| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 029235000 | To apply or remove a resilient article (e.g., tube, sleeve, etc.) | 33 |
| 20080301924 | Combined tamping tool and packing follower - A combined tamping tool and packing follower, wherein a cylindrical sleeve having a threaded outer surface is threaded through a packing gland for compressing a packing set, wherein each seal ring of the packing set is sequentially pressed into a stuffing box using the sleeve to seat each ring, whereupon the sleeve is fixed to function as a packing follower. The sleeve includes a nose portion for pressing the rings into the stuffing box, an interior seal, drain holes, and wrench engaging apertures. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090077783 | Seal Removal Tool And Method - A seal removal tool includes a hollow cylindrical member, an advancing device, and a extracting device. The cylindrical member has an open, circular first end with a barbed knife-edge that has a perimeter with a diameter substantially equal to an inside diameter of an inner circular edge of an annular seal fitting snuggly around an exposed end of a shaft. A second end of the cylindrical member is partially closed with an enlarged threaded opening therein. The advancing device comprises a first threaded elongated rod element and a pressing portion for pressing against the partially closed second end. The extracting device comprises a second threaded elongated rod element having an enlarged tip for engaging the exposed end of the shaft after disengaging the advancing device. The enlarged tip is configured to screw into an enlarged threaded opening in the cylindrical member and to advance axially and press against the exposed end of the shaft as the second threaded elongated rod element is rotated. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090139070 | METHOD FOR INSTALLING RUN CHANNEL FOR AUTOMOBILE, DEVICE FOR INSTALLING RUN CHANNEL FOR AUTOMOBILE, AND SOFT MEMBER INSTALLATION DEVICE - A versatile device for installing a run channel for an automobile, capable of contributing to man-hour reduction and being used for multiple models. A device for installing a run channel on a sash of an automobile door, the device being composed of a robot having a pair of arms and a run channel installation jig ( | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090235504 | Seal ring dismounting device - A seal ring dismounting device includes a handle and a first section of a shank is connected to the handle, a second section is connected to the first section at an angle. The second section includes first teeth defined in a lower side thereof. An operation plate having hook portion is connected to the second section. A rod is connected to a U-shaped frame and includes second teeth which are engaged with the first teeth of the second section. A spring member is located between the frame and the second section so that when pushing the frame toward the second section, the rod is moved to disengage the second teeth from the first teeth such that the rod can be easily moved along the second section. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090249600 | Boot Slider - A boot slider comprises a body including a compartment. A piston is disposed in the compartment and is moveable between a first position and a second position. A cap is mounted in the compartment in order to restrain movement of the piston. A plurality of arms is connected together by a ring, and the ring is adapted to be retained on the cap. The arms are closed when the piston is in the first position and the arms are urged open when the piston is in the second position. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100071181 | Tooling - An expander for concentrically expanding a cylindrical member, the expander with a tapered block, a plurality of segments, each having an inner surface at least partially in contact with the tapered surface of the tapered block and the segments arranged to move in concert with each other relative to the block, and a pair of engaging features being provided for each segment, each pair comprising a first engagement feature on one of the segments and a second engagement feature on the block, the pairs of engaging features being arranged to maintain equal circumferential spacing of the segments around the block and to constrain movement of the segments in a direction that is coaxial with the block, each pair of engaging features being located away from the circumferential edges of their respective segment. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100122443 | APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING A SCREEN IN A FRAME - An apparatus for installing a screen material includes a main body having a tube disposed threrethrough, the tube adapted to receive a spline material, a leg having a rotatably attached insertion wheel coupled to the main body, and an alignment wheel rotatably coupled to the body in alignment with the insertion wheel. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100325856 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A PISTON ON A SHAFT OVER A LIP SEAL - A method and apparatus for installing a piston over a lip seal on a shaft includes a cylinder or primary force and a weight member or secondary force. The primary force and secondary force are coupled by a resilient member, which will permit the secondary force to retract from the assembly process when the force needed to complete the assembly is above a predetermined value. