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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4639991 | Process for producing a new edge on an airfoil blade particularly the fan blade for a gas turbine engine A method for producing a new edge on an airfoil blade is disclosed wherein cutting tools for shaping or reshaping the airfoil edge of a blade of a gas turbine engine are employed. A first tool is used to form the desired angle and thickness between oppose... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4638541 | Tools for repairing a diesel engine cylinder head A tool kit is provided for repairing the snap ring grooves of a cam follower bore in a diesel engine cylinder head without removing the cylinder head from the cylinder block. The tool kit includes a cutting tool which will both enlarge the cam follower bo... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4613250 | Refurbished joint and method for refurbishing it A kit for use in refurbishing a worn joint in a member, such as a tie or drag link, is provided. The kit contains a bushing, a spring, a housing and a plug for use with the old stud to provide a reliable, rotational, flexible and tight joint.... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4608756 | Tool to produce a new leading edge on a fan blade Cutting tools for shaping or reshaping the airfoil edge of a blade of a gas turbine engine to produce a uniform blade leading edge shape on the operative portion of the blade.... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4606102 | Process for repairing labyrinth seal flanges The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for repairing worn labyrinth seal flanges. The seal flanges are repaired by spin-forming them to increase their radial height to at least equal that of an unworn labyrinth seal. A tool for carrying out t... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4602411 | Method for fabricating a rotor disc assembly A rotor disc structure is provided with a sleeve within an axial bore of a disc and mounted through a driving connection on a rotor shaft. Before being mounted on the shaft, the sleeve and bore have been plastically deformed such that the sleeve is subjec... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4574449 | Method for retrofitting clutch housing As improved method for maintenancing the clutch housing in the transmission of a vehicle engine. The housing includes a cylindrical inner wall provided with a plurality of spaced apart U-shaped grooves each shaped and dimensioned to receive and house one ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4573250 | Method of repairing a piston shaft assembly of a railway car end-of-car cushioning unit A method of fixing an annular piston onto a piston shaft includes providing an annular piston with a central bore having a diameter slighty less than the shaft diameter, heating the annular piston to expand the bore diameter and then placing the heated pi... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4572816 | Reconstituting a nuclear reactor fuel assembly A method of reconstituting a nuclear reactor fuel assembly having a top nozzle subassembly attached to the upper end of its control rod guide thimble wherein the subassembly includes an upper hold-down plate, a lower adapter plate, and a coils spring inte... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4557030 | Multipurpose apparatus and method for tuning and grooving a ski A multipurpose ski apparatus is presented which may be used to tune and groove a ski. The apparatus may be easily held by a person's hand. It has a file on its upper end for filing the bottom side of a ski, a metal scraper for scraping the bottom of the s... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4555053 | Method of joining together two pipe ends to form a pipe of metal When joining together pipes the pipe ends are usually placed opposite each other and then welded together. This cannot be done with heavy pipes. A gap exists between the ends (3 and 4) to be joined. The invention provides a joint by producing a splicing t... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4550497 | Tool to produce a new angle on a fan blade Cutting tools for shaping or reshaping the airfoil edge of a blade of a gas turbine engine to produce a uniform blade leading edge shape on the operative portion of the blade.... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4545101 | Method for preventing cylinder head warpage, and over-heating of internal combustion engines This invention relates to a method and structure of preventing cylinder head warpage and over-heating of internal combustion engines by utilizing a cylinder head modification assembly. The cylinder head modification assembly includes (1) a main expansion ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4527322 | Process for repairing a cutting saw A process for repairing a hydraulic line having a damaged end section. The damaged end section is severed from the line and a male or female coupling member is formed in the new end. This is accomplished by reducing the wall thickness by increasing the in... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4495685 | Rotary tablet machine The present invention teaches, without limitations, a method for replacing the worn out spindle of a rotary tablet press. This disclosure shows how the original rotary tablet press is reworked to remove the worn spindle. The method disclosed in this appli... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4490896 | Baffle A baffle is mounted in a ring having a beveled edge to facilitate movement in a direction normal to the plane of the baffle.... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4486938 | Process of remanufacturing pump cylinder liners A process of remanufacturing drilling fluid pump cylinder liners to increase the liner working life and to improve the same involving the steps of: procuring a used liner having a hard metal alloy inner layer from a pump cylinder, and removing portions of... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4455732 | Method and apparatus for rebuilding vehicle axles A method and apparatus for rebuilding vehicle axles permits rapid repair at the failure site. The method comprises the steps of removing the damaged terminal portion of the axle including threads and bearing surfaces, boring a concentric cylindrical cavit... