edge, a mounting edge, and a pair of slotted edges. The U-shaped end of the bar and the C-shaped edge of the panel buttress the perimeter of the chamber opening. The slotted edges and a pair of tubes on the slotted edges slidably receive the free ends of the bar to enable displacement of the panel towards the bar. A disk having a predetermined annular shape and circumference positions in the chamber opening. A hydraulic piston displaces the C-shaped edge of the panel towards the U-shaped end of the bar to press the chamber opening against the disk, and thereby reform the disk to substantially the same shape and circumference as the disk. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A circular hydraulic press for reforming and resizing a chamber opening in a combustion chamber housing, the press comprising: a bar defined by a generally U-shaped end and a pair of free ends; a panel defined by a generally C-shaped edge, a mounting edge, and a pair of slotted edges, the pair of slotted edges configured to slidably receive the pair of free ends of the bar; a pair of tubes fixedly disposed along the pair of slotted edges of the panel, the pair of tubes configured to receive the pair of free ends of the bar; a disk defined by a predetermined shape and circumference, the disk disposed between the C-shaped edge of the panel and the U-shaped end of the bar; a hydraulic piston disposed to join with the mounting edge of the panel, the hydraulic piston configured to apply a unidirectional force on the panel; a pump configured to generate the unidirectional force being applied on the hydraulic piston, the pump further configured to increase and decrease the unidirectional force; and at least one force adjustment member configured to increase and decrease the unidirectional force in conjunction with, or independently of the pump, whereby the unidirectional force moves the C-shaped edge of the panel towards the U-shaped end of the bar, whereby the unidirectional force presses the C-shaped edge of the panel and the U-shaped end of the bar against the disk. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The press of claim 1, further including a bracket having a plurality of fastening apertures and a plurality of adjustment apertures, the bracket disposed to join with the hydraulic piston. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The press of claim 2, wherein the bracket has dimensions of 8 inch×2 inch×1 inch. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The press of claim 3, further including at least one fastener configured to pass through the plurality of fastening apertures of the bracket for fastening the bracket to the hydraulic piston. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The press of claim 4, wherein the at least one fastener is two socket head cap screws having dimensions of about 0.25 inch×3.5 inch×1 inch. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The press of claim 5, wherein the at least one force adjustment member is configured to pass through the plurality of adjustment apertures of the bracket for adjusting the unidirectional force. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The press of claim 6, wherein the at least one force adjustment member is two ⅜ inch fast nuts. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The press of claim 1, further including at least one stand configured to join with the bracket for supporting the press. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The press of claim 8, wherein the at least one stand is generally L-shaped and has dimensions of about ⅜ inch×2.754 inch. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The press of claim 1, wherein the mounting edge of the panel comprises a notch configured to mate with the hydraulic piston. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The press of claim 1, wherein the bar has a diameter of about ⅜ inch. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The press of claim 1, wherein the U-shaped end of the bar has a radius of about 3.25 inches. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The press of claim 1, wherein the pair of free ends of the bar have a ⅜ inch-16 thread. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The press of claim 1, wherein the pair of tubes has a diameter of about ⅜ inch. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The press of claim 1, wherein the C-shaped edge of the panel has a radius of about 3.247 inches. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The press of claim 1, wherein the pump is a hydraulic pump having a hydraulic line for forcibly carrying hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic piston. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The press of claim 1, wherein the disk comprises a handle. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The press of claim 1, further including a fastening tool configured to rotatably manipulate the at least one fastener. ### Claim 19 A hydraulic press for reforming and resizing a chamber opening in a combustion chamber housing, the press comprising: a bar defined by a generally U-shaped end and a pair of free ends, the U-shaped end of the bar having a radius of about 3.25 inches; a panel defined by a generally C-shaped edge, a mounting edge, and a pair of slotted edges, the C-shaped edge having a radius of about 3.247 inches, the mounting edge comprising a notch, the pair of slotted edges configured to slidably receive the pair of free ends of the bar; a pair of tubes fixedly disposed along the pair of slotted edges of the panel, the pair of tubes configured to receive the pair of free ends of the bar; a disk defined by a predetermined shape and circumference, the disk disposed between the C-shaped edge of the panel and the U-shaped end of the bar; a hydraulic piston disposed to join with the mounting edge of the panel, the hydraulic piston configured to apply a unidirectional force on the panel; a pump configured to generate the unidirectional force being applied on the hydraulic piston, the pump further configured to increase and decrease the unidirectional force; a bracket having a plurality of fastening apertures and a plurality of adjustment apertures, the bracket disposed to join with the hydraulic piston; at least one stand configured to support the bracket; at least one fastener configured to pass through the plurality of fastening apertures of the bracket for fastening the bracket to the hydraulic piston. at least one force adjustment member configured to pass through the plurality of adjustment apertures of the bracket, the at least one force adjustment member further configured to increase and decrease the unidirectional force in conjunction with the pump, or independently of the pump, whereby the unidirectional force moves the C-shaped edge of the panel towards the U-shaped end of the bar, whereby the unidirectional force presses the C-shaped edge of the panel and the U-shaped end of the bar against the disk. ### Claim 20 A method for reforming and resizing a chamber opening in a combustion chamber housing, the method comprising: supporting a circular hydraulic press adjacent to a chamber opening of a combustion chamber housing; positioning a panel and a bar around a perimeter of the chamber opening; positioning a disk in the chamber opening, the disk defined by a predetermined annual shape and circumference; displacing a C-shaped edge of the panel towards a U-shaped end of the bar; applying, with a hydraulic piston, a unidirectional force on the panel; adjusting the unidirectional force with a pump, or at least one force adjustment member, or both; and pressing the chamber opening inwardly against the disk until the predetermined annual shape and circumference is achieved on the chamber opening.