Patents Represented by Law Firm Federal-Mogul Corporation
  • Oil seal and sleeve installation tool
    Patent number: 4470185
    Abstract: A tool is disclosed for assembling a polytetrafluoroethylene shaft seal to a wear or service sleeve while simultaneously forming the polytetrafluoroethylene wafers into a desired configuration. The seal is formed and introduced onto the sleeve with a single reciprocation of the tool. The tool includes a series of specially arranged surfaces having different diameters for forming the wafers of the seal into a frustoconical shape, aligning the seal and sleeve, and inserting the sleeve into the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventor: Charles F. Weber