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4414606 | Defoaming electronic hardware Printed wiring board assemblies (12) and the like encapsulated in foam (28) may be removed by use of a pair of sandwich structures (30) placed about the assembly. Each sandwich structure includes a pair of perforated sheets (36) with a sinuously extending... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4413413 | Cutting tool for use on printed circuit board wiring A tool is described for facilitating the cutting of printed circuit board wires necessitated by changes in the circuit design or the occurrence of electrical faults. The tool is particularly useful with circuit boards having high density wiring, where it ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4354303 | Method of disc brake repair A method of repairing disc brake calipers is disclosed which avoids the necessity and relatively high costs associated with replacement of the caliper housing. The method is particularly adapted for use in repairing calipers in which the piston carries a ... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4349952 | Apparatus and method for field conversion of corroded pivotal couplings to non-corrodable couplings An apparatus and method for the in situ field conversion of the components of pivotal couplings, particularly as utilized for connecting hydraulic load sensing devices into deadline cable anchoring apparatus, and which have become stuck and inoperative du... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4292723 | Sheave and method of providing same A metal sheave is turned on a lathe to remove worn flange and groove portions to provide three roughened cylindrical surfaces of progressively greater diameter about which a peripheral rim body of polyurethane is cast in an encircling mold and permitted t... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4277877 | Method for mounting a replacement shock absorber A method for the replacement of worn damping parts of a wheel suspension system comprising a housing with a closed bottom and a non-dismantable top cover wherein the original housing is salvaged by removing a part of the top side of the housing and drilli... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4272876 | Method of repairing one-way clutch drive assemblies A one-way clutch having radially movable sprags is utilized to repair a drive assembly including a carrier which drives an output gear through the one-way clutch with the worn surfaces on the carrier and the gear being ground down a total of 0.006 inches ... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4270259 | Method and apparatus for rebuilding advance weights Method and apparatus for rebuilding advance weights of a distributor assembly. The apparatus includes a drilling fixture having a hole and a weight-engaging balance pin positioned to one side of the hole, and a stepped pin having a large diameter shank ac... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4232437 | Method for reconditioning an engine head Means and method for reconditioning engines of the type having a head mounted cam shaft tower holding a cam shaft where the engine head has been damaged by warpage, the invention comprising a shim means for reconditioning the engine and a method for machi... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4229867 | Method of repairing or modifying the firing deck of an internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine including a coolant jacketed body surrounding a combustion cylinder with a tubular wall extending through the coolant jacket and surrounding an ignition device exposed through a firing deck area to said cylinder, has a circul... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4227292 | Process for remanufacturing a master cylinder A worn or defective brake master cylinder is disassembled and degreased. The bore of the housing is reamed to a diameter somewhat larger than the desired finished bore diameter. A stainless steel tube is then cut to produce an insert sleeve of correct len... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4223717 | Method of repairing a plate mould to be used for continuous casting of steel A method of repairing a plate mould including a supporting frame, narrow-side walls and broad-side walls forming a rectangular mould cavity and supported against the supporting frame, the narrow-side walls being inserted between the broad-side walls forme... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4132063 | Track bushing machine and method Bushings formed by rubber rings bonded to the steel tubes having octagonal bores are inserted into or removed from two parallel groups of spaced cylindrical bores formed in a track shoe that is clamped in the machine. The machine includes a single hydraul... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4065846 | Process for constructing clamp-welded pipe joint A seal-welded pipe joint mechanically braced by a clamp for preferred use in handling toxic and radioactive materials is disclosed together with a process for joining the same. The joint comprises a pair of abutted male frustroconical skirts, each attache... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4050140 | Bearing housing adaptable to reworked shaft by reversal method of repair A bearing housing for a heavy rotor is made axially-nonsymmetrical so that the bearing chamber therein is shifted axially of the rotor shaft upon reversing the bearing housing. With a new rotor, the nonsymmetry positions the bearing chamber axially outwar... | 09/27/1977 |
| 3979869 | Insulated door construction and method of repairing the door An insulated door is made of removable modular panels integrally attached together through a continuous border frame and end covering. The panels are also joined together by a wooden spline inserted into the confronting ends of adjacent panels. A method o... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3972106 | Pinned-on planetary ring gear assembly and salvage method A ring gear mounted within a final drive or transmission housing and fixed against rotation with respect thereto. The ring gear is provided with a plurality of angularly spaced peripheral semi-circular recesses contiguous with opposing recesses in a perip... | 08/03/1976 |
