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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Brock M. Lape, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Michael J. Bousquet, Hewitt, NJ (US);
Kenneth J. Hatley, Madison, NJ (US);
Richard M. Hatley, Convent Station, NJ (US);
William G. Newman, Scotia, NY (US);
Kenneth G. Troiano, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Brock M. Lape, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Michael J. Bousquet, Hewitt, NJ (US);
Kenneth J. Hatley, Madison, NJ (US);
Richard M. Hatley, Convent Station, NJ (US);
William G. Newman, Scotia, NY (US);
Kenneth G. Troiano, Alpharetta, GA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A tool is disclosed for driving a slide under a wedge within a slot of an armature or field of a dynamoelectric machine. The tool comprises a frame including a pair of elongated rail members; a force application block located between the rail members; a drive connected to the frame, substantially intermediate opposite ends of the frame; a lead screw threadably engaged at one end with the force application block and connected at an opposite end to the drive such that the drive rotates the lead screw when actuated. Rotation of the lead screw causes axial movement of the force application block. The armature or field includes a core, and this core may have one or more vent slots for facilitating ventilation of the armature or field. A slot plate for locating the tool relative to the slide is present, and a portion of the slot plate extends into one or more vent slots. The slot plate establishes a reaction point for forces applied by the force application block to the stator slide.