Pneumatic bearing race and pinion race driver set
AssigneeLisle Corporation
InventorMichael L. Whitehead
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Abstract
A bearing race and pinion bearing race installation tool kit or set includes a pneumatic and manual driver handles in combination with a multiplicity of separate drivers. The component parts may be selected from the kit, combined and then used for installation of a bearing raceway.
Claims17
A kit for installation of bearing races, said races having an exterior wall surface, a frustoconically tapered interior wall surface, and a circumferential exterior surface, said kit comprising, in combination:
- at least two uniquely sized drivers, each driver comprising a generally cylindrical collar coaxially joined with a frustoconical disc have a maximum diameter less than the diameter of the collar, each driver including an axial passage and an annular flange surface joining the frustoconical disc to the collar;
- a universal manual, generally cylindrical driver handle comprised of a rod with an axially projecting, threaded stud at one and, a generally transverse driver face at the opposite end and an annular flange surface surrounding the stud;
- a washer with an axial passage sized to fit over the threaded stud and against the driver annular flange surface between the driver handle flange surface and a driver;
- a first fastener for attachment to the stud to snug the handle against the washer and driver;
- an alternate pneumatic driver handle including a forward generally cylindrical section with a projecting coaxial stud having a coaxial thread, said pneumatic driver handle further including an annular rim surface surrounding the coaxial stud of said driver handle and further including a coaxial driving end comprising a coaxial drive rod for engagement by a pneumatic tool, said with a distal end, a peripheral collar intermediate the distal end of the drive rod and the forward cylindrical section for engagement by a pneumatic tool;
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- a second fastener for coaxial attachment to the pneumatic driver handle stud to retain a driver on the driver handle stud.
A kit for installing bearing races each race including an exterior wall surface, a frustoconically tapered interior wall surface having a lesser major diameter than the exterior wall diameter, and a circumferential exterior surface connecting the frustoconical surface and exterior wall surface, said kit comprising, in combination:
- at least two uniquely sized drivers, each driver comprising a generally cylindrical collar coaxially joined with a frustoconical disc, each driver including an axial passage and an annular flange surface extending radially outward from the frustoconical disc to the cylindrical collar;
- a universal manual, generally cylindrical driver handle comprised of a rod with an axially projecting, threaded stud at one end, a generally transverse driver face at the opposite end and an annular flange surface surrounding the stud;
- a first fastener for attachment to the stud to snug the handle against the washer and driver;
- an axially extending manual extension handle comprising a generally cylindrical rod with a driver end and a driving end, the driven end including an axial counterbore for receipt of threaded stud of the manual handle and the driving end including a threaded coaxial stud for fitting through an axial passage of a driver and attachment to the first fastener;
- an alternate pneumatic driver handle including a forward generally cylindrical section with a projecting coaxial stud having coaxial thread, said pneumatic driver handle further including an annular rim surface surrounding the coaxial stud of said driver handle and further including a coaxial driving end comprising a coaxial drive rod, with a distal end, a peripheral collar intermediate the distal end of the drive rod and the forward cylindrical section for engagement by a pneumatic tool;
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- a second fastener for coaxial attachment to the pneumatic driver handle stud to retain said driver on the driver handle stud.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.