Patent ID: 6095784
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: B29C,B29L,F16L

Abstract:
A repair apparatus to effect in situ repairs of a damaged portion of a bearing surface of a shaft or journal, the apparatus comprising:an assembly of two brackets, each bracket having a back and a bottom edge, the backs of the brackets confronting each other, each bracket including a narrow slot therein;a flexible former material extending through both of the slots of the brackets, the former material having sufficient width to overlap the damaged portion of the shaft or journal;clamping means for securing the former material to each bracket such that the length of the former material extending between the brackets may be adjusted to conform to the diameter of the shaft or journal being repaired, and such that the former material is held in axial alignment to the shaft or journal being repaired; andmeans for clamping the brackets together such that the former material is wrapped around the shaft or journal, whereby repair material is molded to the damaged portion of the shaft or journal within the confines of the former material to define a repair portion of the shaft or journal which is of a size and alignment consistent with the undamaged portion of the shaft or journal, and then the repair apparatus is removed from the shaft or journal for subsequent use.