Abstract: A piston rod assembly has a release link connector (12) coupled to a power end component (10) and a fluid end component (11). The connector (12) allows quick release of the assembly and includes one or more tension links (15,20) which do not extend or protrude beyond the axial limit of the ends of the body (13) of the connector (12).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 24, 1997
Date of Patent:
May 18, 1999
Assignee:
T M Kennedy & Company Limited
Inventors:
George Coulter Kennedy, Steven Flindall
Abstract: A device for securing a cylinder liner (3) to a respective pumping module (2) in a reciprocating pump has a set of arrangements each with a hydraulically activated piston (8), a rod (11) of which is adapted to receive a nut (12), the retraction of which forcibly compels in attraction the cylinder liner (3) and the pumping module (2).