Patent ID: 7328501
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for separating a gear from a shaft having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end wherein the gear has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side wherein the gear has a passage extending through the gear from the first side to the second side of the gear and further wherein the gear is between the first end and the second end of the shaft, the apparatus comprising: a base plate having a notch, a front side and a backside opposite to the front side wherein the base plate has a first thickness between the front side of the base plate and the backside of the base plate wherein the base plate has edges defining the notch wherein the notch extends through the base plate from the front side of the base plate to the backside of the base plate and further wherein the notch is sized to receive the shaft between the first side of the gear and the first end of the shaft wherein the base plate has a second thickness which is adjacent to the edges of the base plate wherein the second thickness is less than the first thickness; a face plate having a first side and a second side opposite to first side; a first fastener that attaches the face plate to the base plate wherein the first fastener extends through the passage of the gear from the second side of the face plate to the front side of the base plate wherein the front side of the base plate abuts the first side of the gear; and a press between the second side of the face plate and the second end of the shaft.