Pressure fluid operated bushing inserting and removing press

Claim 1

IN A PRESS FOR REMOVING AND REPLACING PRESS FITTED, VIBRATION ABSORBING BUSHINGS, OF THE TYPE COMPRISING CYLINDRICAL INNER AND OUTER RIGID SLEEVES WITH AN INTERPOSED LAYER OF RUBBER, DISPOSED IN A BUSHING CARRYING COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE CHASSIS WHILE THE BUSHING CARRYING COMPONENT REMAINS SECURED TO THE CHASSIS, A PRESS FRAME STRUCTURE OF ELONGATED RECTANGULAR CONFIGURATION AND COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER AND A HEAD MEMBER, RESPECTIVELY FORMING THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF AID FRAME STRUCTURE AND SIDE MEMBERS FOR SAID FRAME STRUCTURE EXTENDING BETWEEN AND CONECTING SAID BASE AND HEAD MEMBERS, A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER CARRIED BY SAID BASE MEMBER AND HAVING A PISTON ROD RECIPORCABLE THEREIN AND INCLUDING A PORTION OF SAID ROD DISPOSED PARALLEL TO AND MIDWAY BETWEEN SAID SIDE MEMBERS; THE EXPOSED END OF SAID PISTON ROD BEING SHAPED TO INTERCHANGEABLY SUPPORT A BUSHING ENGAGING MEANS ADAPTED TO APPLY ENDWISE FORCE TO THE OUTER SHELL ONLY OF A BUSHING OR TO SUPPORT A MEANS ENGAGABLE WITH THE SURFACE SURROUNDING A BUSHING CARRYING COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE CHASSIS AT THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE CHASSIS COMPONENT WHICH IS ADJACENT TO SAID HEAD MEMBER AND SAID BASE MEMBER HAVING A VEHICLE CHASSIS COMPONENT ENGAGING SURFACE AT THE SIDE THEREOF ADJACENT TO SAID BASE MEMBER AND AN OPENING EXTENDING THERETHROUGH IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID PISTON ROD; SAID OPENING AND SAID COMPONENT ENGAGING SURFACE ADDITIONALLY AFFORDING OPTIONAL SUPPORTING MEANS FOR A BUSHING ENGAGING MEANS FOR APPLYING AXIAL FORCE TO THE OUTER SHELL OF A BUSHING WHICH IS TO BE REMOVED FROM SAID COMPONENT BY RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID BUSHING OUT OF SAID COMPONENT TOWARD SAID BASE MEMBER IN RESPONSE TO FORCE IMPOSED BY SAID HYDRAULIC CYLINDER.