Patent ID: 9302378
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: B25B,F16J,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An assembly tool for inserting a first ring and an elastic sealing body of a slide ring seal into an associated housing part, the assembly tool comprising: a plurality of clamping elements formed as discrete arcuate segments configured to engage an arcuate portion of said first ring at a first surface of said first ring; and an assembly O-ring configured to be located during an assembly operation between the elastic sealing body and a second surface of the first ring axially inward from the first surface, said O-ring and said elastic sealing body being in contact with an axially-extending surface of said first ring during said assembly operation; wherein and the clamping elements are advanceable in an axial direction toward the housing part in order to mount the sealing body within the housing part during said assembly operation; and wherein the assembly O-ring is configured to be removable from the slide ring seal after the first ring and elastic sealing body are successfully inserted within said associated housing part so as to allow re-use of the assembly O-ring for another assembly operation of another slide ring seal.