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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2003
Barry Wambold, Elkhorn, WI (US);
Kirk Vanacker, Walworth, WI (US);
Connie Mroch, Elkhorn, WI (US);
Larry Norton, Elkhorn, WI (US);
Barry Wambold, Elkhorn, WI (US);
Kirk VanAcker, Walworth, WI (US);
Connie Mroch, Elkhorn, WI (US);
Larry Norton, Elkhorn, WI (US);
SPX Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A tool and method is provided for the installation of radial seals such as for example O-rings into radial grooves. The tool and method can be used to install an O-ring into a dovetailed groove of an items such as a valve stem. The tool includes a first part having a first face at an angle relative to a plane in which the plane lies and a second part having a second face opposed to the first face and that a second opposite angle relative to the plane in which the seal lies. Compressing the first and the second part towards the two faces together squeezes the seal and urges it into the groove.