Patent ID: 8528462

Claim:
An assembly in a pump, said assembly comprising: a frame, said frame defining a well, said well having an open end; a stuffing box engaged with said frame, said stuffing box having an opening; a plunger, said plunger having a first end with an end surface, said plunger having a second end with an end surface, said plunger linearly movable between a first position, wherein said plunger is at the beginning of a discharge stroke, and a second position, wherein said plunger is at an end of a discharge stroke, said plunger accessible from said well; a plunger adaptor, said plunger adaptor having a first end with an end surface and a second end, said plunger adaptor linearly movable between a first position, wherein said plunger adaptor is at a beginning of said discharge stroke and a second position, wherein said plunger is at an end of said discharge stroke, said plunger adaptor accessible from said well; and a space is between said plunger and said plunger adaptor; said space has a longitudinal length, said longitudinal length is measured along a longitudinal axis of the plunger; an orientation selected from a group of orientations consisting of an assembled orientation wherein a coupling connects said plunger to said adaptor, and said coupling spans the longitudinal length; and a partially disassembled orientation wherein said plunger and plunger adaptor are not connected; and wherein said longitudinal length of said space is at least great enough to enable movement of said end surface of said second plunger end out of said stuffing box and into said well and out of said well open end, when said pump assembly is in said partially disassembled orientation, and when said plunger adaptor first end is in said well.