Apparatus for assembling a ferrule with a sleeve member
AssigneeCooper Tire & Rubber Company
InventorKarl W. Klose
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Abstract
The present apparatus is directed to the assembling in concentric relation of a ferrule and a sleeve member wherein one of said elements is resilient. Where the sleeve is resilient and the ferrule is a rigid metallic member the sleeve may be compressed while being forced into said ferrule. A pair of endless members arranged in spaced parallel relation to one another engage said sleeve with the ferrule positioned between said members, and said endless members move over a camming surface for forcing the sleeve onto the ferrule.
Claims11
An apparatus for assembling an insert with a sleeve member comprising a plate member having a rotatable member mounted thereon, a plate having a cam track thereon mounted on said plate member, supply chutes for said insert and said sleeve member mounted on said plate member with the discharge ends thereof positioned between said rotatable member and plate, driving means for said rotatable member, means on said rotatable member engagable with said supply chutes for removing therefrom said insert and sleeve member in partially assembled relation and moving said insert and sleeve member into engagement with said cam track for camming said sleeve member and insert together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.