Bearing race driver
OwnerWilliam E. Shultzinventor
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Abstract
A tool is provided for inserting bearings comprising a plurality of expandable segments, a shaft having a cam means attached thereto said cam means including means for expanding each of said expandable segments radially outwardly from said shaft, wherein the expandable segments have at least one flange portion for abutting a bearing race and driving the bearing race into position such that expansion of the expandable segments increases the distance of said flange portion of each expandable segment radially outwardly from said shaft and adapts said flange portions for abutting engagement with various diameter bearing races. In this manner, a single tool can drive a number of different diameter bearing races without removing and reattaching parts.
Claims8
A tool for inserting bearings comprising a plurality of expandable segments, a shaft having a cam means attached thereto, said cam means including means for expanding each of said expandable segments radially outwardly from said shaft, each of said expandable segments having a first bearing drive shoulder and a second bearing drive shoulder, said second bearing drive shoulder disposed at a greater radial distance from a longitudinal axis of said shaft than said first radial drive shoulder, wherein said first bearing drive shoulders of said expandable segments form a first substantially flat annular drive surface lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said shaft, and said second bearing drive shoulders of said expandable segments form a second substantially flat annular drive surface lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said shaft, said second annular drive surface disposed at a greater radial disance from said longitudinal axis of said shaft than said first annular drive surface, said first and second annular drive surfaces capable of abuting bearing races of different diameters.
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