Patent ID: 11883934
Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A tool assembly for removing a component from a carrier of a gas turbine engine, the component circumscribing and mounted on the carrier, the tool assembly comprising:
a tool head configured to couple to the component;
an adaptor extending longitudinally along a centerline between an adaptor first end and an adaptor second end, the adaptor attached to the tool head at the adaptor first end by a first quick coupler; and
an actuator including a housing and a ram, the housing attached to the adaptor at the adaptor second end by a second quick coupler, the ram extending longitudinally along the centerline within the adaptor and the tool head to a ram distal end, and the ram distal end configured to engage the carrier;
wherein at least one of
the first quick coupler is configured to attach the adaptor to the tool head without use of a tool; or
the second quick coupler is configured to attach the housing to the adaptor without use of a tool;

wherein the adaptor comprises a mount;
wherein the second quick coupler comprises a receptacle configured to receive the mount; and
wherein the mount is configured to twist about the centerline within the receptacle between an unlocked position and a locked position, and the adaptor is secured to the housing when in the locked position.