| 摘要 |
<p>AIRPLANE WHEEL AND BEARING PROTECTOR A wheel and bearing protector apparatus useful in protecting airplane wheels and bearings from damage or contamination and for preventing loss of bearings during handling prior to mounting on an airplane axle. The apparatus has two wheel and bearing protectors for being mounted on opposite sides of a wheel. Each wheel and bearing protector has an annular central concavity from which a central protrusion extends into the central bore of the bearing in position in a bearing-retaining region of the wheel. An adjacent, substantially radially, annular surface is positioned immediately adjacent to a bearingretaining cavity in the wheel for holding the bearing snugly in the bearing-retaining cavity to prevent loss or damage. A peripheral rim fits snugly about the outer edge on one side of the wheel A lock rod apparatus for clamping the two protectors together has a T-rod which is extended through a noncircular slot in the two protectors and through the center bore of the wheel. The T-rod is rotated to allow a T-member on one end of the Trod to engage the outer lip region of one of the protectors. A wing nut may be tightened against the outer lip region of the other protector to clamp the protectors in place. A T-handle, disposed on the other end of the T-rod, is adapted to be located entirely within the annular central concavity volume.</p> |
