Spring compressor tool
CA 1050248 A · Owner: Kloster, Kenneth D. · Inventors: Kloster, Kenneth D.
Overview
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An improved spring compressor tool for use on for example, a MacPherson-type independent suspension assembly of a vehicle without the necessity of removing the suspension from the vehicle. The tool includes upper and lower U-shaped pressure shoes having helical-shaped outer peripheries which define slots for receiving spaced coils of the spring intermediate the opposed connected ends of the spring. At least one of the shoes is linearly adjustable and both shoes are rotatably adjustable for initial alignment with the spaced spring coils. A pair of pneumatic cylinders are positioned side-by-side between the upper and lower shoes. Air pressure is provided through novel valves mounted on a …
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- Granted March 13, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 13, 1996.
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