Apparatus for removing bearings from axles and the like

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR REMOVING BEARINGS FROM VEHICLE AXLES AND LIKE WORKPIECES COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A BASE, AN UPRIGHT AXLE-SUPPORTING STAND MOUNTED ON SAID BASE, A RING-FORM ANCHORING FLANGE RIGIDLY AFFIXED TO THE UPPER END OF THE STAND AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT BY ENGAGEMENT OF ITS BEARING THEREON A WORKPIECE DISPOSED TO EXTEND THROUGH SAID FLANGE WITH ITS BEARING END UP IN VERTICAL POSITION AND WITH ITS OTHER END RAISED FROM THE GROUND, A MULTI-SECTION CYLINDRICAL PULLER HEAD MOUNTED IN ENCIRCLING RELATION ON SAID FLANGE AND ADAPTED TO BE OPENED UP BY REMOVAL OF ONE OR MORE OF ITS SECTIONS AND TO BE BODILY DEMOUNTED FROM SAID FLANGE THEREBY TO FACILITATE POSITIONING OF A WORKPIECE ON THE STAND FOR BEARING REMOVAL, SAID PULLER HEAD BEING INTERNALLY CONFIGURED SO AS TO SUBSTANTIALLY MATCH AND THEREBY CLOSELY INTERFIT WITH AND EMBRACE BOTH THE BEARING TO BE REMOVED AND SAID FLANGE SO THAT WHEN IT IS ASSEMBLED ABOUT A BEARING SUPPORTED ON SAID FLANGE SAID PULLER END IS CAPABLE OF ANCHORING SAID BEARING TO SAID FLANGE AGAINST MOVEMENT UPWARDLY THEREFROM, MEANS FOR DETACHABLY SECURING THE SECTIONS OF THE PULLER HEAD TO ONE ANOTHER IN ASSEMBLED RELATION AND FOR SIMILARLY DETACHABLY COUPLING SAID PULLEY HEAD AS A UNIT TO SAID FLANGE, AND JACK MEANS POSITIONED ON SAID BASE BENEATH THE WORKPIECE AND BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIAL WITH THE FLANGE AND SAID WORKPIECE SUPPORTED THEREON AS AFORESAID FOR PRESSING THE WORKPIECE UPWARDLY THROUGH THE SO ANCHORED BEARING.