Staking device

Claim 1

A STAKING DEVICE COMPRISING: (A) A LOCATOR HOUSING, SAID HOUSING DEFINING A CHAMBER HAVING AN ENTRANCE, A PORTION OF SAID ENTRANCE HAVING INTERNAL SPLINES, SAID CHAMBER HAVING AN INLET LOCATED GENERALLY OPPOSITE SAID ENTRANCE, SAID INLET BEING LARGER THAN SAID ENTRANCE, SAID INLET HAVING A PERIPHERAL SEAT DEFINING SAID ENTRANCE AND EXTENDING NORMAL THERETO, SAID HOUSING HAVING A PASSAGE EXTENDING FROM SAID HOUSING EXTERIOR INTO SAID CHAMBER AND SAID INLET, THE INTERNAL END OF SAID PASSAGE BEING ALIGNED WITH SAID INTERNAL SPLINES THROUGH SAID INLET AND ENTRANCE; (B) A STAKING PUNCH SLIDABLY LOCATED IN SAID PASSAGE, ONE END OF SAID PUNCH BEING LOCATED ADJACENT SAID HOUSING EXTERIOR AND THE POINTED, STAKING END OF SAID PUNCH BEING ALIGNED WITH A TOOTH OF SAID INTERNAL SPLINES; (C) A ROLLER LOCATED IN SAID PASSAGE AND CONTACTING SAID ONE END OF SAID PUNCH, A PART OF SAID ROLLER PROJECTING FROM SAID PASSAGE OUTWARD OF SAID HOUSING EXTERIOR; AND (D) CAM MEANS SURROUNDING SAID LOCATOR HOUSING, SAID CAM MEANS HAVING AN INTERNAL CAMMED SURFACE ENGAGING SAID HOUSING EXTERIOR AND THE PART OF THE ROLLER PROJECTING FROM SAID HOUSING EXTERIOR, SAID CAMMED SURFACE BEING ADAPTED UPON ROTATION OF SAID CAM MEANS ABOUT SAID HOUSING TO FORCE SAID ROLLER FURTHER INTO SAID PASSAGE SAID PUNCH IN CONTACT THEREWITH TO MOVE INWARD IN SAID PASSAGE TO STAKE A FLANGE OF A NUT CONTACTING SAID SEAT INTO A ROOT OF AN EXTERNAL SPLINED SHAFT ENGAGING SAID INTERNAL SPLINES OF SAID HOUSING TO LOCK THE NUT THREADED TO THE SHAFT, WITHOUT RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE NUT AND SHAFT.