Tool for driving wedges or slides
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBrock M. Lape, Michael J. Bousquet, Kenneth J. Hatley, Richard M. Hatley, William G. Newman, Kenneth G. Troiano
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Abstract
A tool is provided for driving a slide or wedge within a slot of an armature or field of a dynamoelectric machine. The armature or field includes a core, and the core includes one or more vent slots for facilitating ventilation of the armature or field. The tool includes a drive for applying a driving force, and a push block is connected to the drive. At least one guide rail is configured to cooperate with the push block. The drive operates on the push block to drive a slide or wedge. The at least one guide rail reduces deflection or skew of the push block during a driving operation.
Claims18
A tool for driving a slide under a wedge within a slot of an armature or field of a dynamoelectric machine, wherein said armature or field comprises a core, said core comprising one or more vent slots for facilitating ventilation of said armature or field, said tool comprising:
- a drive for applying a driving force;
- a push block connected to said drive;
- at least two guide rails slidably connected to said push block and configured to cooperate with said push block;
- a bottom bumper comprised of polymeric material, said polymeric material functioning to protect the core from damage during use of said tool;
- wherein said bottom bumper of said tool is removably fastened to said tool, so that said bumper may be interchanged with bottom bumpers of different sizes or dimensions;
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- wherein, said drive operates on said push block to drive said slide under said wedge, and wherein said at least two guide rails reduce deflection or skew of said push block during a driving operation.
A tool for driving a slide under a wedge within a slot of an armature or field of a dynamoelectric machine, wherein the armature or field comprises a core, the core comprising one or more vent slots for facilitating ventilation of the armature or field, the tool comprising:
- a drive for applying a driving force;
- a push block connected to the drive;
- at least two guide rails slidably connected directly to the push block and configured to cooperate with the push block;
- a bottom bumper comprised of polymeric material, the polymeric material functioning to protect the core from damage during use of the tool;
- wherein the bottom bumper of the tool is removably fastened to the tool, so that the bottom bumper may be interchanged with bottom bumpers of different sizes or dimensions;
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- wherein, the drive operates on the push block to drive the slide under the wedge, and wherein the at least two guide rails reduce deflection or skew of the push block during a driving operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.