Patent ID: 6182552
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B21D,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A holding device for a bearing cage surrounding a longitudinal guide pin of a tool having first and second relatively moveable parts, said pin being attached to said first part and being adapted to be received in a guide socket provided in said second part, said pin being guided in said socket by said bearing cage, said pin having a longitudinal bore, a rod reciprocal in said bore and having a radially extending disk at a distal end supporting said bearing cage, said rod being reciprocal between a first position wherein said rod is retracted in said bore and said bearing cage surrounds said pin and a second position wherein said rod projects from said pin and said a major portion bearing cage is longitudinally displaced from a surrounding relationship with said pin, and a releasable retention element between said rod and said bore adapted to releasably retain said rod and said bearing cage in said first position.