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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
William H Lynn, Kohler, WI (US);
Paul J Thomas, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Gerald A Armfield, Fond du Lac, WI (US);
Assignee:
Thomas Industries, Inc., Sheboygan, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
92 122 ; 92 57 ; 92 71 ; 92128 ; 417269 ;
Abstract
A cylinder sleeve is composed of multiple identical interlocking sleeve elements. Each sleeve element has a circular cylindrical portion and an integral circular arc portion tangent to the cylindrical portion. The circular arc portion has a boss on one end and an offset finger on the other which mates with the boss of an adjacent sleeve element to fix the adjacent sleeve elements together radially.