ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,030, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SEAL-RYT CORP. (Westfield, Mass.).
"Bearing extraction from a stuffing box of a rotary mechanical device" was invented by Thomas B Monahan (Springfield, Mass.) and Michael F Huard (Middlefield, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved bearing or bushing body extraction from a stuffing box using jack screws is provided. The bearing or bushing seal body includes at least one jack screw on each half of a split body. The jack screw passes axially through the sidewall of the body to the inner flange of the stuffing box and turning the jack screw against the inner flange to lift the body from t...