Patent · US Expired

Caster wheel axle extraction apparatus

US5410792A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 2, 1994
Grant dateMay 2, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 2, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/5383
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An axle extraction apparatus includes a housing defining a compartment for receiving and containing a workpiece, such as a bearing, from which a component such as an axle, is to be extracted, a hydraulic actuator having a cylinder attached to one end of the housing and a piston rod extending from the cylinder and aligned with the axle for engaging and forcably extracting the axle from the bearing upon actuation of the actuator, and a back-up locking crank rotatably threadably attached to the housing and operable for engaging and clamping the bearing in the compartment. The crank has a handle for gripping to rotate the crank and a spindle threaded into the housing and a central bore through the spindle through which the axle can move relative to the bushing as it is being extracted therefrom.

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