Patent ID: 11906084
Assignee: nan
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B  G | IPC B  F  G

Claim 0:
1. A flange leveling system for supporting and aligning a pipe flange, the pipe flange having a circular flange with a first side and a second side, a first plurality of angularly spaced-apart first bolt holes defined in the first side of the pipe flange, a second plurality of angularly spaced-apart second bolt holes defined in the second side of the pipe flange, the first and second plurality of bolt holes being arranged on the pipe flange so that a number of the first plurality of angularly spaced-apart first bolt holes are associated with and correspond to the second plurality of angularly spaced apart second bolt holes, the flange leveling system comprising:
a first leveling unit comprising a U-shaped spring-loaded wire having a first leg with a distal end and a proximal end and a second leg with a distal end and a proximal end, and a spring connecting the proximal end of the first leg to the proximal end of the second leg, and the spring acting to bias the first leg and the second leg of the first leveling unit such that the distal end of the first leg and the distal end of the second leg are biased toward each other, and a stainless steel spherical ball bearing attached to the distal end of the first leg and to the distal end of the second leg, the ball bearing of the first leg and the ball bearing of the second leg being axially co-linear relative to each other and being sized to be seated in the first plurality of angularly spaced-apart bolt holes defined in the first side of the pipe flange to mount the first leveling unit on the first side of the pipe flange.