Press for installing universal joint bearing cups
AssigneeTiger Tool International Incorporated
InventorKenneth P. Jansen
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Abstract
A press for inserting bearing cups into a U-joint has an arch member bearing an anvil. A pusher member has a plunger slidably mounted to its inner end. When the pusher member is retracted bias means bias the plunger inwardly. The bias means are capable of holding the press in position on a U-joint. The pusher member is preferably a threaded rod. The bias means preferably acts on a sleeve surrounding the threaded rod. The plunger and anvil have faces having recessed areas to enable the proper installation of bearing cups which are designed to project outwardly from exterior surfaces of a U-joint when installed.
Claims15
A press for pressing bearing cups into a yoke of a universal joint, the press comprising:
- (a) an arch member dimensioned to extend around a yoke portion of a universal joint;
- (b) an anvil on the arch member;
- (c) a pusher member mounted to the arch member at a location opposed to the anvil, the pusher member movable from a retracted position, along an axis toward the anvil;
- (d) a plunger slidably mounted to the pusher member, the plunger movable relative to the pusher member from a first position toward the anvil along the axis;
- (e) a sleeve around the pusher member, the sleeve slidably mounted to the arch member;
- and,
- (f) bias means for biasing the sleeve toward the anvil;
- wherein, when the pusher member is in its retracted position, the bias means urges both the sleeve and the plunger toward the anvil relative to the pusher member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.