Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Means comprising hand manipulatable tool
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-02
2001-11-06
Watson, Robert C. (Department: 3729)
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Means comprising hand manipulatable tool
Reexamination Certificate
active
06311381
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to devices for unbinding bearings in rebuilt alternators and more particularly pertains to a new alternator bearing depth setting tool for unbinding a bearing in a rebuilt alternator so that the bearing will spin freely in the alternator.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Presently, to unbind a bearing of a rebuilt alternator, a user is require to tap or hit the outer housing of the rebuilt alternator with a ball hammer until the bearing is jarred to a position at which it is able to spin freely in the outer housing of the rebuilt alternator. This method takes a significant amount of time and patience by the user and is requires lots of skill and practice to properly unbind the bearing.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,441,981; 5,174,006; 3,651,553; 3,942,234; 2,775,025; and U.S. Patent. No. Des. 331,886 which are all incorporated herein to the extent necessary to understand the present invention and use thereof.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new alternator bearing depth setting tool. The inventive device includes an elongate body having opposite proximal and distal ends. The proximal end of the body has an inner well therein with an annular shoulder therearound adjacent the proximal end of the body to define an annular outer well.
In these respects, the alternator bearing depth setting tool according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of unbinding a bearing in a rebuilt alternator so that the bearing will spin freely in the alternator.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of devices for unbinding bearings in rebuilt alternators now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new alternator bearing depth setting tool construction wherein the same can be utilized for unbinding a bearing in a rebuilt alternator so that the bearing will spin freely in the alternator.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new alternator bearing depth setting tool apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the devices for unbinding bearings in rebuilt alternators mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new alternator bearing depth setting tool which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art devices for unbinding bearings in rebuilt alternators, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises an elongate body having opposite proximal and distal ends. The proximal end of the body has an inner well therein with an annular shoulder therearound adjacent the proximal end of the body to define an annular outer well.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new alternator bearing depth setting tool apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the devices for unbinding bearings in rebuilt alternators mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new alternator bearing depth setting tool which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art devices for unbinding bearings in rebuilt alternators, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new alternator bearing depth setting tool which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new alternator bearing depth setting tool which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new alternator bearing depth setting tool which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such alternator bearing depth setting tool economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new alternator bearing depth setting tool which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new alternator bearing depth setting tool for unbinding a bearing in a rebuilt alternator so that the bearing will spin freely in the alternator.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new alternator bearing depth setting tool which includes an elongate body having opposite proximal and distal ends. The proximal end of the body has an inner well therein with an annular shoulder therearound adjacent the proximal end of the body to define an annular outer well.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new alternator bearing depth setting tool that provides a quick and easy means for unbinding a bearing of a rebuilt alternator.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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Carrithers David W.
Carrithers Law Office
Watson Robert C.
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