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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1992
James E Cearley, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuen H Kong, San Jose, CA (US);
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An assembly for servicing a cruciform control blade includes a carriage having first and second crossarms each containing a generally U-shaped slot for receiving the top of the control blade. The first crossarm includes a clamping actuator to rigidly clamp the carriage to the blade top. The second crossarm includes a tool positionable adjacent to a roller aperture in a selected one of the four panels of the control blade. The tool is positioned on the second crossarm at a predetermined depth, and at a predetermined lateral span from the first crossarm so that upon mounting of the carriage on the blade top and actuation of the clamping actuator, the tool is vertically and laterally aligned with a center of the panel roller aperture. In one embodiment, the tool is effective to sever the roller from the panel aperture without damaging the panel, and in another embodiment the tool is effective for installing a replacement spacer pad in the aperture.