Patent ID: 6158110
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A bearing installer/remover for installing and removing a bearing from a panel having a bearing seating passage through it, said bearing having inner and outer races and a bore through the inner race, comprising:a bridge, said bridge having a central bridging piece with a top face and, integral with said central bridging piece, depending legs, each with a panel-engaging surface opposite the top face, the engaging surfaces being adapted to engage a surface of said panel astride said bearing and being spaced from and parallel to the top face of the bridging piece and the central bridging piece having a threaded hole therethrough, perpendicular to said top face;a bolt including a shaft and a head, at least a portion of the shaft being threaded with a thread sized complementarily to the threaded hole in the bridging piece and threaded therethrough, said bearing being positioned between the bolt head and the bridging piece;a cylindrical collar, said collar having a passage with a diameter closely but slidably to receive said bolt shaft, said collar being mounted on said bolt shaft between said bolt head and said inner race and adapted flatly to engage a radial face of said bearing, anda cylindrical bushing with an outside diameter sized to fit closely but slidably within the bore of said bearing and an inside diameter to fit closely but slidably around said bolt shaft, said bushing being mounted on said bolt shaft between said collar and said bridging piece and extending through the bore of said bearing, whereby the bearing is restrained against cocking.