Patent ID: 7056071
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bushing repair apparatus for repairing a pair of non-conforming bushings positioned within a pair of aligned arms located at one end of a ammo feeder forward housing for a machine gun, said bushing repair apparatus comprising: (a) a central assembly consisting of a central body and a mating plate affixed to said central body, said central body having a pair of alignment pins located on opposite sides of said central body, said mating plate being affixed to one arm of the pair of aligned arms of said forward housing; (b) a first pair of drill plates affixed to the opposite sides of said central body, each of said first pair of drill plates having a drill bushing hole, said pair of alignment pins on the opposite sides of said central body allowing for an alignment of the drill bushing hole in each of said first pair drill plates with one of said pair of non-confirming bushings, the drill bushing hole in each of said first pair of drill plates allowing a user of said bushing repair apparatus to position a first drill bit therein and remove said non-conforming bushings by drilling out with said first drill bit said nonconforming bushings from the pair of aligned arms of said forward housing; and (c) a second pair of drill plates affixed to the opposite sides of said central body after said user press fits replacement bushings into bushing holes created by a removal of said non-conforming bushings from the pair of aligned arms of said forward housing, each of said second pair of drill plates having a mounting pin opening, said pair of alignment pins on the opposite sides of said central body allowing for an alignment of the mounting pin opening in each of said second pair drill plates with one of said replacement bushings, the mounting pin opening in each of said second pair of drill plates allowing the user of said bushing repair apparatus to position a second drill bit therein and drill a mounting pin hole through each of said replacement bushings utilizing said second drill bit.