Cylinder liner securing apparatus
AssigneeT. M. Kennedy & Company Limited
InventorsGeorge Kennedy, Stephen J. Flindall
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Abstract
A device for securing a cylinder liner (3) to a respective pumping module (2) in a reciprocating pump has a set of arrangements each with a hydraulically activated piston (8), a rod (11) of which is adapted to receive a nut (12), the retraction of which forcibly compels in attraction the cylinder liner (3) and the pumping module (2).
Claims7
An apparatus for securing a cylinder liner to a pumping module in a reciprocating pump, said apparatus comprising a plurality of arrangements each having a piston slidable within a hydraulic cylinder, said piston having a rod adapted to receive a nut, said rod extending beyond its respective cylinder and being passed through a respective aperture in a member adapted to grip said cylinder liner, wherein retraction of said piston and nut causes said member to forcibly compel said cylinder liner towards said pumping module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.