Socketing machine hose pull
AssigneeAeroquip Corporation
InventorJames A. VerPlanck
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Abstract
A machine for assembling flexible hose to hose end fittings utilizing a socket. In such machines the socket is chucked and rotated and the hose end is inserted into the socket for engagement by the internal spiraled socket serrations. In the invention, manually operated force multiplying apparatus in the form of a winch forces the hose clamp and hose, toward the socket, and by use of a reversing bar the winch may be used to disassemble the hose and socket by reversing the direction of axial force on the hose.
Claims3
Apparatus for assembling a hose fitting socket having an internally spirally, serrated recess, having an axis to the end of a flexible hose, wherein the apparatus includes a frame rotatably supporting a socket holding chuck having an axis whereby the socket may be rotated about its axis, power drive means drivingly connected to the chuck, a hose clamp adapted to clamp a flexible hose, guide means mounting the hose clamp upon the frame in substantial alignment with the chuck axis for reciprocal movement toward and away from the chuck, the improvement comprising, manually operated force multiplying hose clamp translating means mounted upon the frame operatively connected to the hose clamp for selectively translating the hose clamp upon the guide means toward and away from the chuck to aid in assembling and disassembling of a chucked socket and a hose held within the hose clamp, said manually operated hose clamp translating means comprising a winch defined by a shaft rotatably mounted upon the frame below the chuck at a location closer to the chuck than the hose clamp having a length substantially perpendicular to the chuck axis and an accessible end, a flexible strand wound upon said shaft having an outer end attached to the hose clamp, and manual shaft rotating means defined on said shaft end.
Apparatus for assembling a hose fitting socket having an internally spirally, serrated recess, having an axis to the end of a flexible hose, wherein the apparatus includes a frame rotatably supporting a socket holding chuck having an axis whereby the socket may be rotated about its axis, power drive means drivingly connected to the chuck, a hose clamp adapted to clamp a flexible hose, guide means mounting the hose clamp upon the frame in substantial alignment with the chuck axis for reciprocal movement toward and away from the chuck, the improvement comprising, manually operated force multiplying hose clamp translating means mounted upon the frame operatively connected to the hose clamp for selectively translating the hose clamp upon the guide means toward and away from the chuck to aid in assembling and disassembling of a chucked socket and a hose held within the hose clamp, said manually operated hose clamp translating means comprising a winch rotatably mounted upon the frame at a location closer to the chuck than the hose clamp, a flexible strand wound upon said winch having an outer end attached to the hose clamp, manually operating means connected to said winch, the guide means including a pair of substantially parallel guides, each having an end located a greater distance from the chuck than the hose clamp and each end having an axial bore defined therein, said hose clamp translating means including a U-shaped reversing bar having a base and parallel legs extending from said base in a common direction, said legs being received within the guide's bores whereby said base bridges the guides adjacent said ends thereof and passing of said strand about said bar base permits said winch to translate the hose clamp away from the chuck.
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