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US 4,446,608 AGranted
Valve spring compressor for internal combustion engine
AssigneeKent-Moore Corporation
InventorJoel S. Johnson
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Abstract
Valve spring compressor tool for internal combustion engines having an overhead camshaft. The tool has a fulcrum bracket removably attached to the engine providing means to pivot a lever, and a lever assembly having a depressor member used to depress the valve spring and means to retain the lever in position to hold the valve spring in the depressed state.
Claims6
A tool for compressing valve springs of a valve-in-head internal combustion engine comprising, in combination:
- a lever;
- a fulcrum to be temporarily attached to the engine;
- an attachment link having two ends, pivotably attached to the lever at the first end and removably attachable to the fulcrum at the second end;
- a depresser member having two ends, pivotably attached at one end to the lever at a point spaced from the attachment link pivot and having means at the second end for cooperation with the valve spring cap to depress same while leaving the center of the cap exposed when the lever is pivoted about the attachment link pivot, said depresser member having an effective axis substantially parallel to that of the attachment link.
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