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110041305 | HYDRAULIC LIP SEAL INSTALLATION DRIVER TOOL - The presently disclosed embodiment involves a hydraulic seal installation tool having an elongate body portion fixedly attached to a holding portion. The elongate body portion has a hydraulic cylinder actuation means, and a driver mechanism head portion is coupled to the elongate body portion. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110061217 | Injector Sleeve Removal Device and Method of Use - An injector sleeve removal device including a tapered portion and a ridge. The a tapered portion having a first diameter and a second diameter. The first diameter is relatively smaller than an opening of an injector sleeve and the second diameter is relatively greater than the opening. The ridge is disposed helically about the tapered portion. The ridge is configured to cut into an inner surface of the injector sleeve and draw the tapered portion into the injector sleeve in response to rotation of the sleeve removal device. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110078884 | TOOL FOR COMPRESSING AND INSERTING A PLIABLE MEMBER INTO A CHANNEL - A tool is provided for compressing and inserting a pliable member past a rim of a channel and into the channel. The tool may be used to install o-rings in a segmented fashion. The tool may include a handle for the user to hold and operate the tool. A support for a press may be coupled to the handle. The support may be a shaft mounted partially within, and movable relative to, the handle. The shaft may include a slot adjacent the press to receive and be aligned with the pliable member. The handle and the press may be movable between a nominal position and a compressing position. The press may include pivoting arms with opposing faces, each having a beveled portion, that are operable, when moved to the compressing position, to compress the pliable member and push it into the channel. An actuator, such as a collar on the handle, may operate on the press arms as the handle is moved downwardly, to move them inwardly to the compressed position. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110185549 | PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLY OF A FLEXIBLE SEAL ELEMENT ON AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR - The present invention concerns an apparatus for use in the assembly of an elastic sealing element on an electrical conductor as well as a method for sheathing an electrical conductor with an elastic sealing element. The apparatus according to the invention has a first pin which performs a reciprocating movement and at the front end of which is formed a cutting tip which, on penetration through a sealing element positioned in front of the cutting tip in the direction of reciprocation and designed as a solid body, produces a through-opening in the sealing element. Furthermore, the apparatus comprises a second pin for receiving the sealing element which has been provided with a through-opening by the first pin, wherein the outer circumference of the second pin in at least one region is larger than the outer circumference of the first pin for expansion of the through-opening produced in the elastic sealing element. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110308054 | Weatherstrip insertion apparatus and method - Weatherstripping is inserted in an extrusion on-line with an extruder which provides the extrusion as it moves towards a station. The extrusion at such station is pulled and cut into sections from which frames of windows are fabricated by fabricators, thereby avoiding the need for insertion of the weatherstrip into the sections offline by the window fabricator. The insertion apparatus includes rollers and an insertion wheel which inserts the weatherstrip into a slot on one side of the extrusion. Rotation of the rollers is coupled to the insertion wheel by a transmission so that the weatherstripping is driven at the same or greater lineal speed than the speed at which the extrusion moves towards the pulling and cutting station, thereby assuring that the weatherstrip reaches the cutter in the cutting station simultaneously with or ahead of the extrusion at the cutter and is not pulled back, which would be the case if the insertion wheel was not rotationally coupled to the rollers and moved at a slower speed than the extrusion due to friction which retards the rotation of the wheel. The sections are filled with weatherstripping along their entire length to facilitate the use thereof by the fabricator in providing components of the frames of the windows being fabricated. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120005872 | ASSEMBLY APPARATUS - An assembly apparatus includes a spline sleeve defining a central hole having an inner surface defining a plurality of first and second sliding grooves, a first connecting member and a second connecting member positioned on opposite ends of the spline sleeve, a sliding member sildably received in the spline sleeve and having at least one first key portion slidably received in the corresponding first sliding groove, a rotation member rotatable relative to the sliding member and including a plurality of second key portions selectively slidably engaged in the corresponding first sliding grooves and interfering with the corresponding second sliding grooves, a first elastic member abutting the first connecting member and the rotation member, a second elastic member abutting the second connecting member and the sliding member, and a knockout pin assembly fixed to the sliding member and slidable relative to the second connecting member. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120102698 | FORK SEAL DRIVER TOOL - A fork seal driver tool includes two half-cylindrical pieces and a rotating retaining ring which rotates to hold the half-cylindrical pieces together. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120159755 | Railroad Tie Clip Remover - An apparatus for removing rail tie clips comprises an elongated handle end section and a grasping end section extending from the outboard end of the elongated handle end section. The grasping end section terminates in a tooth oriented generally perpendicularly to the handle end section. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120324687 | RESILIENT RING-SHAPED CLIP INSTALLATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an installation method and apparatus for installing a resilient ring-shaped clip into engagement with a recess of a recipient channel. The apparatus generally comprises a clip delivery structure having a delivery channel formed therein and comprising an input for receiving the clip, a converging portion for radially biasing the clip, and an output for delivering the radially biased clip to the recipient channel. A clip stabilization mechanism may also be present for stabilizing the clip in the delivery channel, and for disengaging the clip upon application of an axial force to the clip that results in its passage through the delivery channel. Also disclosed is a clip delivery mechanism for displacing a clip through such a delivery channel and the recipient channel until engagement of the clip with the recess, wherein the clip stabilization mechanism disengages upon axial displacement of the clip by the clip delivery mechanism. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130081241 | BELT ATTACHMENT JIG - A belt attachment jig includes a jig body ( | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130097830 | OIL SEAL REMOVING TOOL - The present invention provides an oil seal removing tool including a pivotable hooking element and a location portion. The location portion has a slidable structure and an elastic element pressing against the slidable structure. The slidable structure is able to be engaged to the hooking element, and the elastic element pushes the slidable structure toward the hooking element. Moving the slidable structure can fix or release the engagement between the slidable structure and the hooking element. Thus, adjusting the working angle can be much easier and more efficient. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130247344 | TUBULAR THREAD SEAL - For sealing a threaded connection, a tubular thread seal includes a proximal edge with a specified proximal diameter and a distal edge with a specified distal diameter. The distal edge is inserted over a threaded connection. The tube is disposed between the proximal edge and the distal edge. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130283581 | SEALANT REMOVAL TOOL - A sealant removal tool for removing a sealant plug from the nozzle of a sealant cartridge, the tool comprising a handle, a stem depending from the handle operative to apply a torque to the stem in use, the stem having a tip distal from the stem and being provided with an external screw thread along at least part of its length, the thread tapering inwardly from the handle towards the tip, the handle and stem being arranged such that the tip of the stem can be inserted into the sealant plug in the sealant cartridge nozzle and torque applied to the stem via the handle to drive the thread into the sealant plug, the handle being arranged to enable a user of the tool to subsequently apply a tensile force to the stem via the handle to remove the sealant plug from the nozzle, when a sufficient part of the thread has engaged the sealant plug. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130318757 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLASTIC DUCT BANK MANUFACTURE - A method and apparatus for manufacturing a duct bank comprising the steps of loading a frame with a series of templates, positioning the frame adjacent a pipe extruder, aligning a set of a plurality of holes with a die of the pipe extruder, extruding a pipe of a first length into the set of holes, repeating the steps of aligning and extruding for each set of holes, thereby forming the duct bank, banding the duct bank, and removing the duct bank from the frame. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130318758 | VIAL CAP TOOL - A hand-held apparatus is provided to allow a user to easily apply the necessary force required to install or remove caps into or from a vial or test tube. The device includes a handle member that is ergonomically shaped to provide a user with maximum comfort and control of a cap while applying pressure to insert caps. The device also includes a coupling portion configured to selectively engage a cap and efficiently disengage a cap. Through this configuration, a user generated force is transferred from the handle member through the coupling portion, and to the cap, thereby causing the cap into an opening of the vial for locking the cap into a sealed and closed position with the vial. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140150229 | LOCK RING MOUNTING/DEMOUNTING JIG - An object of the present invention is to provide a jig that does not require an operator to hold a lock ring against the elastic repulsion force of the lock ring that attempts to contract in a radial direction when the lock ring is attached to a rim base, the jig that is safe because there is no need for the operator to support the weight of the lock ring and can maintain a state in which, when the space between the ends of the lock ring is increased, the inside diameter side of the lock ring is a perfect circle or is close to a perfect circle. Thus, a lock ring mounting/demounting jig of the present invention is formed of a pair of jigs, the pair of jigs can be attached at both ends ( | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140283349 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CRIMPING SELF-EXPANDING DEVICES - Described here are devices and methods for crimping self-expanding devices. The crimping devices may be useful for crimping a variety of different self-expanding devices (whether such devices are biodegradable or bio-durable). The crimping devices may have crimping members to engage the self-expanding device to reduce the device from an expanding configuration to an unexpanded configuration. The crimping member may comprise or include a suture, wire, ribbon, guiding hoop, pusher, prong, holding bar, balloon, jaws, combinations thereof, or the like. The crimping devices may also include or comprise a holding structure to hold the self-expanding device in an unexpanded or expanded configuration. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140373325 | ARRANGEMENT FOR FORMING A SEAL - The invention relates to an assembly for forming a seal between components ( | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150020357 | TOOL SET AND DISASSEMBLING TOOL THEREOF - A tool set includes a disassembling tool and an elastic pin having a disassembly end and disposed through first and second parts. The disassembling tool includes a T-shaped rod and a sleeve member having top and bottom ends. The T-shaped rod penetrates the sleeve member and has first and second screw-rod portions and a handle portion. The first screw-rod portion is screwed into a connecting thread in the disassembly end for fixing the elastic pin to the first screw-rod portion. When the sleeve member is pressed to make the bottom end abut against the first and second parts, the handle portion is rotated in a spiral direction of the connecting thread opposite to that of a guiding thread in the top end to make the second screw-rod portion unscrewed from the sleeve member along the guiding thread for rotating the elastic pin out of the first and second parts. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026941 | Self-Aligning Plug Removal Device And Method Therefor - A plug removal device for removing a plug from an access port located below a deck includes retracting means and a framework supporting the retracting means at an elevated position with respect to the deck. The framework is rigid and has a central axis. The retracting means produces a retracting force along a retracting axis. In response to the retracting means producing the retracting force, the framework moves along the deck to align the retracting axis with the central axis. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150096159 | Compression Wire Joints - An improved compression wire joint is disclosed that allows for tighter connections between the wires. It is particularly useful for connecting copper and aluminum wires together because it provides a tight connection that better accommodates thermal expansion of each wire. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150128393 | Apparatus and Method for Insertion of Gaskets - Gasket insertion apparatuses with bendable arms that provide quick, safe and efficient alignment and installation of gaskets between opposing flanges of a flange assembly. Methods to install gaskets between opposing flanges by aligning gaskets within a flange assembly using alignment arms of an insertion apparatus. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20160001346 | SYSTEM INCLUDING CARTRIDGE, CARTRIDGE FEE SYSTEM, PRE-SWAGING ASSEMBLY, TUBE BENDER, CUTTING AND DEBURRING STATION, AND AIR BLOWER/VACUUM CHIP COLLECTOR - A swaging system includes a unique cartridge containing a nut and ferrule combination. The cartridge or cartridges are fed to a loading station where the nut and ferrules are removed from the cartridge, properly oriented or aligned on the tube end, and pre-swaged to the tube end. System also includes a kit that includes a tube bender, a cutting station, a deburring station, and a blower/vacuum chip collector. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160051129 | BALLOON DETACHMENT TOOL - Included are a cylindrical holding portion, a groove engageable with a balloon band removed from a balloon engagement groove provided in an outer periphery of an ultrasound transducer unit, a cut portion provided in the holding portion, the cut portion allowing the holding portion to radially expand in a radial direction, and an abutment portion provided on a second opening side relative to the groove on an inner peripheral face of the holding portion. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160375567 | APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING CABLES IN SPLIT SLEEVE - A tool for installing cables in a split sleeve includes first and second guide portions, a third arcuate guide portion extending from and positioned radially outward of the first guide portion, the first and third guide portions forming a first guide slot therebetween, and a fourth arcuate guide portion extending from and positioned radially outward of the second guide portion, the second and fourth guide portions forming a second guide slot therebetween. The tool may be assembled to a split sleeve that is biased toward a rolled up configuration in which one side of the split sleeve at least partially overlies another side of the split sleeve. By positioning one or more cables within the tool while the tool is assembled to the split sleeve, a user may slide the tool along the split sleeve to position the cables within the split sleeve. | 12-29-2016 |
